How fair is it to describe the events of 1918-1919 as “a frozen revolution‚ limited in its scope and ambitions”? The oxford dictionary states that the definition of a revolution is: "forcible substitution of new government or ruler for old; fundamental change." It could also be added that it results in fundamental changes not only to the political system but also to the social and economic infrastructure‚ and is often accelerated by war or military defeat. Indeed Germany went through a period
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Western Front‚ Germany attempted to break through the deadlock and deliver the fatal blow to the Allies. Why did the Hundred Days Offensive successfully break through the German defenses? The reasons lie in the planning process and the operation process of the German Spring Offensive. Why did the German Spring Offensive of 1918 fail? This question would present the background to the Hundred Days Offensive and the signing of armistice by Germany. This question is often overlooked. Many historical
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The German Experience Similar to the rebellious child who craves freedom from his controlling parents‚ the 18th century presented liberal ideas throughout Europe causing people to question monarchial rule. The American Revolution sought to break ties with England and begin an independent nation-state. The French Revolution‚ alike‚ sought to destroy the traditional authority and explore the liberalities of democracy. The idea of an independence from state spread throughout the world‚ making the common
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A revolution is a complete overthrow of an established government or political system‚ which means that the events occurring in Germany in 1918 didn ’t constitute a revolution. Groups changed in and out of power‚ but in the end it was always one group ruling over the people‚ just as the Kaiser had. The Social Democrats‚ a right-wing political group‚ eventually took his place‚ using the Freikorps to control people. The Spartacists wanted a revolution exactly like that in Russia in the previous year
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German Spring Offensive of 1918 (The Ludendorff Offensive) • Spring Offensive that happened in 1918 was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War. The Spring Offensive was huge‚ but unfortunately unsuccessful. • German general Erich Ludendorff was responsible for the offensive. • The main goal to be achieved by this offensive was to divide French armies and British Empire‚ and defeat them before the arrival of American support. • In the autumn 1918
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In my personal option when people walked down any given street in the year 1918 between the months of June and December‚ I’m sure one would have taken notice to the coffins that lined the sidewalks. Nobody was on the streets‚ and dead bodies were stuffed into every available space. The Flu Epidemic not only was the most devastating event of the twentieth century but the most deadliest. In the ten months 675‚000 Americans died of influenza and pneumonia. When compared to the number of Americans killed
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overthrow the British reign in Ireland. About fifteen hundred people participated in this revolution to seize the government office building of Dublin on Easter morning‚ but three hundred of them were killed on the spot‚ and more than two hundred people were taken as prisoner and tortured. In Easter 1916‚ poet begins with a criticism of the politicians both living and those who are dead in the recent revolution. Yeats was deeply moved by the heroism and the martyrdom of the rebels. He saw the whole
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FOCUS ON GERMAN STUDIES 69 The Poetics of Deniable Plausibility in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Die Turnstunde” DARREN ILETT ie Turnstunde”1 opens abruptly: “In der Militärschule zu Sankt Severin. Turnsaal” (W 435).2 Provided with only these two terse phrases of orientation — which replicate the harsh‚ clipped commands of the military3 — the reader is already located in the space of action. The narrative begins immediately and relates Cadet Karl Gruber’s atypical athletic performance and consequent
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The Spanish Flu of 1918 was an influenza that swept the globe killing more people then World War One‚ World War Two‚ the Korean War‚ and the Vietnam War combined. The virus’s victims were between the ages of nineteen and twenty eight‚ an unusual range compared to expected ages of deaths from a normal flu. The Forsete‚ a ship that set sail from Norway’s northern coast‚ was hit with an outbreak of the Spanish Flu on September 21‚ 1918. Within the next two weeks‚ seven people died‚ and were buried in
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Lies die Geschichte und beantworte die Fragen auf Deutsch. Read the story and answer the questions in German. Ich heisse Emmanuel Berg. Meine Familie und ich sind gern draussen. Immer wenn Zeit haben‚ gehen wir Zelten in den Bergen oder an einem See. Es ist sehr wichtig‚ dass man alles bringt‚ was man zum Zelten braucht. Wenn man etwas Wichtiges vergisst‚ steht man moglicherweise vor einem grossen Problem. My name is Emmanuel Berg. My family and I like the outside. Whenever we have time‚
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