killed. The factors that started the battle were numerous and are still being debated; Alliances‚ imperialism‚ the arms race‚ nationalism ‚ and miscalculations were some of them. However‚ at the end the war broke out because of a combination of these causes. This question implies that an event that occurred in 1914 triggered and spread the battle to the five major empires. From the early 1900’s ‚ the two major alliances in Europe were on the one side the Triple Alliance between Austria-Hungary‚ Germany
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Despite the horrors of WW1‚ many inventions of the war had an overall positive effect on the scientific world. Through science the medical industry was improved greatly. But the big deal was the new technology. War technology saw many great advances during the time period of WW1. Overall science and technology saw great improvements throughout the war‚ WW1 produced incredibly difficult challenges for doctors‚ surgeons‚ and nurses. With the war going on‚ old and new medical problems were presenting
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There are Many Enemies in War World War One poets were normally split into two schools of thought; Pro war and Anti- war. The Pro war poets were often used as recruitments as they told of the glory of war and made it seem like it would be easy and pleasant to fight for the war. Anti war poets told more or less the truth about war although the authors were very angry and you can see this in a lot of their poetry. The 4 poems I’m writing about are called “Dulce et Decorum est” and “Disabled” By
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the mass’ thoughts‚ much propaganda was used‚ and amongst them‚ some posters pictured Germans and their allies as inhumane savages‚ as well as the idea that Germans had spies and saboteurs inside the US. Propaganda was used in several wars since the WW1 to ensure people have the knowledge the government want
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British Recruitment WW1 Michael Johnson Source One This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer‚ encouraged the man to lie about his age‚ so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible‚ it shows this because the recruitment officers
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The Russian people were unhappy with the conditions they were forced to live in and that is why there was a need for a Revolution. However‚ the cause of the terrible conditions was World War I‚ as well as the Czar’s refusal to take Russia out of the war. Russia lost two million men in the first year of WWI‚ they were outgunned and outmanned‚ losing horribly. The Russian common people rioted‚ they
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was the beginning of chemical warfare. Gas masks were used to protect soldiers from poisonous gasses such as chlorine and mustard gas. These gasses could burn‚ blind‚ or even kill anyone who came in contact with them. Artillery is another example. WW1 introduced many new automatic weapons including machine guns and automatic rifles. Lastly Barbed wire was another example which is also used today for protection. Barbed wire was first created by a farmer on Illinois in 1874. Its original purpose
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Do you agree with the view that the British soldier’s life in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War was one of unbroken horror? Trench conditions varied widely between different theatres of war‚ different sectors within a theatre‚ and with the time of year and weather. Trench life was however always one of considerable squalor‚ with so many men living in a very constrained space. Source 7 supports this by saying “troops fell prey to dysentery and trench fever as a result of
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conflicts (Norman 571). Sadly in this case‚ nationalism was a negative act that played a part in ass the assassination. National tensions had risen so high that even the slightest wrong doing of a nation’s rights by another might be considered a cause for war. Serbians wanted to expand the size of their country to include places outside Serbia that had ethnic Serbian populations living in them‚ what they want is a bigger country they will call ’Greater Serbia’ this will include places like Croatia
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until the American Congress had chosen to send American troops because of a rising conflict with Germany. Most Americans believed that the entry of the U.S into WW1 was inevitable‚ especially the fact that they would join the Allies side. I believe that the entry of the United States along with their choice of sides being the Allies into WW1‚ was inevitable. I believe this‚ mainly because the United States had a huge spike when it came to trades to and from the British and their allies‚ (France‚ Belgium
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