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Alecras234
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Im glad i found this its interesting. Panzer IV - Wikipedia whats a medium tank, is it between a small tank and an armoured tank?
swampyankee
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Both Germany (Prussia, more accurately) and Russia had ruled a partitioned Poland from the end of The Napoleonic Wars; both Hitler and Stalin behaved as though their respective countries had a right to Poland and both rulers seemed to believe that the existence of a Polish state was anathema. Both wanted to destroy Poland; neither would defend it or help it defend itself. The non-aggression pact wasn't to keep the other from helping Poland; it was so that the two sides didn't need to worry about each invading each other's conquered territories or territory.
Poland's history including multiple invasions from both west and east; its destruction and conquest were goals of the Romanoffs, the Hohenzollerns, and the Habsburgs. Hitler and Stalin were just following in their predecessors footsteps. I don't think the Bourbons were big fans, either, but they weren't next door.
Neither Hitler nor Stalin would have helped Poland against the other. A vaguely similar contemporary example is what's happening in Syria: several countries and non-state actors are supporting the anti-Assad forces; many of these countries and non-state actors loathe each other, but all loathe Assad's existence enough so they'll attack Assad's regime. Later, they'll get the knives out and start killing each other in earnest.
More support for my opinion that international relations are just those between competing criminal gangs writ large.
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Alecras234
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can someone explain 1918 Anschluss? i know Hitler wanted to unite Austria with Germany but it was forbidden in the Treaty of Versailles, but why did Hitler want to annex Austria? How did he achieve it, did he achieve it?
Yes Hitler did it. The Anschluss was on 12-13 March 1938. Why he did it? First of all, he was born in Austria so he was an Austrian and always wanted to unit the country. Secondly , the Nazi Germany after five years of his government needed money. The Anschluss gave Hitler a possibility of grabbing Austrain financial reserve.
How it happened?
In 1936 Germany and Italy signed pact of friendship. In the way the alliance Berlin-Rome started. In the mid of 1936 there started negotiations between the Germany and Austria and in July of the year was signed the agreement. According to the deal Austria made a commitment to release from prison the Nazi prisoners and make a couple of them, members of the Austrian Government. In return Hitler guaranteed the independence of Austria.
In 1937 the relationsh between Austria and Germany got worse. On the 12th February 1938 the Austrain Chancellor Schuschnigg came to Berghof, Hitler's mantions in the Bawarian Alps.. He was sure there would be another negotiations but instead of this Hitler gave him an ultimatum demanding passing of the power to the Austrain Nazi. Willy-nilly he agreed getting Hitler's confirmation of the agreement signed in 1936. The new agreement caused the political crisis in Austria.
On the 20th February 1938 Hilter deliverd a speech in the Reichstag saying that Germany wouldn't tolerate any presecution of the ten milion of Germans who were living out of the Germany especially in Austria and Czechoslovakia.
On the 24the February 1938 , the Chancellor Schuschnigg made a speech and said that Austria wasn't going to agree on Hitler's demands and would follow the pact of 1936. It coused discontent of Nazi Germans and Nazi Austrians. For the reason the Austrain Chancellor announced the plebiscite on the 13th March 1938 in order to get everybody's opinion if the Austria should stay independent country or not.
In the same time, Schuschnigg was looking for supporting and started talks with the Social Democrat Party and other political ones there. Unfortunately he failed.
Hitler got angry with the plebiscite and on the 11th March. ordered Schuschnigg to abandon the idea of the voting and pass the entire power to the Austrain Nazi Party threatening with intervening of the Wehrmacht. Having no help from anybody Schuschnigg resigned. But it didn't help.
In the early morning on the 12th March 1938 The German Army entered the Austria being saluted quite enthusiastically. The union with the Third Reich was accomplished. On the same day Hitler came to Austria.
How it happened?
In 1936 Germany and Italy signed pact of friendship. In the way the alliance Berlin-Rome started. In the mid of 1936 there started negotiations between the Germany and Austria and in July of the year was signed the agreement. According to the deal Austria made a commitment to release from prison the Nazi prisoners and make a couple of them, members of the Austrian Government. In return Hitler guaranteed the independence of Austria.
In 1937 the relationsh between Austria and Germany got worse. On the 12th February 1938 the Austrain Chancellor Schuschnigg came to Berghof, Hitler's mantions in the Bawarian Alps.. He was sure there would be another negotiations but instead of this Hitler gave him an ultimatum demanding passing of the power to the Austrain Nazi. Willy-nilly he agreed getting Hitler's confirmation of the agreement signed in 1936. The new agreement caused the political crisis in Austria.
On the 20th February 1938 Hilter deliverd a speech in the Reichstag saying that Germany wouldn't tolerate any presecution of the ten milion of Germans who were living out of the Germany especially in Austria and Czechoslovakia.
On the 24the February 1938 , the Chancellor Schuschnigg made a speech and said that Austria wasn't going to agree on Hitler's demands and would follow the pact of 1936. It coused discontent of Nazi Germans and Nazi Austrians. For the reason the Austrain Chancellor announced the plebiscite on the 13th March 1938 in order to get everybody's opinion if the Austria should stay independent country or not.
In the same time, Schuschnigg was looking for supporting and started talks with the Social Democrat Party and other political ones there. Unfortunately he failed.
Hitler got angry with the plebiscite and on the 11th March. ordered Schuschnigg to abandon the idea of the voting and pass the entire power to the Austrain Nazi Party threatening with intervening of the Wehrmacht. Having no help from anybody Schuschnigg resigned. But it didn't help.
In the early morning on the 12th March 1938 The German Army entered the Austria being saluted quite enthusiastically. The union with the Third Reich was accomplished. On the same day Hitler came to Austria.
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Alecras234
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My mate emailed me a WW2 timeline of events and he suggested that i look up an event i find interesting. I have been looking up Anschluss of Austria and Treaty of Munich on Wikipedia. The timelines tells me what each event is about, so i don't need to look up Anschluss or War on Poland on Wikipedia because the description is there, what do you think? Should i just remember what it says in the description rather than go in detail somewhere else? Hee is the timeline World War Two Timeline - History
michael rauls
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In my opinion your friend gave you good advice. I wouldn't worry so much about how to organize everything. Just pick something off the timeline you find interesting and start reading on that and just let it take you wherever it leads.
It will lead to something else you find interesting and you can follow that wherever that leads and on and on.
In time all the pieces will fall into place and become more clear naturally.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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Alecras234
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For the Anschluss, shall i just know when it happened and why? When was 12 March 1938, Why it happened for 2 reasons, Firstly Hitler wanted to unite Germany with Austria and secondly Austria had more money than Germany so because of Anschluss Hitler was able to grab Austria's money. Is that right or have i worded it wrong?
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Alecras234
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Do you know of a ww2 book I could learn from?
There is a lot of them but it is quite difficult to recommend one of them. The problem is that these contain lot of information that may cause you can have a hard time with understanding. You need a quite specific kind of books. I think the one recommended by Airframes in your another thread can be good.
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im trying to get the background to WW2, What is Armistice, is it a temporary stop of fighting between while the treaty of versailles was being drawn up? Is there a shorter definition than that of what Armistice is?
Generally the armistice means the same the ceasefire does. It means that all fighting is stopped temporary untill a treaty is signed or the belligerents ( sides involved in the conflict ) resume fighting..
In other words... The Armistice is a time pause at fighting.
In other words... The Armistice is a time pause at fighting.
Also Hitler was born in Austria (Austro Hungary at the time) He moved to and fought for Germany in WW1. .
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is this site ok to learn from? World War I for Kids: End of WWI and Post War
can i learn from this site aswel? Treaty of Versailles
im reading about the treaty of versailles, the kids website says there were people from 4 nations that signed the treaty, but the other website says there were 3 nations that signed. What's right?
can i learn from this site aswel? Treaty of Versailles
im reading about the treaty of versailles, the kids website says there were people from 4 nations that signed the treaty, but the other website says there were 3 nations that signed. What's right?
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Actually there was more countires that signed that pact. There were : the Great Britain, France, the USA, Poland, Italy, Japan and Jugoslavia. However the main part of the Treaty of Versailles was signed by the USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and Germany. . 5+1=6
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What site is correct? 5he kids site talks about the big four that signed. The other site says there was 3 that signed
To be honest both of the sites are wrong. It is because of the way the authors interpreted the process of signing of Treaty of Versaille.
The main reason for that is they confuse the Conference at the Paris with signing of the pact. There were 27 countries that participated in the Conference. Among them there were 5 world powers: The Great Britain, France, the USA, Italy and Japan. The countries became the Supreme Council also called the Council Five. However the Italy was too weak participant and Japan wasn't interested in the European matter at all. As a result the three world powers, GB, France and the USA became the most important decision makers. Sometimes the Italy is added to the Council and therefore the "Big Four" name can be found. The Conference ended with signing not of one pact only but of a couple of them. So there was more countries involved. So as I mentioned it above the main part of the treaty was signed by the GB, France, USA, Italy, Japan and Germany. This gives the six countries.
The main reason for that is they confuse the Conference at the Paris with signing of the pact. There were 27 countries that participated in the Conference. Among them there were 5 world powers: The Great Britain, France, the USA, Italy and Japan. The countries became the Supreme Council also called the Council Five. However the Italy was too weak participant and Japan wasn't interested in the European matter at all. As a result the three world powers, GB, France and the USA became the most important decision makers. Sometimes the Italy is added to the Council and therefore the "Big Four" name can be found. The Conference ended with signing not of one pact only but of a couple of them. So there was more countries involved. So as I mentioned it above the main part of the treaty was signed by the GB, France, USA, Italy, Japan and Germany. This gives the six countries.
