War on the Western Front Reasons for the Stalemate: The failure of the Schlieffen Plan – Russia mobilized faster than expected‚ forcing Germany to redirect some troops from France. The resistance of Belgium meant that the Germans were unable to pass through. Britain quickly entered the war in support of Belgium and sending the BEF. Germany experienced supply problems and failed to realise that once off the railways‚ the speed of the army was determined by foot‚ making the deadline of 42 days unrealistic
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Marcus S-Moore Period 1 Modern World History WWI Essay Have you ever wondered why World War I started? In the late 19th century European leaders thought that by creating a balance of power‚ meaning all major countries in Europe had equal strength‚ such things like war could be stopped. However‚ Germany made and alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy. France‚ Britain‚ and Russia then made their own entente or agreement between their governments. On top of this‚ tensions rose high in the Balkans
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For the first few years of World War I‚ the CEF relied solely on volunteers. (Valiante‚ “The Legacy of Canada’s WWI Conscription Crisis”). However‚ the longer the war progressed‚ the more casualties increased‚ and the less men volunteered. The Prime Minister at that time‚ Robert Borden‚ had seen the decline in volunteers‚ and once he had returned from a trip to the trenches he became convinced that conscription was the only way to do soldiers justice (Jones‚ “Conscription”). The Military Service
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Tweet 1 The battle has just begun‚ and both Americans and Germans are wounded. I fear this battle will mark the beginning to a very bloody end. Tweet 2 The battle has gotten more intense than before. Some of the people that I have had the pleasure of making their acquaintance with have been brutally murdered some even mutilated by German forces. Everywhere I look there is a dead body or remnants of it. Tweet 3 Some of our men have been loosing faith in the final outcome of this war. But I stand true
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War Causes. (1996). Retrieved May 16‚ 2009‚ from IB History Pages: http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/great_war/causes.htm World War One Causes. (2007‚ 10 3). Retrieved 5 13‚ 2009‚ from History on the Net: http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm
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industrial production as they did on battlefield clashes. With millions of men away fighting and with the inevitable horrendous casualties‚ there was a severe shortage of labour in a range of industries‚ from rural and farm work to city office jobs. During both World War I and World War II‚ women were called on‚ by necessity‚ to do work and to take on roles that were outside their traditional gender expectations.[1] In Great Britain this was known as a process of "Dilution" and was strongly contested
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Through the war‚ both sides used the full arsenal of weapons at their disposal and also developed new technologies for a total victory Revolutions in air war‚ submarine war and ‘new weapons notably the tanks and gas’. Although new weapons were invented during the war they were not as effective as developed nineteenth century weapons such as artillery‚ the rifle and machine gun. Civilians -Propaganda from below: Civilians were exposed to propaganda at all times. Propaganda was presented via newspapers
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AGAINST AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN WWI Losing lives is never a virtuous thing‚ but it is copiously worse when it could have been facilely prevented. World War I was an atrocious‚ horrific‚ and destructive experience that terrified those who unfortunately became involved. World War I occurred unnecessarily at the cost of the lives of many men and women. First we will reconnoiter why our country felt the need to become involved in the First World War. Then we will tear apart the details of damage caused
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became evident that the world was changed forever. World War I ushered in a modern era of warfare with new fighting methods that affected an entire generation of young people. New technology introduced during World War I shaped the way wars would be fought from then on. For the first time‚ tanks‚ airplanes and machine guns made their way onto the battlefield. These new technologies magnified the effects of war‚ both in terms of how war was fought‚ but also how war affected people. World War I had a devastating
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