Centennial College The Making of the Modern World Corse Instructor: Dr. Jacob Meunier Group Number: 03 Name: Ng Sze Wing Date: 23th March 2015 Topic 2 By studying and discuss from the long- and short-term causes of the war‚ to understand how accurate was Article 231 on placing full blame for World War I on Germans. In June 1919‚ the treaty signed in this day had ended the war between defeated Germany and the victorious Allies. A one and a half year negotiation on armistice settled till
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How the European Alliance Helped Cause World War 1Historians have spent many years analyzing the origins of World War 1. Many factors are considered by historians when asked this question; nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ etc. However all of these factors are influenced and tied together by the alliance system in place at the time tensions in the Balkans erupted. In this time period the Ottoman Empire had lost much of its control and power in the corridor to Europe. Many of the leading nations
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Weapons in WW1 Water cooled - via a jacket around the barrel which held approximately one gallon - the Vickers was loaded from a 250-round fabric belt mounted on a tripod. A rubber hose leading to a container condensed steam from the jacket as a means of minimising water wastage. Although the predominant British machine gun in 1914 and for much of 1915 - it remained so for British imperial troops sited on far-flung battlefields‚ innovations in machine gun design invariably showing up first on the
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the biggest army‚ and it was the best trained and most powerful out of all armies involved in World War One. However Britain‚ being completely surrounded by water‚ had large powerful navy helped to keep the empire safe. Also‚ it wasn’t until after WW1 that Air Force really played its part‚ as planes were still rather early in development and could not fly from country to country and accurately bomb a target. All the countries began a "contest" for who was the best by doing all that stuff. They
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death‚ destruction‚ and war‚ the ramifications of which still effect humanity today. However‚ WWI wasn’t caused solely by this bullet; it was simply the final straw‚ with many underlying forces pushing the world into chaos. The three main underlying causes of WWI are nationalism‚ alliances‚ and militarism. In the years leading up to WWI‚ nationalism was gaining popularity. However‚ the group to stand up for their nation‚ setting off WWI‚ were Slavic peoples in Herzegovina and Bosnia. They wished
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Technology of the First World War: Technology that killed millions. Roham Asgari History 10 Mr. Keeler December 15‚ 2012 Asgari 1 When the death of Francis Ferdinand marked the beginning of WW1 as a "war to end all wars” It also began‚ the first War that where the newest and most lethal machines were experimented upon the newly armed troops. Only through these lethal and logical experiments did strategists understand the fatal that weapons were capable of. When the weapons were unleashed
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WW1 Trench Warfare Assignment Part 1: * Trench Warfare - A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. An example would be in the Battle of Passchendaele and also through WW1 trench warfare was used. * “No Man’s Land” – The terrain between front lines of entrenched armies. An example would be in the battles of WW1 in the trenches there would be land between two fighting forces. * “Going over the Top” – Is a phrase that was used during WW1 and referenced
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Albert-Bapamue road and Gammecourt‚ France. The British lost 600‚000 casualties on that one day‚ mostly caused by machine gun fire.”1 World War I technology was far ahead of using fuse detonated cannons but the idea of mass concentrated damaged and indirect fire was still relevant to warfare. In 1898‚ the first traditional artillery piece was put
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untrue but a brilliant way for the British government to make people hate the Germans even more. German Newspaper headlines -English soldiers put plague germs in German wells. -German prisoners blinded by their Allied Captors. Women during WW1 While the men were fighting someone had to do their jobs so this usually fell to the women. Some of the jobs they were given were; nurses‚ working in munitions factories (which often turned their hair and skin yellow due to the chemicals)‚ in public
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Chapter 3 INDIRECT INVESTING Multiple Choice Questions Investing Indirectly 1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of investments companies? a. pooled investing b. diversification c. managed portfolios d. reduced expenses 2. In order to avoid paying income taxes‚ an investment company must: a. be classified as a non-profit organization b. invest only in municipal bonds. c. pass on interest‚ dividends‚ and capital gains to the stockholders
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