HIS317H1 Lecture Notes - Nuremberg Laws, Christa Wolf, Telephone Tapping
Document Summary
Germany unifies through a series of wars. Bismarck as a symbol of prussian militarism. Kaiser wilhelm ii leads germany in wwi: abdicates in 1918. Streissman tried to reintegrate germany in the 1920s to europe: what could have happened if he remained foreign minister, died, stock-market crash. Defeat, revolution, and the stab in the back : the weimar republic begins. Germany and the first world war: the assassination of austrian archduke, franz ferdinand, june 28th, 1914. Killing unleashes diplomatic crisis: the july crisis (june 28th-august 4th, 1914) French ministers were meeting with russian allies, leave by boat and total different situation then when they left the boat. Ends with europe s alliance system being set in motions. Could have been a regional conflict, but serbia had ally in. Germany s support for austria- hungary, the blank cheque . Know full well than russia will enter war on side of serbia.
