Factors of WW1 The First World War‚ was a war centred in Europe that began on 28 July‚ 1914 and lasted until and ended on 11 November‚ 1918. One of the major event in the human history which was fought mostly by soldiers in trenches but later introduced the machine gun‚ poison gas‚ tanks and other weapons into battle which also helped humans to advance the technology for destruction of each other. Human curiosity and creatives ideas that helped us to be more civilized like industrialization
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On July 28th‚ 1914‚ WWI had begun; one of the most destructive and deadly wars in all of history. Preceding this‚ tensions were raging between all dominant countries‚ including; Austria-Hungary‚ France‚ Germany‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ and Russia. Untrustworthy and ruthless partnerships had been formed between‚ nearly‚ the entire world. An alliance of; France‚ Ireland‚ Russia‚ and the United Kingdom‚ became known as the Triple Entente. And on the other hand‚ the Triple Alliance was composed. The Triple
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There is still much discussion regarding assigning a fault to just one country for World War One. The start of the war was in 1914‚ but there was no set date to when the nations to irritate one another. Some say that the feud started at the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Others believe that Russia had started the war by dragging in Britain‚ Germany‚ and France when mobilizing on their border. One way or another‚ the Germans were a major
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there were significant improvements made to British society between 1886-1914. I will be doing this by assessing key events and movements such as women’s suffrage and the trade union movement. In my opinion‚ Between 1886-1914‚ the British economy was declining due to foreign competition and the ‘Great Depression’. This economic decline is shown by the massive increase in unemployment rates. For example‚ in 1873‚ unemployment was a mere 1% whereas by 1892 it had reached 10.2%. High unemployment causes
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half of the 19th century an arms race began to Develop ‚ this in itself was causing tensions In Germany the Kaiser Wilhelm II had rid himself of Bismark and his conservative foreign policy of diplomacy and avoidance of conflict‚ with a rash and belligerent quest for glory. The facts that the rulers of Great Britain ‚ Germany and Russia were first cousins did nothing to reduce the levels of tension. National security was a critical issue for all the major states‚ the developing tensions meant
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the "French plague" from infiltrating Russia. The "French Plague" was a gradual move towards freedom and a more influential say in government. Russia avoided the "French Plague" by a period of isolation and oppression of their people. Japan also had a long period of isolation. The Japanese believed in the Mandate of Heaven or that there culture was the best. Because of their ethnocentric culture‚ only one Japanese port‚ Nagasaki‚ was open to traders once a year. During the late 19th century‚ both Russia
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human beings. Many people and organizations are responsible for the Holocaust‚ but the actions of Hitler and his Nazis
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Hitler is responsible for the death of 6 million Jews during World War ll and his reasons for the extermination is insane. Hitler made the Jews the scapegoats for Germany’s economic problems after World War l. Hitler notoriously used propaganda to convince the German people that the Jews were the bad people. Using propaganda‚ Hitler convinced the German people that the Jews must go because they were responsible for Germany’s problems‚ which was demonstrated by Hitler picking the Jews to be exterminated
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Purges beyond doubt?". There is a lot of evidence supporting that he was responsible for the purges. By using several different sources I investigated each purge individually. The three purges include the chitska‚ the show trials‚ and the overall mass terror. For each purge I explain how he was related to them‚ his possible motives‚ and if the purge was achieved. I will attempt to link Stalin to the purge by finding evidence that he was involved through my sources. I have obtained translated Soviet documents
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Assess the view that in the period 1900-1914 the Labour party made significant progress towards establishing itself as an independent and influential political party (70 marks). The Labour Party‚ before the start of the war in 1914‚ had a total of 36 seats. In the general election of 1902‚ the party under the name LRC had one just two seats. This seems a remarkable feat in just over a decade. However some historians argue that Labour‚ in actual fact made little or no progress at all during this
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