Instead it was only harsh enough to make life incredibly hard for a few years, just long enough to fester hatred for the Allies, especially the French. ... France wanted to permanently punish Germany harshly enough that they could never make war again. ... After the defeat of the French by the Prussians in 1871 the Prussian diplomats met with French offcials in the "Hall of Mirrors- and hammered out an agreement. ... The leaders were David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of the United States.(1) The purpose of forcing this treaty upon Germany...

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Then would come the subjugation of France in the west, to protect its rear. ... Hitler believed that the history of mankind was really only a struggle for space among peoples, and that the strong survived by gaining the necessary living space from which they could continue to grow numerically, and in terms of racial quality. ... In 1920 Hitler's greatest enemy was France, but Germany in its miserable position, was in no way able to tackle the strongest military power on the continent. ... And on August 1st of the same year "we must use everything we can, especially the differen...

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Hitler would begin to read his fathers history books about Native Americans and how they were slaughtered along with reading about battles between the Germans and Russians. ... Hitler then ordered the attack on Belgium, Holland and France. ... So the British and French forces moved north into Belgium to meet the German advance. ... The Germans eventually broke through the French defenses, and by May 21, had captured the French and British armies in Belgium. ... After the French surrender, Hitler attempted to end the war with Britain. ...

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England and France had promised to defend Poland. ... The British army had to flee the Continent and escaped from the French port of Dunkirk with frightful losses. ... In April and May 1437 French locomotives had been bombed or machine-gunned out of action. And the secret Allied helpers in France - the men and women in the French resistance movement- had blown up another 292. ... Arnold compared it to the Battle of Gettysburg for its importance in American history. ...

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This is important to history because it would be very hard to imagine tens of thousands of Germans shouting "Heil Schicklgruber!" ... Adolf while rummaging through his father's book collection found several books of a military nature, including a picture book on the German- French war of 1870 to 1871. ... He did very poorly during his years at the technical school, especially in the subjects of French and Mathematics ("The Rise of Hitler"). ... Adolf quickly became obsessed with German Nationalism, because of his history teacher Dr. ... He slept on park benches and ate at charity soup ...

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In December 1918, he volunteered for guard duty in a prisoner-of-war camp containing Russian and French soldiers. ... At the end of 1922, the Germans asked France for a break of the payments they were required to pay according to the Treaty of Versailles. The French Government refused the proposal and occupied the Ruhr Valley and the Saar coalfields. ... The French believed their action would make the Germans restart payments. ...

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Nevertheless, he gained an interest in history and politics as well. ... When the French occupied the Ruhr in January 1923, Germany nationalistic feelings soared, and military authorities prepared for mobilization. ...

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World War I, a war fought to "destroy the axis of evil" and to resolve conflicts between belligerent countries, brought nothing but turmoil and numerous dilemmas to the warring nations; politically and economically. Immediately after the war, many people thought the war had made a safe environment f...

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The Nazi party were very persuasive; they would use whatever means they could to get what they wanted. These posters are propaganda for Hitler they both have the aim of enticing the German public to vote for them but they are both different types of propaganda. Source A is Black propaganda, sa...

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