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Lecturer(s)
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Holešovský Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Hajšmanová Jaroslava, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. On the way to the First World War I. Europe in the years 1900 - 1914 2. Ont he way to the First World War II. Non european areas in the years 1900 - 1914 3. Sarajevo attempt 4. June - july 1914. Events which headed to the outbreak of the First World War. Year 1914 5. Year 1915 - entrace of Italy to the war on a side of the Entente; develompent on european (east front, balcan front) and non european fields (Gallilopoli) 6. Year 1916 - big offensives on the western front; death of Franz Joseph I. and accession of charles I. 7. Year 1917 - unsuccessful negotiation about the separate peace; beginning unlimited submarine war from the German side; successes of the Entente on non european fields; entrance of USA to the war; rise of Czechoslovak legions in Russia (Battle of Zborov) and in France; revolution in Russia 8. Year 1918 - Fourteen Points of president Wilson; Treaty of Brest-Litovsk; failure of German offensive on the western front and Austria-Hungary offensive on Piave; breaking the German defence between alberto and Montdidier; the way to the peace - abdication of the emperor Charles I.; Compigne truce 9. Develompent of so called "Czech question" in the years 1914 - 1918 10. Economic development in the years 1914 - 1918 11. Social and cultural development in the years 1914 - 1918 12. Consequences of the First World War - the end of old monarchies and rise of the new, so called "succession states"; evaluation of the importance of the war for european and world history of the 20th century
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 104 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 26 hours per semester
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| No prerequisite courses. |
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| Students will create a timeline of major historical events of the First World War and analyze the situation and developments in various fronts. They will bring in context the Czechoslovak Legion and efforts for independence of the Czechs and Slovaks. They will recognize and formulate the importance of the U.S. entry into war on the side of Entente and evaluate the impact of the employment of modern weapons on course of the war. |
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| Oral exam |
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Recommended literature
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Klimek Antonín. Říjen 1918 : vznik Československa. Praha [etc.] : Paseka, 1998. ISBN 80-7185-175-2.
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SKŘIVAN, A. Císařská politika. Rakousko-Uhersko a Německo v evropské politice 1906-1914,. Karolinum, Praha, 1996.
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Šedivý, Ivan. Češi, české země a Velká válka 1914-1918. Praha : Lidové noviny, 2001. ISBN 80-7106-274-X.
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Winter, J. M. První světová válka. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1995. ISBN 80-204-0520-8.
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