...World War One World War One, or the Great War as it is referred was fought in the beginning of the twentieth century between the years of 1914- 1918 in Europe. Many countries fought in this war, including France, The United Kingdom, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Australia, Canada, Bulgaria and many others. There was two sides fighting in this war and the sides were referred to as the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The United States eventually joined the fighting for the Allied Powers in 1917. During the war more than seventy million military personnel were involved in this war. It is believed that the trigger that started this war was the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Yugoslavian man on June 28, 1914. A majority of the battles were fought in Europe, but some battles were also fought in Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China, and off the coast of North and South America. The war was more of a domino effect, with one country declaring war on another in retaliation of different countries fighting. Many countries partook in an arms race, and countries like the United Kingdom and Germany increased their military spending by more than fifty percent during the world war. Previous military tactics were proven obsolete at the start of the world war. Things like barbed wire, machine guns and tanks were used for the first time during this war, and more long distance battles were used opposed to previous face to face combat. Gas warfare...
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...The first world war began in the year 1914. There are several factors believed to have triggered the war. The assassination of the Austrian archduke and his wife immediately triggered the war. He was assassinated by the Bosnian Gavrilo Princip an irredentist serb on 28th June 1914. The world war began on august the same year. This event just triggered the war. The actual factors leading to the war are complicated. Some of this factors are: Mutual defence alliances. Throughout Europe countries made alliances. The alliance in countries was to give each other help if needed. Thus if, a country is attacked, the allied countries were supposed to protect them. The alliances that existed before the world war are like Russia and Serbia, germany and Austria-Hungary, Russia and France, Britain , France and Belgium finally Japan and Britain. Austria-Hungary first declared on the Serbians. Russia defended the Serbians. When the Germans saw the Russians getting ready for the war, they declared war on them. France then come in against Germans and Austria-Hungary. Britain was pulled into the war when Germany attacked France through Belgium. Japan then entered the war.later the united states and Italy joined their allied countries. Imperialism is believed to have also caused the war. The british empire by 1900 had taken over five continents. France also had a large control over Africa. Countries needed new markets with the rise of industrialization. The number of continents that...
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...World War One was caused by several reasons but this will be limited to two. The first is Imperialism, this was when a countries bring territories under their control because of the territories of Africa and Asia’s raw materials these become an area of contention with the European countries led to an increased competition for greater empires led to an increased confrontation. This helped to push the world into world war one. Including the US, with the famous Zimmerman telegram. From a secured US line in the state department, a telegram was sent to Mexico with plans to give back California and Texas, back to Mexico for their alliance in the war. Although imperialism is an affect of the war, the most important that set it off with a bang was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in June of 1914. A Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed both of them as the rode in a car in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Which at the time was a territory of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. This led Germany to declare war with Austria to fulfill their long standing ally treaty. This led Russia to uphold their agreement with Serbia, which also allowed England and France to join as well. Soon with the sinking of the Lusitania and other attacks on international shipping, and the Zimmerman telegraph, the US had no real choice but to join the fray. But after the examination of the information, one cannot deny Americas absolute need of joining this war. With the threat of Mexico...
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...Introduction The First World War went down in history as one of the worst wars ever to be fought, owing to the magnitude of destruction and loss of life it left in its wake. The war started in 1914 ending in 1919, and has been described variously as the Great War, the War of Nations and the War to End All Wars. (Dwight E, 1966) It was fought by many nations around the world, with Europeans being the main players, and is very significant for the way it shaped the continents years after it ended. Many explanations for the possible causes of the war have been given, some of which have been accepted while others have been disputed. The war was fought in a series of battles fought at different locations at different times and involved over 65million men. This paper discusses the genesis, chronology of events during the war, the main players, the casualties and the implication of the war on modern history. The Genesis, Main Players, Events, Casualties and Implications First of all, it is thought that competition among the major European powers was an ingredient in fuelling the war. This was so especially between Britain and Germany, who were competing to have the most powerful navy in the world. All parties were building up large armies and navies, and from this there emerged a professional and powerful class of military officers. At one point, Germany had a well trained, large army that could match the entire army of Great Britain. This led to emergence of tension in Europe, which...
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...Download0Go BackCommentLinkEmbedReadcastTweet World War 1 On Sunday, June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, an 18-year-old Serbian named Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Duchess Sophie while they were driving in an open car. Princip belonged to a sercet terror society, called the Black Hand, that wanted to rid Bosnia of Austrian rule and unite it with Serbia. The assassination led to the first World War. This terrible conflict latsed over 4 years, involved over 30 nations, and claimed more than 20,000,000 lives, both miltary and civilian. It cost billions of dollars, destroyed Europe, crumbled empires, and sowed seeds of World War 2. There were also others causes that led up to World War 1. Over time, countries in Europe made mutual defense agreements that would pull them into battle. If one country was attacked, allied countries were bound to defend them. Before World War 1, the following alliances existed: Russia and Serbia, Germany and Austria-Hungary (The Dual Alliance 1879), France and Russia (Franco-Russian Alliance 1891), Britain and France and Belgium, and Japan and Britain. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia (July 28, 1914), Russia got involved to defend Serbia. Germany seeing Russia mobilizing, declared war on Russia (August 1, 1914). France was then drawn in against Germany and AustriaHungary (August 3, 1914). Germany attacked France through Belgium pulling Britain into war (August 4, 1914). This eventually split the continent...
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...World War One World War One has shaped many people’s view of the world today. Even though there were some advancements from the war, the setbacks outweigh the advancements. For example, most of France was destroyed, the war left Europe’s countries divided, and millions of people died. This left France and Great Britain angry and wanting revenge against Germany. Even though Germany did play a crucial role in World War One, they should not be blamed for the beginning of the war. Germany should not be blames because they fought in self-defense against Russia. Germans did not believe Germany started the war (Doc. 8). For them, the war was a war of self-defense against Russia (Doc. 8). Russia mobilized on the 31st of July in 1914 (Doc. 8) and Germany...
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...Prior to the beginning of World War I the attitude toward war was extremely positive. People were excited about the war and they greeted it with enthusiasm. In Europe they were told it was going to over by Christmas so people weren’t expecting it to be long nor brutal for that matter. The press romanticized the war with various propaganda; so many men enlisted and were very proud to serve. They viewed it as they were going to be heroes and a victory was on its way; and no men wanted to miss the action. War made people, men and women, feel very nationalistic for their country, thus making them eager to contribute as much as they could to the war effort. Some men felt war was going to be a “great adventure” and gave “the war an ideal and almost romantic character”. All of Europe also helped romanticized the war and heroism because the people no experience with a long bloody war, they didn’t know what to expect. Contributions other than enlisting in the war were numerous. They men and women wanted to help out with the war effort for their country because it made them feel proud and integrated with the war. Some people contributed with food rations and where they donated food to the soldiers. Others planted victory gardens and some women took over the jobs the men did. Women also joined the Red Cross to help out in the war. The wealthier people donated money to the war effort so they could contribute in a way. In that early stage of the war they didn’t know how bad, long and bloody...
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...World War 1 is the first World War and the war to end all the other wars there was from 1914 to 1919. The war was the Allies and the Central Powers. Over more than nine million died on the battlefield and they were about that many people on the home fronts. African American in the war. The war on both union and confederate side. There were over 179,000 African American men that served in the union army war. The president Abraham Lincoln was accepting black men into the military would cause the border states like Maryland, Kentucky. Black men were permitted in the late 1862. Black soldiers were paid ten dollars a month and three dollars for their clothes. White soldiers get paid $13 a month and they did not have to pay for their clothes...
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...In response to the United States entering World War 1 on April 6, 1917, it was important that they recruit troops and prepare the correct equipment required for war. When we declared war, the Government needed to persuade Americans to invest in the war, both financially and emotionally. With that being said, the Government tried really hard to make the citizens think a certain thing. Thus being called propaganda. One of the most popular themes of the propaganda posters were liberty bonds. As one advertisement says, “Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds.” In this poster, there is a German soldier with menacing eyes and bloody fingers creeping on the Atlantic. The purpose of this propaganda poster was to encourage Americans to invest in the...
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...After the First World War ended a lot of people started to blame Germany for the outbreak of the war. The proof of that would be the Treaty of Versaille that ended the first world war. Germany was faced harsh terms and literally blamed for the the damage, as it mentioned in the article 231 of the treaty. It states: The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies." However some historians have put forward the idea that the blame for the "Great War" is not only on Germany. Germany was...
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...What were some of the weapons used in world war one or abbreviated (WW1) to help keep the country’s safe and also help win the war and save their territory and people of the land. Firstly, Weapons are used in are everyday life they could be good and bad when someone is behind the gun with their finger on the trigger. When I say bad I mean how people are killing people for the meanest of it and it's messed up because nobody has a big enough reason to take a life away from someone, although the good reasons they can be used is to protect ourselves and our family as they were used in WW1 they used the weapons to preserve and keep their country from losing the war and also to help protect themself from being hurt or killed. Secondly, many weapons were used in the war there were rifles, flamethrowers, machine guns, mortars, artillery, poison gases, tanks, and aircraft and these are just a few of the weapons know we could go into detail about every little weapon but that's not exactly worth wasting time....
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...opportunity to speak with George Melver about his experiences during World War 2. George was a child during the war, he was 8 years old when the war started. When America entered the war he was 10 years old. He remembers the day the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor. He says he was sitting in the living room with his family listening to their radio. They heard the news of the bombing and he saw the frightened look on his parents’ faces. Because of this George was worried. But at that time he did not know that we were going to enter the war. He did not know that his life was about to change. The thing I found the most interesting is that George remembers being in his one room schoolhouse and drawing propaganda posters about the war. He says he specifically remembers one poster that one of his classmates made that had a vivid picture of the bombings of pearl harbor. Another thing they did in school was listen to and sing songs about the war....
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...The journal of a lowly soldier undermines the usual top down story of World War One in that its fundamental focus is not historical processes, theories, and ideologies, but rather the tale of an ordinary man’s life and struggles during and following the war. The tragedies of the war are brought to the forefront in Dewards diary entries, using words he paints a much more humane picture of the trauma and losses of the war. Also, Deward’s transformation from an enthusiastic recruit to a world weary veteran is contrary to the usual, top down story of men fighting the ‘good fight’ to further their nation’s interests. Additionally, many of the usual stories on World War One written by scholars detail the social system and politics, however, this first hand account story goes into detail regarding the degree to which the trauma he experienced during the war influenced his life following the end of the war....
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...Why did World War One break out? There are many reasons as to why war broke out in 1914, which included many intertwined factors, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Moreover, Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism played major roles in the conflict. All of these factors where established in many of Europe's 'Great Powers' which consisted of; Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia. Many of the reasons as to why war broke out were built up over years and even decades thus, were long term causes. However, a handful of events occurred over a few months and years prior to the event, consequently were short term causes. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife, acted as a trigger that ultimately led to war breaking out. As a result of this T.F. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The assassination gave Austria-Hungary the ideal excuse to declare war against Serbia. An ultimatum was issued to Serbia stating that it must agree to all the terms described in the ultimatum in order to avoid war. Austria-Hungary gave Serbia 48 hours to reply and clearly stated that all the terms must be met and complied with. Serbia agreed to all terms except one. WW1 had many countries involved but not all of them entered at the same time. There were three sides to choose from at the beginning of WW1. One option was the Central Powers which included; Germany and Austria-Hungary, and were later joined...
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...the men in World War 2. There are so many women who sacrificed their live during this time, but the main women who caught my attention because of what they did were Mary Wilson, Virginia Hall, Ruby Bradley and Reba Z Whittle. Well known for what they did, these ladies have made history and made more women to be proud to be one. First off, Mary Wilson was one of the reasons why this was the greatest generation. When she was only 16, she started working in a laundry to support her family but was later fired because she was too young. So her mother...
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