World War I (1914-1918) involved more countries and caused greater destruction than any other war up to its time. An assassin’s bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the fight. The war lasted four years. It took the lives of about 9 million troops and more than 6 million civilians. World War I was originally called the Great War. Picture Weapons of World War I Several developments led to the awful bloodshed of the Great
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land. France also wanted Revenge on the Germans of the damage and loses which were 300‚000 houses destroyed and 8 million lives lost from the war. So Clemenceau Demanded a Treaty to weaken Germany as much as possible Lloyd George Lloyd George didn’t want the treaty to be too harsh on Germany because Germany was trading with Britain before the war‚ so they just want them to be strong enough to keep on trading with each other. Didn’t also want Germany to seek revenge on them. But he still
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There were many direct and indirect causes for World War Two to start‚ such as‚ Japan’s enormous expansion‚ Germany’s attack on Poland‚ and World War One’s repercussions on the involved countries. World War Two across the Pacific was caused by the Nationalists Party of Japan as they wanted to expand and conquer all the East-Asian and Oceanian countries‚ which caused the need for aggressive reactions from USA‚ and plunged both countries into the war‚ even though the US was strongly hoping not to get
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During World War 1‚ submarines were used in the British Navy during World War one. The design of the submarines in world war one was very similar to the ones which were used in world war two. There was a volunteer branch in the Navy called the British Submarine Service who worked in the early designs of the submarines. The first ship to be sunk by a submarine was called ‘Housatonic’. It was destroyed using a spar torpedo from the submarine. The submarine in this process also destroyed itself. There
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threats/rivals. Many may consider it considered the sole cause of the First World War‚ however militarism alone could not have caused the Great War. Instead‚ the alliance systems was the main cause of WWI‚ however the atmosphere that militarism produced made the Great War seem like an appropriate response. A common misconception is that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand‚ was the cause of WWI‚ however it was merely the trigger. The ‘cause’ was the alliance system that Austria-Hungary had with
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World War I (WWI) began on July 28‚ 1914‚ when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip‚ leader of a radical group whose purpose was to end foreign rule over Bosnia and Serbia. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as justification to launch a war on Serbia‚ blaming them for the radical groups’ actions. This regional conflict sucked in most of the great countries of the world. The
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Cause & Course of World War I Essay Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28‚ 1914 by Gavrilo Princip. This was seemingly the cause of World War I‚ but it was really just the spark that started the war in Europe. The four main causes of World War I were militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. They affected war in positive and negative ways. Militarism is building up military as a display of power and keeping an army ready for war. Most European countries did this
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were four main causes of world war I: Imperialism. Militarism‚ Nationalism‚ and Allies. The two sides of the war grew to be the Central powers and the Allies. In the beginning of the war America responded with neutrality‚ the preparedness movement and the peace movement. Germany had pulled to many strings over time and America had enough. Things for American soldiers on the European front vs. things for people on the home front were very different. Eventually President Wilson came up with a plan
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The time before 1914 was a time of unrest and small fighting between countries. As a cause of industrialization‚ countries had had to find new markets which were often in other countries. To gain the markets‚ the country had to take over the land. This policy of conquering and ruling other lands is called imperialism. By 1900‚ Britain had control in over five continents and France had control of large portions of Africa as a result of imperialism and felt that their military could not be beat. Once
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World War 2 Treaty of Versailles Final Draft Essay World War Two had many causes that led to it happening‚ but in my opinion pride was one of the main causes of WW2. After World War One the Allies won against the central powers and the Allies established a treaty also known as The Treaty of Versailles on Germany which made Germans have less self-respect towards their country. First‚ one of the causes of The Treaty that made Germans feel resentment towards the Allies is the War Guilt Clause
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