Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Treaty Of Versailles (ended WWI)

The Treaty Of Versailles really affected Germany. Because since Germany basically started the war and eventually lost, they were blamed for all the bad things that happened during the WWI. Germany lost lots of territory and had to pay a lot of money for most of the demage that the war caused. Germany wasn't very stable after the war since they lost AND were blamed for it AND had to repair most of the bad things that happened which drained Germany even more. Along came Adolf Hitler. Hitler was just a normal soldier...but a very smart and cruel guy, he saw that Germany and the world was in a very bad state (Great Depression) and introduced himself to the weakminded germans that desperately wanted a leader. Hitler announced to the people that the Treaty was unfair to the germans and said that he would changed that for the better of Germany. Since the people was depressed and desparate for a strong leader, Hitler seemed like the right guy to take that position. He then lead to the great massacre of his.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Mustafa Kemal(Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal helped Turkey in many ways. He let turkey to a full independent country. He won many battles and crushed any invader in the country. He also ended the Ottoman Dynasty which had lasted already for 6 centuries! He created the Republic or Turkey in 1923. He changed some cultures, the Fez for an example.... He didn't want people to use the fez because it represented bad things. He changed it to a hat more like a western hat, and he clearly stated that it was called a hat and nothing else. He was a president for 15 years. He died in 1938.

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