Britain, France, and Canada were reluctant to stand up to Hitler in 1936-1939 despite his aggression because they were still grieving from their loss from World War One. Many citizens of Canada were still upset over the many who were deceased during the first major battle the Canadians were involved in- WW1. Canada had also spent so much money on WW1, approximately $1,665,576,000 US dollars-the national debt rate soared to 2.5 billion dollars post WW1. Britain, France, and Canada appeased Hitler to prevent the deficit they were still recovering from to increase. After the way the government treated soldiers post WW1 there were few who wanted to enlist in war the second time around, this would've meant conscription.…
David Fromkin argues in his book Europe’s Last Summer that Germany would manipulate the events leading up to WW1 for a war to have Austria as an ally. A major component to this argument is the idea that WW1 started with a minor war in Serbia against Austria and Germany gaining Austrian assistance to help them in their war against Russia. (Fromkin, pg271-273))…
During World War II, France had given in an signed an armistice of peace. France was easily invaded because things were all over the place. France was not a united nation, they had a disorganized army, no formal government, and a wrong assumed attack plan. Ultimately, there was a feeling of French weakness but with a good reason. France wanted to save anything they could to preserve their culture and politics.…
Germany, with the treaty with Austria-Germany, declared war on Russia. France, bounded by a treaty with Russia, was at…
France was already having problems with Britain and when Benjamin Franklin started to contact them, they saw an opportunity to take advantage of the british troubles. With their alliance it really strengthened the patriots numbers. The patriots were also supported by Spain and many of the european countries, it was mostly Spain. Spain was allied to France before the war therefore they were not really backing the new nation but France,they believed that the Americans (patriots) had the same imperialistic trait as Britain. It was not until 1778 that France and Spain signed the Treaty of Alliance and a Treaty of Amity and Commerce.…
Since 1776, the French had been providing (secretly…) some aid to the American cause, until such a time that France felt more confident of the American rebels chance for victory, since France did not want risk another losing war with England, but with the American victory at Saratoga in 1777 and the rumors of a possible settlement with the colonies propelled France openly into the arms of the Americans with the signing of a treaty in 1778. With the entry of France in 1778 and later Spain in 1779 the strategic military situation for England and its military struggle to subdue the rebellion in North American became more complex. With the entry of the French, England now faced a major power that had sizable naval assets and an army to threaten…
The Triple Alliance caused France to declare war against both Germany and Austria-Hungary (DBQ:What were the underlying Background Essay, 2010,p. Doc1). Lastly, Great Britain who was a part of the Triple Entente joined France and Russia in the war. This chain reaction caused the Great War to begin, but for it to go on there was a need for the…
Relationship between France and Canada came from centuries ago. During the European colonization both British and French were dominating different parts of Canada and battles for domination, French Revolution, American Revolution shaped the political structure of Canada and grouping of population. In the Second World War Canada and France were allies against Nazi German. Eventually, after the fall of France in 1940 most Western governments broke off relations with the Vichy regime, this was not the case with Canada which continued the support until 1942.…
To begin Germany made an alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary. Although, Italy made a secret alliance with France saying they weren't actually going to help Germany. When Ferdinand, of Austria, was assassinated Austria declared war on Serbia (where he was assassinated). Since Russia was allied with Serbia they sent russian troops to help them. In response Germany declared war on Russia for going against their ally and France.…
Who was Charles de Gaulle? How did he end up as the leader of Free France? What other key Frenchmen competed with De Gaulle for leadership and why did the Allies support De Gaulle? General Charles de Gaulle was one of the innovators of armored warfare as practiced in World War II. De Gaulle’s writings, although first ignored, eventually led to his obtaining command of the French 4th Mechanized Division in May, 1940, just as the German invasion began.…
Meanwhile, the French were keeping tabs on the Americans, as they have since 1774(“The French Alliance”). They were looking for the right time to propose an alliance with them. This American victory made it clear that they were serious about claiming independence(“The French Alliance”). The French offered an alliance in 1777, that was signed on February 6, 1778(“Franco-American…”). This…
For example, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia but since they have an alliance with Russia they will have Serbia back, then Russian has an alliance with France, who has an alliance with Great Britain. So not only is Austria-Hungary…
Masculine Outrage for Masculine Weakness: Analysis of Male Sexuality in Fin-de-Siècle France The second half of the nineteenth century saw many French men questioning their masculinity after their demoralizing defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Emperor Napoleon III had formed the Second Empire, then the regime of the French government, in 1852 after being elected as president and then appointing himself to a higher position. France seemingly flourished during the years under Napoleon III’s reigns, growing in infrastructure and in imperialism, until the early 1870s when Otto von Bismarck incited France to declare war on Prussia thanks to a telegram he fabricated.…
The pursuit of national interest is always in the formula for the calculations of the rational decisions made by a nation. National interest is something each nation is thinking about when they go into war. World War I was the sacrifice of millions of lives to fulfill each nation’s national interest. William Kirby argues that, countries enter war because of their “rational calculations and national interests”. The source points out how the purpose of war is not irrational, it is rationalized by the beliefs of a nation and the benefits of military conflict.…
From 1862-1890, German Chancellor and Prussian Statesman Otto Von Bismarck utilized a foreign policy known as Realpolitik. Realpolitik is politics/diplomacy based on practical and logical political possibilities that completely excludes morals and ethics from decisions. Bismarck utilized this foreign policy in order to expand Prussia’s rule over Germany while minimizing any casualties or war from Prussia itself by manipulating other countries and people in order to achieve certain goals. For instance, in December 1863, Bismarck after seeing Denmark was planning to incorporate Schleswig, convinced Austria to invade Schleswig without involving Prussia at all in order to maintain the safety of his country while still gaining dominance over German…