During a century of peace the contradictions between European countries accumulated and erupted in a murderous international conflict. The main factors which triggered the war were militant nationalism and the disruption of the balance of power. The 19th century witnessed a number of armed conflicts which left deep scars in international relations. For instance, the […]
On his way to the political Olympus, Hitler easily won support of the dispirited nation because he offered a very simple excuse to the German defeat in WW I and promised to drop the humiliating conditions of the Treaty of Versailles. His fanatical Nationalism in combination with pathological Anti-Communism and anti-Semitism looked attractive for depressed […]
Vladimir Ulyanov, alias Lenin born in 1870 in Simbirsk on the Volga was the most radical opponent of the Russian monarchy. His father was the director of primary schools of the entire province and his mother was from a doctor’s family. Vladimir’s political carrier was influenced by the execution of his older brother Alexander who […]