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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

My View on The Treaty of Varsailles

I do not think that the Treaty of Versailles was fair to the German people. The treaty blamed them for the cause of the war. In my opinion, I don not feel that the war was all Germany's fault. The German people had a right to be upset and to hate the Treaty. They especially hated Act 21 of the Treaty because it blamed Germany for the cause of war, and it was the excuse for all the harsh clauses of the Treaty. Initially, Germany felt that Russia was to blame for the cause of WWI. The Treaty of Versailles was made to satisfy no one, and it was very harsh on the German people. Reparations was involved in which the German people had to pay 338 billion dollars for the cause of the war. I feel that this is terrible because these people would suffer terribly. This was shown because the after affects of the war included, starvation, poverty, and severe economic problems. In all, The treaty created bitterness, hatred, and outrage in the German people, and was over all unfair!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Pictures of Gavrilo Princip and Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his Wife


Sophie Ferdinand Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand Gavrilo Principe



Reflections on Balkan Blunders

I personally find it very funny that it took seven people to kill the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Overall these people did not deserve to dies. They were harmless, and did not do anything cruel to these young men. These young boys were very foolish and thought that they were doing a good deed by killing the Duke and his wife.
All of these young men were educated, were in school, and all but one was under the age of 18. The main target was Gavrilo Princep who was a high school student, (nerd) and as the article said, a part-time assassin. (Lol) All of these men joined the secret society called, "The Black Hand."
What makes this killing, or should I say, attempt to kill the Arch Duke funny, is that most of the boys failed terribly. How are they suppose to be apart of a secret society and fail at their missions and goals? (That shows how tough they really are!) Mehmed Mehmedbasic chickened out when attempting the assassination. He bragged about tit but he really did nothing! Vaso could not find the stomach, Cvetko Popovic also chickened out, Nedelko Cabrinovic had no aim and instead, he aimed at a neighboring car that injured many.
The only boy that succeeded was Gavrilo Princip who shot twice and killed the Arch Duke and his wife, Sophie. I personally think that he should have served life in prison instead of twenty years. But it is understood that he was under the age of 21 so he could not serve a life sentence. Also, the rules and regulations of that time differed from our forms of law today!