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Germany is a prominent country in Europe as it stands as the second most crowded nation and the biggest economy in Europe. Seeing how it has the largest economy, it does alter the links between the prominent nations in the world. German history is filled with social and political movements. Adolf Hitler and the era of Nazism is an unfortunate and prominent part of the History of the nation. It was after both the world wars that Germany was destabilized and broken into two pieces. Following the Second World War, in 1945 the country was taken hold by the Allied powers which included United Kingdom, America, France and the Soviet Union. (CIA)

After the invasion, Germany was torn into two nations with the Berlin wall in between. In 1949, just near the beginning of the cold war, two states were created. One was the Western Federal epublic of Germany…...

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Bideleux, R., & Taylor, R. (1996). European integration and disintegration: East and west. London: Routledge.

Brady, J. And Wiliarty, S. (2002). How Culture Matters: Culture and Social Change in the Federal Republic of Germany . German Politics and Society, 20 (2).

Cia.gov (n.d.). CIA - The World Factbook. [online] Retrieved from:   [Accessed: 1 Dec 2012].https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html 

Germany's Failure in orld ar II
Germany had launched several successful attacks and was successful in conquering several territories such as Poland, Netherlands and France, that proved Germany is invincible. However, Germany failed in strategic planning. The first obvious attack was on Britain, where its aerial attacks were softened. If they had been strong and steadfast, Germany would have been successful in invading United Kingdom. However, German troops were called back. This was the first silent defeat of Germany. Secondly, it had attacked Russia without proper planning. Russia is a large country with large territory and winter.

Germany's Failure in orld ar II

In orld ar I, Germany's failure was because two reasons: inadequate alliances and war of several fronts. During the orld ar II, Germany was close to achieve its target but failed to win the war. Hitler failed to manage the areas he had conquered and this allowed the opposition to…...

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Work Cited

Bell, P.M.H. The Origins of the Second World War in Europe. (3rd ed. 2007).

Brody, J Kenneth (1999). The Avoidable War: Pierre Laval and the Politics of Reality, 1935 -- 1936. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Davies, Norman (2008). No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939 -- 1945. New York: Penguin Group

Deist, Wilhelm et al., ed. Germany and the Second World War. Vol. 1: The Build-up of German Aggression. (2001). 799 pp., official German history

Hungary, omania, and Bulgaria joined Germany in 1940 while Yugoslavia and Greece were forced to submit thus multiplying the victories of Germany in the war.
The Turnaround:

These early successes of Germany were however short-lived. The surprise turnaround came when in June 1941 Germany forced ussia to side with the Allies by launching a joint attack on ussia. Initially Germany managed to destroy a major part of ussia but by December 1941, Moscow's staunch resistance had stopped the flow of victories for Germany.

Quickly after that the United States was forced to give up its neutral stand and join the war. Since U.S. has planned not to join the war, it was safely watching the progress and was not exactly a threat to any country. However in Dec 1941, Japan made U.S. join the war by attacking Pearl Harbor without any declaration of war. U.S. entered war with a vengeance only to…...

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press.

Bradley Lightbody, the Second World War: Ambitions to Nemesis (New York: Routledge, 2004)

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Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2004

Germany
Before the rise of azism in Germany and the Second World War, there had been acts of violence and discrimination against the Jews, but there had never been a systematic policy for ridding Germany of its non-Aryan population. However, as the Third Reich gained homeland power under the banner of postwar nationalism and soon too began expanding its own borders, the territories conquered brought with them a larger collection of Jews, begetting a new proportion to the "Jewish problem." Hitler stressed the cleansing of the Jews, or Judenrein, as a valiant necessity, and by the end of the 1930s, Germany was engulfed in discussion of how to rid the land of the Jews. Mary Fulbrook discusses the ghettos, exportation to Madagascar, and mass-graves that were first toyed with, before the development of the sinister "final solution." (Fulbrook, 197.) The suppression of human emotions and enculturation of obedience restructured the people…...

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Nevertheless, the fall of the Berlin wall brought both sides together with an ideology of unification and the birth of the Germany so long denied. "Even history is a product of the time in which it is written." (Fulbrook, 261.) The nationalist histories trumpeted a problem of belated unification, and twentieth century histories tell the story of the evils of Hitler's sociopolitical roots. But, with easing tensions and melding modern German, the "Germany problem" changes from a shameful past to one colored with the complex patterns ultimately at play. Bessel and Fulbrook lead divergent conversations into the same groups, uncovering different stories marked with a united past and future; the legacy of the Third Reich will never leave the Germans, but in its different explosions in both post-war Germanies, is united in the modern German republic with a common goal of bettered future.

Bessel, Richard. Nazism and War. New York: Modern Library, 2004.

Fulbrook, Mary. History of Germany, 1918-2000: The Divided Nation. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.

The two main problems that Germany faces during its current reunification process can be generalized and applied to other historical and contemporary situations. Nearly any nation attempting to piece itself back together after deep divisions would experience some economic, social, and political conflict. For example, after the Civil War, the United States dealt with heady economic, political and social problems that remain problems well over a century later. As in Germany, a lack of frank ethical discussions may have contributed to the lingering social problems in the United States. Under the GD government, big state-controlled industry prevailed and small independently-owned businesses were anathema. Free enterprise was suppressed for decades and stimulating small business growth after reunification has proven difficult in Eastern Germany. Similarly, the American government did little to invest in the stimulation of African-American entrepreneurship and the endemic poverty amongst black communities remains a poignant problem in the United…...

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Blacksell, Mark. State and Nation: Germany Since Reunification. Europa. Number 3 Article 5-1997. Retrieved July 17, 2006 at  http://www.intellectbooks.com/europa/number3/blacksel.htm 

Delaney, Bill. "Germany Still Dealing with Remnants of Cold War." CNN World News. 1995. Retrieved July 17, 2006 at http://www-cgi.cnn.com/WORLD/9510/germany/index.html

East Germany." Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2006 at http://encarta.msn.com

Manus, Susan. "Perspectives on German Reunification." Library of Congress Information Bulletin. Nov. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2006 at  http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9711/sommer.html

There are opinions which consider in fact the invasion of Poland as an excuse for the start of the war. In this sense, the events in 1939 are known to have been an untrue story. More precisely, "Hitler desired war and any further attempts to negotiate peace were doomed to failure. The Nazis then staged a fake attack on a German radio outpost along the German-Polish border and used that as an excuse for invasion" (Quotes and sayings, n.d.) Therefore, it can be said that the invasion of Poland was indeed the event which triggered the start of the war. Hours after the invasion, the British and the French ultimatum was presented to the German Ambassador in the respective countries. They ultimatum was not respected, nor agreed upon by the German side which was determined to go to war against the estern side.

Poland represented only one step in Hitler's way…...

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BBC. 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany. N.d. 9 May 2008.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/3/newsid_3493000/3493279.stm 

Havers, Robin. The Second World War: Europe, 1939-1943 Volume: 2. New York: Rutledge, 2002.

Kagan, Robert. Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order. New York: Knopf Publishers, 2003.

Kershaw, Ian. Hitler 1936-45: Nemesis. London: Penguin Books, 2001.

Germany
Today's Germany is a leading European country known for strong economy, highly developed technologies, high standards of life and other features of modern prosperous state. Today's Germany is a result of numerous bloody wars which were waged to unite German lands and create a new state in the center of Europe - strong and independent Deutschland, which would be treated by France and Britain as an equal. German impact on European and on world history was invaluable since Germany was and still remains to be one of the most progressive states. After overcoming tragedies caused by political and historical issues, Germany reached the top of progress and set an example for other European countries.

Speaking about Germany, we should take into consideration that historically it was not a centralized state; it was partitioned into small lands (states) which didn't seek for consolidation and unity as the ideology of unity contradicted the…...

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Fulbrook, Mary German History Since 1800 Arnold Publishers 1998

Eihman, Michael Germany After the Great War Oxford University Press 1978

However, German producers expect the markets in other countries to become like theirs, but there is very little chance that this will ever happen, since the customers will not agree with the premium cars' high costs, and the demand for this kind of cars is likely to decrease.
The German producers' orientation seems to be in disharmony with the customers' needs. For example, they develop fast and powerful vehicles that can easily reach 125 mph, but the speed limit in many areas is 55 mph. This will cause a shift in the demand, the customers will orient towards less powerful cars that cost less. Drivers nowadays are facing many restrictions and they are also much more aware and preoccupied of the environment than they were a decade ago, and the new direction that car demand is taking now proves it.

Buyers' choice is now influenced by other factors also, such as…...

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Germany's car industry: The big-car problem. Germany produces some of the fastest and most luxurious cars in the world, but is that yesterday's game? (22 Feb 2007). The Economist. Retrieved March 11, 2007 at  http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8738865 .

Germany, Federal Republic of German Bundesrepublik Deutschland, is a major industrialized nation in central Europe (Germany pp). It is a federal union of sixteen states. Although Germany has a long, complex history and rich culture, it did not become a unified nation until 1871 (Germany pp). Before then, Germany was a confederacy,1815-1867, and, before 1806, it was a collection of separate and quite different principalities (Germany pp).
The seventh largest country in Europe, Germany has a total area of 137, 827 square miles of terrain that ranges from low-lying coastal flats along the North and Baltic seas to a central area of rolling hills and river valleys, to the forested mountains and snow-capped Alps in the south (Germany pp).

Germany has an estimated population of 82, 424, 609 people, and is overwhelmingly urban, where most people lead a prosperous, comfortable lifestyle with adequate leisure time and comprehensive social welfare benefits (Germany pp).…...

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Germany

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576917/Germany_Federal_Republic_of.html

" The consolidation of the nation-states meant first the union of pre-existing states, and second the creation of new ties between the government and the governed. Seton-atson traces the beginnings of the trend toward the formation of a German nation some four or five centuries before it actually occurred, and he notes that such things as the religious wars of the sixteenth century retarded any progress in this direction. After Napoleon, there were 39 states in Germany:
The German Confederation which now replaced the defunct Holy Roman Empire... had no central parliament... All the states were ruled by German governments... There was thus no question of Germans suffering from foreign rule. The problem was not independence but unity. (Seton-atson 93)

The national identity of Germany developed slowly and in stages. Even after orld ar I, while Germany had become a republic, the old internal state boundaries were maintained, with considerable powers still…...

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Works Cited

Overy, Richard and Andrew Wheatcroft. The Road to War. New York: Random House, 1989.

Seton-Watson, Hugh. Nations and States. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1977.

Germany
In the short-term, the Bolshevik Revolution and the subsequent withdrawal of Russia from the Eastern Front was very advantageous for Germany, enabling it to conserve its rapidly-depleting military resources. Lenin's intention in negotiating a peace was obviously not altruistic but the fact that the communists were determined to modernize the country and institute what they considered to be an ideal form of government. This was impossible while continuing the war which Lenin already regarded (with some justification) as a conflict that had resulted from squabbling between the imperial powers and which had little to do with where Russia was heading in its future. Secret alliances and tensions between the great powers touched off a series of events which caused the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand to have a 'snowballing' effect in terms of declarations of war. The conflict which followed was bloody and except for Russia after its regime change,…...

Germany's Migrant Crisis
Starting from October 2014 to October 2015 European countries received an overwhelming influx of migrants from various countries. The word migrant describes a person who leaves home to seek life in a new country or region. Due to many economic, violence, abuse and poverty issues, people begin to migrate to places thought to be a safe haven. Most of the migration came from the inhabitants of Syria. Other countries that were soon to follow many of the Syrians were Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, Albania, Pakistan, Eritrea, Nigeria, Siberia and Ukraine. Most of the migrants fleeing their countries are coming onto Europe claiming the asylum status. The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) was put into place to ensure the rights of refugees under the international law are protected. The system was out in place to set out minimum standards and procedures to process and assess asylum applications. Out of all…...

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Bagnai, A., Granville, B., Soy, A. (2015). The Economic Consequences of Greece.

Project Syndicate. Retrieved from  http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greece-eurozone-breakup-by-alberto-bagnai-et-al-2015-02 

BBC News. (2016). Cologne attacks: Merkel proposes tougher migrant laws. BBC.

Retrieved from  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35271171

While the baies in Gemany to such independent entepising ae inceasingly being diminished in the face of opening global tade outes, it is still the case that Gemany's public and pivate means to stimulating independent entepising ae less accessible and less plentiful than those found in the United States. Though in many ways, this is something which is subject to change based on such fluctuations in the economy as the pessues on the value of the Ameican dolla today as compaed to the elative success of the Euo which undescoes the unionized Geman economy, the eseach and findings poduced by the suvey questionnaie consideed hee indicate a cultue which is moe pedominant in the United States. The concen of this cultue is with the vaiation of the maketplace though the entance of a multi-statified class of contendes.
An impotant finding which does not efute ou study's pimay esolutions but which…...

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references either to ultimately competing on a global level or filling gaps left in the local market with acknowledgment of the impact levied on the landscape by globalization. Particularly, when speaking of future strategies, 22 out of 50 German respondents would mention either 'free trade,' 'globalization' or the "EU." This compares with balance to the 24 American respondents of 54 study participants who would mention either 'free trade,' 'globalization,' or 'international growth.' These can be considered relatively equivalent degrees of understanding as to the relationship between SME development and globalization in either context. This is an outcome which suggests that patterns in Germany may well be subject to change in the future, despite the resolutions yielded here.

Conclusion:

Ultimately, the findings which have been produced by the survey here conducted would endorse the overall argument that cultural factors have long promoted a distinction in entrepreneurial tendencies between the United States and Germany where the former places a greater deal more emphasis on independent business enterprising than does the latter. Indeed, the survey respondents would produce the qualitatively observed finding that in terms of both motive and means, American entrepreneurs would be illustrative of a culture where small and medium enterprise orientation is encouraged and supported through various sociologically induced avenues. By comparison, it was found that the German entrepreneurs who responded to the survey were less likely than their American counterparts to be either motivated or funded by avenues caused to existence by cultural or sociological factors. Instead, there appears a greater likelihood amongst German entrepreneurs to reflect a motive and a means for entrepreneurship with individual and personal implications. This tends to suggest that compared to their American counterparts, German respondents tend not to reflect specific cultural patterns relating to entrepreneurial activity. This is to say that where we may not necessarily conclude that there is a pattern which dissuades or restrains German entrepreneurs from engagement in the process, we can conclude that there is an apparent pattern whereby lesser opportunity or encouragement exists to help stimulate engagement in the process.

Based on what is understood of the entrepreneurial process through the present body of research, this contributes to the resolution that there does exist a relationship between culture and entrepreneurship and that moreover, this culture is more strongly reflected in the United States than in Germany. Nonetheless, we may also resolve that Germany is currently in a state of opening, with free trade and the various realities of the European Union causing it and many of its neighbors to engage markets with a greater interest in diversification. As so many entities of a large corporate nature move operations to markets where cost opportunities are more flexible, local activity has become an increasingly important part of retaining dynamism and competition in domestic contexts. As the research here denotes, in this regard of encouraging and supporting SME development, the German market will come increasingly to identify with the market in the United States.

The study here conducted elucidates several prospects for more precise or empirical examination. In particular, the basic nature of the survey, which was formed of open-ended questions, bears with it certain strengths but also betrays some weakness in the formality of the study. Namely, the open-ended format does allow for considerable flexibility in response. For a study such as this, which is intended to breach the surface of the subject matter as a way to steward efficiently future studies of a deeper or broader intent, open-ended questioning is appropriate.

e. The produced unit can be easily exported to other parts of the world. Germany is the corridor for East and West. Germany has proven vast potential of massive technology, and economic incentives. Germany is ranked as the major exporter of the industrialized goods, and due to its proximity to all the major routes it shares major proportion of the trade. 'Germany leading exporter, Americans lagging behind.' (TIMES March 2006). The country has trade agreements with all neighboring countries and continents.
Germany due to its advance technology, and research work has performed miraculously, and its strategic location has further supported the ongoing activities and is responsible for the increasing momentum. Germany has been wise enough to build diplomatic relations with all the countries, and agreements are signed with other countries on the basis of the interest and profitability rather than difference of ideology. Germany has always kept the differences in the…...

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Anne Tempel.,

The Cross-National Transfer of Human Resource Management Practices in German and British.

Derek Lewis.,

Contemporary Germany: A Handbook.

hat had formerly been strong national "brands" such as the French wine, Belgian chocolate, Swiss watches and banks, etc. either disappeared entirely or were simply re-branded as German products. The exports of German production were primarily consumed by trade partners in Central and Southern Africa, Asia, and South America (Mills). Boycotts of German products remained in effect for many years in North America and England. but, over time, even these barriers fell.
Most significantly, without the ability of the international community to bring any real effect to bear on the situation of the Jews in the new Germany, the eradication of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and other "undesirable" groups expanded and became a true genocide (Priest). hile a European version of the American Civil-ar era Underground Railroad existed to secret targeted people out of Germany, it succeeded only in rescuing a few thousand survivors over the course of the next twenty…...

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Works Cited

Kersten, Felix. The Memoirs of Doctor Felix Kersten. Trans. Ernst Morowitz. New York: Doubleday, 1947.

Mills, Charles. If Germany Won World War II. Alexandria: Apple Cheeks Press, 1997.

Moorcock, Michael. "If Hitler Had Won World War Two..." Telegraph.co.uk 07-11 2005: 2.

Priest, Christopher. The Separation. Baltimore: Old Earth Books, 2005.

One of the more shameful moments in American history was the establishment of internment camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II.  Ostensibly started because the United States was at war with Japan, it is interesting to note that there were no similar internment camps for people of Italian or German descent, despite the fact that Italy and Germany were also part of the Axis powers that fought against the Allies in World War II. 

Prior to World War II, Japanese began immigrating to America for work opportunities.  They initially immigrated to Hawaii, which was annexed by the United....

Looking at how cars were invented and reality quickly became the go-to transportation method for much of the world is fascinating.  While the automobile was invented in Germany and France, Henry Ford, who mastered automation and the mass production of cars, probably deserves much of the credit for the automobile’s early successes.  In fact, Ford’s focuses on wages and affordability probably deserve credit for the rise of the American middle class, suggesting that the history of the automobile and the history of the middle class are inextricably intertwined.

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Many people think of the D-Day landings as only amphibious. However, there were also air landings on D-Day. The combination of the two types of assault helped contribute to the success of the D-Day invasion. Plus, while we focus on D-Day, it was just the beginning of a bigger operation, Operation Overlord. That operation was designed to help the Allied powers defeat the Axis powers in Europe with a decisive, huge push of combined forces.

The D-Day invasion was all across northern France. They landed on five different beaches. The beaches were Utah, Sword,....

I do not agree with the statement that opposition to the Weimar government from 1924-1929 was harmless. There were several significant opposition groups during this period that posed threats to the stability and functioning of the government.

Firstly, right-wing extremist groups, such as the Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler, emerged during this time and gained considerable support. These groups vigorously attacked the Weimar Republic, spreading their ideologies of racism, anti-Semitism, and authoritarianism. Their opposition was far from harmless, as they organized violent activities, attempted coups, and disrupted the political process. The Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, led by....