POL3142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Joachim Gauck, Berlin Blockade, Boeing B-29 Superfortress
15 Apr 2016
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Economy: 4th largest (gdp) (largest economy in europe really influential in the eu) The first german state is the holy roman empire. Unified the germany that would today be considered as a nation-state. Authoritarian state with the tracking of a democracy. Power lays in the hands of the aristocrats. Driven from the state central planned. Economic is centered over certain industries coal, steel, railroad, etc. The german colonies in africa are few and poor. Direct conflict with france and great britain to compete, they start building ships. In the late 19th early 20th century, there is a development of alliances (britain, france, They have to negotiate the end of the war they"re forced to sign the versailles. 1923 part of the reparations we"re repaid with kind (things) French and belgian invade the weimar republic because germany stop sending things. Money in weimar germany gets devalued at incredible pace (people start fire with the money instead)
