History
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The National Socialist ambitions for a pan-German state had already raised tensions between Germany and the Allies. The German Army saw a war with the Allies as unwinnable and had planned a coup against Hitler’s regime. This was known as the Oster Conspiracy, named after its mastermind, Hans Oster. For this plan to work, the…
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The Thirty Years’ War (1618) The Austrian Empire had solidified its position in Central Europe as the ruling power of the Holy Roman Empire. It maintained long-standing rivalries with the Ottoman Empire and France, while Habsburg kings held important thrones in Spain, Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia, Portugal, the Netherlands, and several smaller kingdoms and principalities in…