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The “Sick man of Europe doesn’t affiliate with a single person, but that of a country. The expression was used to show that the Ottoman Empire was in a distress and falling apart. The Ottoman Empire was different than any other Empire of its age. Other countries were going through the industrialization while the Ottoman Empire didn’t make a move as much as others. They kept to old practices as well as not helping them in this situation that their population has grown rapidly in the last few years putting a strain on their economic system. Causing the Empire to become weak and brittle to the point of failing the other European countries, although most European countries weren’t much better off.
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This proved problematic due to at the time America was neutral in the war. Fearing that the United States would join the war as a British Ally, the Germans promised to kill the submarine campaign. The reason the German Navy was shooting to destroy all of the British ships in their range was due to the British Navy having a blockade on the International waters. The German Navy would of most likely continued with the submarine blockade if it wasn’t for the threat of the United States.
(Iron Curtain) The Iron Curtain is a metaphor described by Winston Churchill, it depicts how the war was causing a metaphorical wall between barriers. The saying was brought to be, due to the Allies having control over the west and the German forces hold the East. This was the imaginary line that kept the forces on their own side due to heavy resistance in each direction. The only part that actually had a wall was Berlin. This wall is where political issues and military rivalry boiled over and caused great distress.
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The reason this treaty took place was to make sure that the German Powers were not going to be able to cause a major war again. This Treaty forced Germany to put out of an air force as well as only being able to have a small army and navy. They also had to accept the presence of military occupation. One of the biggest and hardest thing that came with this treaty was that Germany was forced into accepting that the reason for this war, and all of those who were killed or injured in action was their doing. Germany was forced to pay reparations to the other countries. The strict compliances in this treaty may have been one of the reasons that Germany rose to power in World War II.
(NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization) The North Atlantic Treaty was established in 1949 by 12 different nations. The Treaty states that any one of the nations was to be attacked that it would mean that they were all being attacked. In simpler terms if you pick a fight with one you pick the fight with everyone. The major reason for this treaty was a possible impeding attack from the Soviet Union and those nations wanted to be prepared. Due to this treaty being created the Soviet Union responded with a treaty of their own, called the Warsaw Pact in 1955. This caused close tension between the two forces and were often seen in the spotlight.
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