Women’s role in the war was more than just supporting their husbands. When men went to war they left their jobs and the women took over them. With the women taking the men’s jobs‚ women started striking because they weren’t getting paid as much as the men were for doing the same job. Also women started going into war and helping in the hospitals and getting supplies. When war broke out women had a huge impact on taking over the jobs the men had. Women worked in factories‚ they did the farm work
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World War One During a time of mass killings and violence‚ about 20 million people died from all different parts of the world. Multiple nations joined in the battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance that ended in destruction. These nations included Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ Sweden‚ Turkey‚ etc. Throughout the multiple years of war‚ they used tanks‚ airplanes‚ machine guns‚ along with other deadly weapons to kill so many people. The war officially started about one month after
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causes of World War 1 By isla Parren 9G The main cause of World War 1 World War 1 is one of the main events in history starting in 1914 and coming to a close at 1918‚ but the funny thing is knows one really sure how World War 1 started. Many historian still argue today about how it started and why it started but they all agree on multiply causes. Many people believe it was the alliance system that was main course of world war. Many people do believe there was three main reason World War 1 started
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Creative Writing: A Day at the Park It was a day I was subconsciously waiting my whole life for‚ but I didn’t realize it until it was happening. The day was August 8‚ 1996‚ just 25 days before my son’s first birthday. The Texas Rangers‚ my favorite baseball team‚ were in town to play the K.C. Royals. I had always dreamed of one day‚ taking my son to his first Rangers game. A father taking his son to a baseball game is just the American thing to do‚ and there I was‚ taking my son "out to the
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Creative Writing: Siege of Yorktown It was four o’clock in the morning when my commanding officer awoke me and we were ordered to prepare to march. We had set up an extensive camp at Chatham in New York‚ we all believed that we would attack New York City. It turned out that we were marching on towards Yorktown. When we arrived at Yorktown the bay was full of French ships. Our army along with the French encircled Cornwallis. Cornwallis did not surrender‚ he waited for a larger British fleet
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“Great War” (aka) World War one was very bloody‚ that the U.S. had to become involved in the war. It started in 1914 to 1919 (1919 was when it officially ended with the treaty of Versailles). It was with the Central Powers vs. the Allied Powers. The U.S. needed to become involved because they sent war supplies to the fighting nations and Great Britain started to block U.S. ships and President Wilson thought that war zones were illegal. The U.S. was one of the neutral nations of World War one until
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The first World War‚ The Great War‚ or what many like to call it‚ was an avoidable war that cost millions of military and civilian lives. The blood of both sides‚ mixed in the dirt and mud that soaked the uniforms of the sick troops‚ taking cover in trenches‚ praying to God that they aren’t the ones to be bombed by the next mortar incoming; this barely scratches the surface when describing “The Great War”. World war 1 had many opportunities to end‚ however even if it didn’t‚ it a least gave everyone
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American and European strategies more than one would think‚ the role of food in World War 1 was important because a soldier needed something to eat obviously it wouldn’t sound like a good idea to fight a war on an empty stomach‚ especially not a war as big as World War 1 was turning out to be at the time. Food like peanuts were given to soldiers to eat‚ peanuts arent much of a great meal but it did give those fighting the war protein‚ protein gave them the energy to get up and go through all the harsh
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Memorial Wall. I did not have very high expectations because I didn’t know anybody who fought or died in the war‚ and the simplistic design didn’t really draw much attention. At the moment I was even unaware that Maya Lin was the artist behind this piece of art. There was a clearing in the trees and everyone’s chatting quickly came to a halt. The black V shaped
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also were a major impact on the ignition for World War 1. The chancellor in Germany‚ Bismarck‚ wanted peace with his neighbours instead of France to maintain the status quo for a safer Germany. Bismarck created the Three Emperors League in 1873 between Russia‚ Austria-Hungary(AH) and Germany – to retain peace with the neighbouring countries. However‚ it caused tension with France and later on Russia left due to their own dispute involving the Balkan War. In 1879‚ a dual alliance was formed with Germany
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