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Egon Harings

    Germany and two World Wars
    Germany after World War II
    Germany before World War I
    German(ic) History 1
    The Great Age of Angela Merkel
    Germanic History Volume I
    • 2018

      Germany before World War I

      From Napoleon to the signs of World War I

      The end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. In Europe, Napoleon rules and decides on nations. In many battles he defeats the armies of European states. Only in his Russian campaign he suffers a great defeat, which continues in the Battle of Leipzig. But only at Waterloo he is finally defeated. For Europe, a new era begins. It is the era of the German fraternities. It follows the German revolution and the first German National Assembly in the Frankfurt St. Paul's Church. Prussia and Austria become the ruling powers in Central Europe. After the Franco-Prussian War, the political landscape in Europe is set to change again. The second German Reich is born. Wilhelm I, the Prussian king, becomes German emperor. Germany becomes a world power with colonies in Africa and the Pacific Ocean. This book also reports on German classical music, romanticism and the Biedermeier period. It is the time of famous German composers, writers and painters, but also the time of German inventions that change the world. Many drawings by the author complete this great work.

      Germany before World War I
    • 2018

      Germany after World War II

      Two German states and their reunification

      The Second World War is over. Germany is just a field of rubble. The people have no accommodations. They live in ruins. So-called rubble-women provide for the first construction houses; their men are still in prisoner-of-war camps. Germany is occupied by Allied troops. Hunger is prevalent. Then the year 1949. Two German states emerge. Germany is divided and the eastern territories are under Polish and Russian administration. Millions of Germans are expelled from these territories. West Germany takes in most of the expellees. Then the economic miracle. The people in West Germany are doing well again. In 1990 the reunification. But Germany has to give up its eastern territories. -- This book reports on the history of Germany from the era of Konrad Adenauer to the great age of Angela Merkel. The reader learns about the founding of the European Union and its economic power today, too, and more.

      Germany after World War II
    • 2018

      Germany and two World Wars

      From the German Reich to the end of the Nazi regime

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      Germany and two World Wars
    • 2018

      Germany before and after the Thirty Years' War

      From Martin Luther to the French Revolution

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      Germany before and after the Thirty Years' War
    • 2017

      This book explores Germany from 2008 to 2016, highlighting Angela Merkel's era amidst various crises, including the economic and Greek crises, the refugee crisis, the Cologne New Year's Eve incidents, and the British Brexit referendum.

      The Great Age of Angela Merkel
    • 2012

      Germanic History Volume I

      • 296 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Focusing on the Germanic people, this book offers a succinct overview of their history while placing it within the broader context of European and global events. It highlights key developments and interactions that shaped their culture and influence throughout history.

      Germanic History Volume I
    • 2010

      This book presents us with a concise history of the Germanic people, embedded in European and even world history. So Chinese history is touched to make clear the complicated ways of mankind in Europe from the Roman empire to the early middle ages. The reader learns about wars and quarrels, not always political but also personal, leaving their trace through the centuries. Stringing up German(ic) history's V.I.P.s chronologically, the author's aim is to show the Germanic peoples' development from muddle and unrest unto the forming of a state bearing the name Deutschland and the forming of a nation.

      German(ic) History 1