People who have given their lives for a cause grater than themselves should always be commemorated. More should always be done for these people but I don’t believe the efforts from soldiers on the Western Front in the First World War have been overlooked. There are monuments and ceremonies all over the world recognizing the huge sacrifice that has been made by these remarkable individuals.…
The history of the U.S. Army 90th Division had it's birth during World War I in Texas. Largely…
In The Great War, men from the allied forces and the enemies fought together as what would be known as one of the bloodiest battles in history. The central powers of Europe fought to obtain power, though in the end, their efforts were fruitless, and though much was lost, not much was gained. Millions of soldiers and civilians alike were killed, and with no one great end-result for any of the central powers, it goes to show the uselessness of war. It is unmistakable to see these facts after reading All Quiet On the Western Front, a novel labeling the horrors of WW1 for what they are. The book is of a young soldiers experience in the trenches, and the indignities he suffered for the illusion of glory in battle. Overall, what can be said about the dismay, the terror that is evident in not just this war, but any war; what should be said is that it is immoral in its entirety, not just because of the changes it brings to average men, but also the death that will always follow close on their heels.…
After the War of 1812, the United States of America leaped toward more of a incorporated national state and by the year of eighteen-thirty became a nation-state. Through extensive and vast revolution in infrastructure, purchasing of land, and implementing of national banking systems, America was developing into its own fully functional and self-sufficient nation that depended on no one.…
War is a horrible act that is fully capable of leaving scars on innocent people at horrifying scales, and can change how we see others just by the way that they were involved. War is capable of changing the perspective of entire societies.…
World War II was a global conflict that involved many great powers. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War II. Japan, Italy, and Germany took aggressive action and were the major axis powers. Neither the League of Nations nor democratic countries were able to stop them. The policy of appeasement was a major factor on why the axis powers made it so far in the war effort.…
After the constitution was adopted by all of the states in 1789, uniting the states into one nation, differences between the states had been worked out through compromises. For more than 30 years arguments between the North and South had been growing. By 1861 these differences between the Northern states and the Southern states had become so great that compromise would no longer work. Thus, a conflict started within our nation that was called the civil war (1861-1865). The American Civil War was a series of political, cultural, and economic differences within the nation that when clashed, lead to a four-year period of hostility and instability. Although most media portrays slavery as the main cause of the civil war, it was really an economic competition within the two sections that created Northern determination to achieve its abolition, and Southern perseverance to maintain its institution. It is safe to say that the need for slavery was a product of the Southern plantation economy, thus, it is then safe to say that slavery was the result of an economic rivalry that tore the two regions apart, and incited the final flame of the Civil war. After reviewing the distinct economic systems by which each of the sections lived by, it can be better understood how slavery was not the direct cause of the conflict, but rather the most intense aftermath that overwhelmed, and broke apart the country.…
Over the past years, machinery of war has always been a struggle over an antagonistic edge. This is only achievable though governments that are ready and committed to spend on research and development. Wars are likely to speed up technological innovation as witnessed in the United States during World War II. Even though in the history of the United States there has been much technological advancement, without the involvement of the United States in World War II, it could have not successful bring the war to an end. Warfare technology or machinery has excelled to unlimited possibilities due to technological knowhow and advancements. Some of these possibilities include the invention of the atomic bomb, nautical submarines, and top-secret code breaking enigmas employed to change the United States’ tactic towards approaching wars.…
The first essay G.I Joe: Fighting for Home by John Morton Blum and the second essay American Liberals: Fighting for a Better World by Alan Brinkley both 'look at the experience of the war from different vantage points: that of the soldier fighting for his own elemental survival as well as for his country, and that of the society back home.”…
National Stress was a huge influence on two major events that occurred in history, The Great Depression and World War II. What lead the nation into this stress was a number of things including investing poorly by sending money to Europe after WWI and the five industries slowly decreasing in economical production. Due to the fact that approximately thirteen million Americans did not have jobs, people started making their clothes instead of buying them and sharing recipes using the cheapest and most usable ingredients for families.…
The underlying causes of World War I and U.S. efforts to remain neutral are: Imperialism, Alliance systems, Nationalism, Militarism, and Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.…
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked a special session of Congress for a declaration of war against Germany, stating that "The world must be made safe for democracy." For three years, the United States had managed to remain neutral in World War I, which was wrecking widespread destruction on Western Europe. U.S. relations with Germany had deteriorated throughout that period, however, particularly as German submarines had torpedoed many American merchant vessels crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Congress adopted a declaration of war a few days later by a strong vote.…
World War 1 was different than any other wars that came before it by that it was the first war fought in on many continents, as well it was the first war where chemical weapons were used, and it was the first total war. The total number of casualties in World War 1 was 37 million. There were 9 million killed, 20 million wounded and others that weren’t were most likely dead. The expectations before the war started was a reason why the war began because people thought it was going to be a short, bloodless war and that there was going to be easy victory. According to Nial Ferguson, millions of Europeans saw war as the way to save their honor, as well as to solve internal and international problems that needed to be resolved. What were the major causes of World War 1 and could it have been avoided? The major causes of World War 1 were economic, intellectual, political, and geographic causes. If they could’ve avoided the war they would’ve avoided it because if they would’ve thought about the consequences that the war was going to bring to them, they would’ve never been involved in it.…
War. One of the most destructive and futile thing on our planet, yet the ambition of war is usually to find peace is it not? Battle tends to start over the love of power; William Gladstone once said "We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace." So therefore is it not correctly speaking by saying that war is needed in order to destroy the love of power that creates such emotions to fight and finally show our world peace? In the eyes of many people there is a justification for a war of defence, none for a war of aggression. But under what terms can you define what the intention for the final outcome is to be known as? How can we ever conclude that some particular wars may be more moral than another?…
Although the League of Nations was set up, another major war broke out just 20 years after the First World War and it was the Second World War. The Second World War was one of the greatest wars in human history and it was even greater in scale and more disastrous than the First. In this essay, I would like to talk about “To what extent should the Axis Powers be responsible for the outbreak of World War Two?’. Actually, I think that to a large extent, the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) were responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War.…