... had stood up to Hitler they might have prevented a number of events leading up to the Second World War, e.g., Rhineland 1936, the German and Austrian "Anschluss" in 1938 and the Czech Sudetenland crisis of 1938. Hitler himself said that if Britain had opposed him when he took over the Rhineland ... had memories of the death and destruction that it had caused. This meant everyone was reluctant to get involved in another conflict. The British government also thought that the public was sympathetic to Germany's claims to The Treaty of Versailles as they thought they had been treated too har...

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... during the war. This was mainly because of a severe case of Hyperinflation (where the price increases where so dramatically out of control, that the value of inflation was meaningless). The government at the time predicted and constituted a solution to the problem and it was to simply increase the quantity of production in money printing making. However this then meant that for ... carrying briefcases full of money just to spend for something as small as a loaf of bread. Later on, after discovering that it really wasn't a good idea at all, the German government and her people relied on ...

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... that Germany could become a world great power only through a war. Military preparations had strengthened this kind of belief. The powers became militaristic. The increase in military control of the civilian government also increased cooperation among the military staff of the countries of the same camp. For example, all the three Entente powers held secret military talks. Germany and Austria also had ... accident in Bosnia. It was the Sarajevo incident, the immediate cause of WW1. It took place on June 28, 1914. On that day, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, a...

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... , and Russia. As it became apparent that war was on the horizon various countries tried to avoid an escalation in tensions, but no matter how hard they tried German and Austrian military leaders were not about to let their country live and let live. The road to war was quickly approaching; neither side knew what they were about to embark on ... the evacuation of occupied territories in Belgium, France, Russia, Romania and Serbia, and the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France. Also, the Fourteen Points called for the development of self-government for the peoples of Austria-Hungary and the ...

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