The malevolent utilization of unrestricted submarine warfare by the German navy was unequivocally a breach of the rules of war. In early 1915‚ Germany controversially declared the waters surrounding Britain a war zone and threatened to sink all merchant ships approaching Britain even those from neutral countries. It was irrational to believe neutral countries would halt trade with Britain as that would result in huge economic losses. Several merchant ships including the British ship Lusitania were
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reaction to the death of the Archduke could be considered an overreaction. Russia had ties with Serbia‚ creating a strong alliance. Austia-Hungary did not expect that Russia would support Serbia in any way other than a diplomatic protest. However‚ to be safe‚ they went to their ally‚ Germany‚ to assure that she would come to their aid if Russia did declare war. Germany was quick to agree‚ seeing it as a potential opportunity‚ and even encouraged Austia-Hungary’s harsh
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Why did the Communists win the Chinese Civil War in 1949 ? The Chinese civil war was one of the major conflicts in 20th century Asia. This conflict cost China approximately 6 million casualties (including civilians). Most fierce battles were fought after the Second Sino-Japanese War‚ which comprises the last 3 years of the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949). In this essay‚ we will focus on this period‚ by contrasting two rival sides‚ CPC (Communist Party of China) and forces loyal to the Kuomintang (KMT)-led
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Why the treaty was called diktat? Diktat is to dictate a decree or order. After the war or trying to end it Germany was told to not only take all the blame for the war but pay reperations to other countries as well. This is why they called it Diktat as they were being told to do this or hostilities would resume. Of the many provisions in the treaty‚ one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and‚ under the terms of articles 231-248
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Business Plan Report on Paper Bag Manufacturing Company Company Name: M.A.D (Make A Difference) Paper Bags Presented by: Rashmi.Bang Shraddha.Khatwate Karuna .hanabaratti Rucha.kulkarni Table of Contents Titles | Introduction | Management team | Innovation | Strategic plan | Marketing plan | Financial plan | Operation plan | Human resources
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Imperialism also directly caused WWI‚ for it caused the crisis in the Balkan Peninsula. When Austria Hungary imperialized/annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina they did it because they feared the growth that was happening in the Balkan Peninsula. This imperialization angered the Serbs because the Austrians took away a large population of Serbs. Later‚ in 1914‚ when the archduke of Austria was visiting Bosnia‚ he got shot by a
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War One‚ and I’ll tell ya why. We (the United States as a whole) were being Americacentric just trying to show that we have a bigger (missile) than all the other countries. If that wasn’t the case‚ then we were just being the world’s police by choosing the side we thought was just and suppressing the other; and if we thought we needed to retaliate for American deaths‚ we were wrong. America was not doing a good job of being neutral. It was trading with the allies‚ giving them an advantage
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that the Allies powers should have lost WW1. This is because of the size of the Axis powers‚ European countries blaming each other ‚ how much money the Axis powers spent on their army and navy‚ Bernherd von Bϋlow’s speech to the Reichstag ( German Congress) ‚ the England Octopus‚ the area of the colonial empires. One of the reasons that the Allies should have is because of the Axis powers military size. For example the Axis powers where bigger in size than the Allied powers. The Allies had almost
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Why did William‚ Duke of Normandy‚ win the Battle of Hastings? It was 1066‚ England was ruled by the Saxons and the throne was previously held by the childless Edward the Confessor‚ who had died earlier that year‚ and the battle to find his successor was beginning. One of the candidates‚ and probably the most famous of them‚ was William Duke of Normandy‚ otherwise known as William the Conqueror. However‚ there were other strong contenders fighting to take the throne. Harold Godwinson was William’s
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The four main reasons why WW1 broke out were The Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ The Arms Race and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Overall‚ the most important cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. One cause of WW1 was the alliance system‚ which involved two main forces: The Triple Entente‚ consisting of Britain‚ France and Russia and The Triple Alliance consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. Each member of an alliance promised to help its allies if they were attacked by
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