At the beginning of the 20th century, the Balkans were driven by nationalist tendencies that demanded the independence of their countries but also the claims of power of the European large states, which sought to expand their territorial influence and to incorporate territories.
Especially Austria-Hungary expanded its dominion clearly. Only through diplomatic negotiations could wars be...
In the decades following the civil war in Japan (1863-1868), Japan was systematically modernizing its naval and land forces and pursuing an extremely aggressive foreign policy to expand its sphere of influence. In the war with China in 1894 and 1895, Japan was able to incorporate Taiwan. It also controlled the Korean peninsula, which was...
After the end of the American Civil War, the United States became a major military and economic power in the Caribbean and Pacific. Also territorially the country expanded further. In 1867, it bought the region of Alaska from Russia for $ 7.2 million. In the same year, the US annexed Midway Island in the Pacific...
Already with the founding of the United States of America from the then 13 colonies on the east coast of North America, it was foreseeable that its expansion would lead further west and thus inevitably to conflicts with the native Indian tribes.
With the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the expulsion of the Indians was not...
During the 15th century, the Portuguese began searching for a sea route to India. For this purpose, the ships sailed south along the west coast of Africa, where the sailors founded a series of bases.
In the 17th century, the Portuguese were followed by the French, Dutch and English, and more and more bases and trading...
The cornerstone of the American Civil War was laid with the Constitution after the Declaration of Independence, when Member States were given the decision to uphold slavery itself. So the country divided into a negative north and a practicing south. When Abraham Lincoln became a person who wanted to abolish slavery across the United States,...
Mexico was part of the Spanish colonies in America since the 16th century. It was only with the independence of the US and the French Revolution that the population in Mexico also sought independence from Spain. When Napoleon occupied Spain during his reign, the Mexican liberals seized the opportunity and began their uprising. Supported by...
The German-French War resulted from the disagreement of a heir to the throne for Spain, the publication of a telegram which led to national indignation in both countries and finally ended in war. After that, a united German Reich, a new French Republic and with the loss of Alsace and Lorraine the next reason for...
After the defeat of Napoleon, a bundle of 39 German states emerged from the fragmented small states that were in the heart of Europe. The federation was dominated by Austria, Prussia gained in the years before the status of a great power, but could not enforce its interests in the federal government. Through the detour...
After the collapse of the western Roman Empire, the former Roman fuselage of today's Italy also fell into many often rivaling kingdoms and city-states. Not infrequently, these small areas were under the rule of the larger European powers such as Austria or Spain.
At the end of the 18th century Napoleon invaded with his French troops...
