Which technology was most effective during WW1 Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths. This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun’s barrel
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Do you agree with the view that the First World War hindered‚ rather than helped‚ the cause of female suffrage? In the sources presented there are conflicting views as to whether the First World War helped or hindered the cause of female suffrage. There were many people who argued that because women had worked so relentlessly during the war‚ it would be impossible to deny them the vote‚ especially due to the fact that working class men got the vote that were on the frontlines. Source 5‚ a letter
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World War I (1914 – 1918) was a global war centered in Europe that involved all the world’s economic great powers assembled in two opposing alliances‚ the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies consisted of Great Britain‚ Russia‚ France‚ and Serbia‚ while the Central Powers had Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war was initiated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ heir to the Austrian-Hungary throne‚ by a Serbian nationalist. This set off a diplomatic crisis and resulted
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Germany and the Allies signed an armistice. Germany had lost the Great War. A number of factors contributed to Germany’s defeat‚ such as numerous strategic errors‚ economic factors‚ weak allies‚ and the entrance of the USA. One of the most prominent causes for the German defeat would be their continuous strategic errors. Most infamous; the Schlieffen Plan. Germany opposed the idea of a two front war‚ so their plan was to cross Belgium and strike Paris first within 52 days‚ before turning East and fighting
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Causes and Effects of WW1 There were causes and effect of the Great War. These causes and effects are game changing plays in the war. Like how trench warfare happened or how the Zimmerman note made the Untied States join the war and how it changed the war. Also that it all led up to the peace treaty of Versailles. All these causes made the war more devastating and crucial to the world. Trench warfare happened because of the machine and artillery gun. Soldiers had to build these
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HY 357 Essay 2 6 December 2012 Enough Already World War I’s impact on European society would probably come as a shock to society from the prewar era. Rather than revert to old normalcy‚ societal ideals changed. Young people craved a newness that could not be found by returning to prewar customs. They wanted to move on and quickly. Every aspect of society began to transform‚ from political beliefs to literature and morality to clothing style and even architecture. In Modris Eksteins’ Rites
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World War One began on July 28‚ 1914 and ended with the signing of the armistice on November 11‚ 1918. The war cost a total of one hundred eighty-six billion dollars. The total casualties of the war were thirty-seven million‚ with another eleven million civilian casualties. The British Empire alone lost over three million people in the war. (English) World War One effected the whole world- the heartache and bloodshed changed politics‚ economics‚ and public opinion. This war changed people’s lives
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August 4th‚ 1919 August 4th‚ 1919 Soldiers in a trench Soldiers in a trench The Toronto Star The Toronto Star Canada’s Home-Front during the Great War Canada’s Home-Front during the Great War On August 4th‚ 1914‚ when Great Britain declared war on Germany‚ Canada announced its support. Being one of the Dominions within the British Empire‚ the country had an obligation. Canada and its people were experiencing glory and recognition‚ yet the sorrow‚ bitterness of separation‚ death‚ and
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President William McKinley once said‚ “Our differences are policies; our agreements‚ principles.” These noticeable differences clearly stand out in World War One propaganda. Subtle differences included color variation‚ differing fonts‚ and poster size; glaring differences included languages‚ graphics‚ and text used in the propaganda (Kaminski). Each country’s propaganda sparked hopes to win the Great War. Persuasive appeals‚ graphics‚ and audience-specific propaganda worked synergistically to alter
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Every nation that has engaged in war has returned changed and diminished in various ways. Some costs were obvious‚ such as the immediate human and financial tolls. Some took longer to play out: emotional and psychological scars on those who survived‚ and the lingering fallout for a society that had many of its best and brightest torn from its midst forever. One of the most notorious of the time was the First World War. The Great War lasted four years‚ spanning from 1914 to 1918. The war was the result
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