ww2 help

[Wurger]

You may keep in mind the date when the League of Nations was started. And also that the organization didn't help with keeping the world peace. I think it should be enough.

 

[Alecras234]

was Germany bankrupt in the 1920's because of the war reparations?

 

[Wurger]

To be honest it wasn'tthe only reason for that. The main reason for that was the very bad financial condition of the Weimar Republic. The inflation was growing up slightly just already during the WW1 time. In 1919/1920 the inflation started accelerating. The reasons for that were..

- incrasing of prices and salaries, what caused increased money issue.
- the budged deficit because of needs of WW1 , the recovery of post-war economy and payment of war reparations
- difficulties in getting new bank loans
- needs of importation of more and more expensive raw materials.

All of that caused the German economical crisis in 1919-1923. As you may see the matter is more complex. Anyway the payement of the war reparations was the one that speeded up the crisis.

 

[Alecras234]

was the Molotov-Ribbentop pact signed so that Hitler could feel free to invade countries without Russia interfering? Why Poland? What if Hitler hadnt of signed the pact?

 

[Wurger]

Generally yes. The pact allowed Hitler to attack other countires, especially these Eastern ones.

Why Poland...? Partially because of the Treaty of Versailles that took away some of land belonged before the WW1 to Germany. The land was given to Poland. Secondly, Hitler was affraid of fighting on the two sides if he would start a war against Western countries firstly. Poland as the allay of France would attack with no hesitation if Hitler would invade France. Thirdly, Poland seemed to be the weakest allay at that time.

If not signed pact ... it is quite difficult to state. Stalin could attack Poland fistly. Also he could try to find an agreement with Poland. But it wasn't possible rather. Poland , after the war with Soviet Russian in 1920 and the victory, was never willing to cooperate with the country in any way.
Of course Stalin could attack Germany if Germans' addvance would compromise the soviet interests.

 

[Alecras234]

thanks for that information. Is this a good definition of buffer zone?
an area lying between two countries and providing each with protection from the other

 

[Wurger]

Sounds good.

 

[Alecras234]

I was told to r3ad my book and pick out things that I want to remember. This is the first page of chapter one, The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact , signed on 23 August 1939, allowed Hitler to pursue his ambitions in the east without fear of Russian interference; ambitions that included the destruction of Poland and the subjugation of its people. The attack on Poland began at 4.45 on the morning of Friday, 1 September. Im not sure what this means 1939, allowed Hitler to pursue his ambitions in the east without fear of Russian interference; ambitions that included the destruction of Poland.

 

[Wurger]

It means that the pact Ribbentrop - Molotov allowed Hitler to make his dreams about German's expansion on the East come true without Stalin's objections. The Hitler's policy ( dream / idea ) was called the "Drang nach Osten" ( the march to the East) .

 

[Alecras234]

So Hitler could attack countries east of France without Russia attacking him? Couldn't he of done that anyway?

 

[Wurger]

Depending on what you mean by the countries east of France. If you mean the Belgium and Holland. Nope these countires weren't the ones to attack.
The Hitler's policy "Drang nach Osten" meant the countries east of Germany like Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithouania, Estonia and Latva

 

[Alecras234]

So basically the Molotov ribbontrov pact allowed Hitler to invade Poland without Russia attacking Germany? Also in the pact allowed Russia to invade Poland aswel às Germany?

 

[Wurger]

Yes. it did.

 

[swampyankee]

So basically the Molotov ribbontrov pact allowed Hitler to invade Poland without Russia attacking Germany? Also in the pact allowed Russia to invade Poland aswel às Germany?

More accurately, it allowed both Germany and the USSR to partition Poland for the fourth time without worrying about each invading the other's part.

Neither Hitler nor Stalin felt that an independent Poland had a right to exist: its destruction had been Russian, Prussian, and Austrian policy for well over a century (see Poland, First Partition Of, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Russia's Periphery, and others), and Stalin and the USSR largely continued that policy. Destruction of Poland was one of the results in the Treaty of Vienna; neither Stalin nor Hitler were originators of the idea of destroying Poland, and prevention of an independent Poland was one of the bases for the "Holy" Alliance of Russia, Prussia (and Prussia dominated German politics after unificication), Austria (which couldn't tolerate the idea of nationalism and survive as an empire) and the UK (which seemed to become the least enthusiastic member after a few years).

In other words, Hitler and Stalin were continuing their realms' policies to destroy Poland. Hitler wanted to explicitly destroy the Polish people and murder all the Jews (who had settled in Poland because of Poland's relative toleration for Jews when it existed as an independent state). Stalin just wanted control; he wanted to destroy Polish sovereignty.

 

[Alecras234]

Hi i thought i'd get a book on WW1 to get some background. It talks about Archduke Franz Ferdinand and im not sure what this means,
Bosnia had been a recent and unwilling addition to the Habsburg Empire. Resentful Bosnian Serbs dreamt of freedom and incorporation into the nation of Serbia. Nationalistic groups formed, determined to use violence to strike terror at the heart of the Austrian– Hungarian empire. One such group, the sinisterly named 'Black Hand', included among its number a nineteen-year-old named Gavrilo Princip. It was in Sarajevo that Princip would change the world. Princip and a handful of his Black Hand comrades arrived, each armed with a bomb and, in the event of failure, a vial of cyanide. They joined, at various intervals, the throng of onlookers lined along a 6-km route and waited for the six-car motorcade to come into view.

Does it mean that Bosnia had joined the Hadsberg empire but weren't happy about joining. The bosnian people wanted freedom from Herdberg empire, im not sure about the rest.

 

[Wurger]

Before the 1908/1909 the Bosnia and Herzegovina belonged to the Ottoman Empire, Then it was annexed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire also known as the Habsburg Empire. The Serbia ( The Kingdom of Serbia ) was the independent country at that time. However there were Serbs living in the Bosnia and Herzegovina. They dreamd of freedom and being joined the Serbia. So the answer to your question is that not the people of Bosnia weren't happy of the annexing but Serbs living there. Many of young Serbs formed small squads that are called terrorist groups today. Using the terror and violence they wanted to bully the Austrian-Hungary Empire and cause the joining the Serbia. One of these terror group named Black Hand, organized and executed an attack on the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip was a member of the squad and prticipated in the assassination. . The swing is considered the reason for the WW1 started.

 

[Alecras234]

Does this mean that Austria-Hungary wanted to declare war on Serbia if they didn't agree to their ultimatum?
Austrian– Hungarian empire saw an opportunity to assert its authority over Serbia.
It took the Austrian– Hungarian government three weeks but the ultimatum they sent Serbia was, in the words of Britain's foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, the 'most formidable document ever sent from one nation to another'. Serbia was given forty-eight hours to comply with ten demands, specifically designed to humiliate and
therefore be rejected. Although the Serbs agreed to eight, it was never going to be enough for the bellicose Austrian– Hungarians and on 28 July they declared war on Serbia.

 

[Wurger]

Yes. by the ultimatum the Austria-Hungary wanted to provoke Serbia. These ten unacceptable points of the ultimatum couldn't be embraced by Serbs. So when they agreed to the eight points only the Austro-Hungary Empire declared the war on Serbia.

 

[swampyankee]

Hi i thought i'd get a book on WW1 to get some background. It talks about Archduke Franz Ferdinand and im not sure what this means,
Bosnia had been a recent and unwilling addition to the Habsburg Empire. Resentful Bosnian Serbs dreamt of freedom and incorporation into the nation of Serbia. Nationalistic groups formed, determined to use violence to strike terror at the heart of the Austrian– Hungarian empire. One such group, the sinisterly named 'Black Hand', included among its number a nineteen-year-old named Gavrilo Princip. It was in Sarajevo that Princip would change the world. Princip and a handful of his Black Hand comrades arrived, each armed with a bomb and, in the event of failure, a vial of cyanide. They joined, at various intervals, the throng of onlookers lined along a 6-km route and waited for the six-car motorcade to come into view.

Does it mean that Bosnia had joined the Hadsberg empire but weren't happy about joining. The bosnian people wanted freedom from Herdberg empire, im not sure about the rest.

Pretty much no one "joined" the Austrian Empire; the Habsburgs tended to conquer by marriage but maintain with force. Serbia was not, however, part of the empire. Some Serbians were in the empire, though.

Balkan history is complex, involving Austria, the Ottomans, Byzantium, 19th Century romanticism, and government-sponsored terrorism.

 

[Alecras234]

so because a sebian killed Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia with help from Germany?