All of these inventions were the offspring of the 1st World War. The first signs of modern warfare started to show in this war to end all wars‚ the death of horses as a mainstay in the military‚ the end of the use of line tactics .When one looks back on the 1st World War they see to significant things the birth of the machinegun and the use of the bolt action rifle exclusively in a major war. The main weapon used by the Germans during the war was the Mauser Kar98. It was a 8mm bolt action long
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Browning The Greatest War The twentieth century is full of historically significant events ranging from the invention of penicillin to the first man landing on the moon. Yet‚ when people think of the twentieth century‚ these great accomplishments are shadowed by what seems to be an endless war. Of these many wars that occurred in the twentieth century‚ the one that holds the most historical significance is World War II. World War II was a war even unlike the First World War having an estimated death
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Known as the Great War‚ World War I was one of the first armed conflicts that shaped global history. For the first time in history‚ practically every world power was embroiled in war. The Great War brought death and destruction‚ like no one had ever seen and it startled the citizens of each country drowning in conflict. Patriotic sentiments soared and men lined up for military service. Unfortunately‚ the pride and nationalism wasn’t of as pure origin as it seemed to the citizens. Propaganda seeped
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The defining moment I picked was in world war II. It was the battle between Germany and Canada that was declared on September 9th‚ 1939 that started the started the war. This was eight days after Germany’s invasion of Poland. Canada’s parliament voted to declare war on Germany because of this‚ which the country did the next day. Canada separate declaration of war on Germany was a measure of the independence measure granted in 1931 statue of Westminster. In 1914‚ there had been no such independence
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Nurses played an important role in World War I‚ helping heal those injured on the battlefield. Over 3000 canadians served as nurses in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the first world war including Laura Gamble‚ Ruby Peterkin‚ and Anne E. Ross. One nurse who served with the Canadian military during the First World War is Laura Gamble. She was born in Wakefield‚ Quebec and worked for the Toronto General Hospital before she joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She served as a nurse in
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Causes of World War One The two main causes of the First World War were Imperialism and Militarism; however the direct cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28th June 1914. The Black Hand‚ a nationalist organization in Serbia‚ supported the assassination. It was a secret military society with the mission of uniting all the Slavic States. By assassinating the Archduke (the presumed heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne)‚ and a rejection of the ultimatum
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techniques and devices to evoke the sense of World War One. Words such as ‘beggars’‚ ‘children’ and ‘boys’ refers to the soldiers. In the first verse‚ ‘Bent double‚ like old beggars under sack‚ knocked-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through sludge’‚ ‘like’ indicates that it’s the use of simile and ‘old beggars’ is hyperbole of soldiers’ fatigue. ‘Knocked-knee’ is the use of alliteration. ‘His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin;’ is a visible image of the war. He depicts the pain of the death to
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violence (war) but believe in peace. Roman Catholics must not love violence instead; they must promote peace whenever possible. They were once taught that pacifists were the enemies of humankind and that war was just a responsibility if it was a ‘just war’. But now this is no longer an official teaching and that Catholics have a pacifist tradition where churches argue and refuse to participate in violence such as capital punishment and warfare‚ but Roman Catholics still believe in Just War only for
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It is amazing to think about World War 1 or also known as the Great War and what happened during those significant but dreadful events. In this paper I will be explaining what started World War 1‚ who was involved‚ and what happened as an end result. To proceed‚ World War 1 erupted due to the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914)‚ heir of the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918). According to Dr. Benson‚ within a couple of months‚ most
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The causes of World War I The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in July 1914‚ included many intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. However‚ the immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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