A War of Fear‚ Aggression and Evolution There are endless accounts of the Great War. Different views from various angles of thought. Although it seems universal that most historians agree all the participants in Europe at the time expected a short war. Tensions were rising everywhere. Public statements from Empires relating to others as well as prior conflicts had already taken a toll on most nations’ collective psyche in Europe. This greatly affected how they would plan their future strategies
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war allied leadership showed tremendous bravery‚ confidence and courage in Ypres‚ Somme‚ Vimy and the Last 100 days. Ypres was a difficult time for the allied forces as it was the first time that they had seen poisonous gases released by the Germans. The Germans punched a hole threw the allies line but the allies Canadians stood there ground and kept there line and won the battle. Somme was a bloodbath battle with over 600‚000 casualties for both sides. Even though the Allies lost so many men they
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Britain blockade this sea route because they wanted to cut the germans out from any form of supplies and resources‚ this made germany mad so they can attack back on britain by sinking all the ships that came in with all of the supplies for Britain this went on between the two countries for a while. This side of the war is called the western front. The war was divided up into two different fronts the western and the eastern front The Germans pull a two front war which is a country fights on both sides
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Not only did poisonous gas change the experiences of war‚ but also the type of warfare. Instead of riding around on horses freely‚ soldiers had to use protection in order to evade the deadly chemicals. So‚ quickly‚ both sides developed gas masks. At first‚ soldiers held chemically treated cotton pads over their noses and mouths. Later they wore fabric face masks soaked in chemicals‚ and finally soldiers on both sides wore respirators with charcoal filters.("Technology.") These gas masks were the
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DEVELOPMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF WW1 Treaty of Versailles. The demands by the Allies for Germany accepting responsibility for causing the war (war guilt clause) and in particular France’s attempt to destroy Germany (economically and territorially) rather than follow the fairer Wilson’s ’14 Points’ agreed by Germany at the armistice paved the way for discontentment‚ social unrest and eventually created a political vacuum filled by right wing extremists. The fact that Germany
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EMPATHY TASK. WW1 BY Manon Collins The fog still clung to the ground. We could barely see two feet in front of us. The men’s voices were loud and projected off into the fog were they became lost and tangled in ‘No Man’s Land’ The grey sun seemed to be making it’s way up over the broken backs of the hills. The silhouettes of the men suddenly became clear. Faces dirty with mud‚ blood or anything that could be found in the trenches. Shoes without soles‚ shirts without sleeves
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In an effort to try and settle the soldiers down‚ German officers started yelling‚ in German‚ “Halt! Halt!” But here’s the problem; the Austrian army was composed of soldiers from different countries who spoke different languages‚ and as a result‚ when they heard "Halt! Halt!" they misinterpreted it as “Allah! Allah! It
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approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths. • The war caused the disintegration of four empires: the Austro-Hungarian‚ German‚ Ottoman‚ and Russian. • World War I marked the end of the world order which had existed after the Napoleonic Wars‚ and was an important factor in the outbreak of World War II. • Germany did not increase their millitary out of aggression‚ they increased it because of a rising threat from Russian invasion. Necessity for war Therefore Germanys fears were justifiable
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may feel about aggressive actions. These four kinds of aggression justification involve manipulating one’s perception of the aggressive action‚ motivation‚ harm‚ or victim to provide comfort for individuals’ aggressive behavior. The aggressors’ justifications for aggression serve as a “distancing” function making it easier for the aggressor to engage in harmful actions. The first justification provided is finding ways to excuse the aggression. By sanctioning it or calling on moral principles the
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Germans introduced the use chemical gasses as an weapon in war. Poison gas was the most feared out of all technology weapons in WW1. The gasses could burn skin‚ blind‚ or destroy your lungs if you happen to breathed in. Back then they had crude face masks to protect people in war from the poisonous gas floating in the air. Poison gas was easier during WW1 all they had to do was throw the poisonous gas bomb. “ A poison gas attack meant soldiers having to put on crude gas masks
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