“Tragedy of World War 1” Journalist: Joe Herzberg July 1914 Whoever knew that two bullets would spark the First World War. When news broke out that Archduke was assassinated‚ Europe was going downhill. Tragedy struck across Europe when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Germans followed out their schlieffen plan to attack Belgium. This plan called for holding
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World War II: A Continuation of The Great War When the Great War came to an end with the signing of an armistice in the fall of 1918‚ the European counterparts of the Allied forces sought only to punish the German Empire to the harshest degree. With their determination to substantially debilitate Germany‚ The Treaty of Versaille decimated its army to an almost humiliating number‚ decreased the size of Germany‚ and forced the empire to pay an insurmountable amount in reparations for damages from the
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The lasting influences of the classical world on other cultures across time are shown by analyzing the links between Greek Drama in the time of Aristophanes‚ on Shakespeare‚ and on a modern comic text of my choice. Through the use of humour devices‚ theatre conventions and by developing a show of understanding of the serious messages‚ the links between the three texts are shown and analyzed. Gods and goddesses were superior in the time of Aristophanes. This is very surprising in Aristophanes’
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America entered the war in 1917 because of two major acts on the behalf of Germany. America was also successfully able to fulfill its goals in World War 1. The first act from Germany was the use of submarine warfare. Then Germany sent out the Zimmerman Telegram. These actions made America join the war and come out successful. In 1917 Germany decided to renew its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare that they had abandoned two years prier. Germany decided that because America was not a part
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While no war is a “good” war‚ sometimes to maintain the security that is necessary for the residents of the country war has to break out or be joined. In the case of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor‚ German U-Boats attacking our vessels‚ and Italy protecting the other two countries‚ these “evil” powers were indeed risking the safety of the citizens of the United States. As any parent would want to protect their children the best they could‚ Eisenhower knew that declaring war was the only way to
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Propaganda refers to the use of communication techniques to affect people’s thinking and behavior. Any technique or action that attempts to influence the emotions‚ attitudes‚ values‚ beliefs‚ or actions of a group can be described as propaganda. Wartime propaganda was made to lure people into contributing to the war in different ways. Propaganda takes on many different forms. Movies would be shown to people in movie theaters. Brochures were handed out to people walking by on the streets or in crowded
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Secondly‚ the guns show how long technology takes to evolve and than how quick evolution can happen. It took centuries to go from smooth bore to rifled bore in the guns. Flintlock gun were still being used at the start of the American Civil War‚ 1861. By the time the war ended‚ 4 years later‚ percussion guns were in style. The Gatling gun showed up around 1867‚ it was replaced in under 100 years with the .50 caliber machine gun. Thirdly‚ railroads and computers are a very interesting study on how quick
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Causes of World War II The culmination of events that led to World War II are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the decisions made by authoritarian ruling elites in Germany and Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war and/or armed resistance. In the aftermath of World War I‚ a defeated Germany signed
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by diversity? It is defined as the state of having different varieties. Our world are filled with different kinds of people. People are often judged by their religion‚ skin colour and basically the education they received. Whenever there are misunderstanding within diversity‚ it would only lead to one thing‚ war. Perhaps we may never taste the bitter experiences of war but history has shown us that whenever there is war‚ there will be sorrow. People have to cope with the feeling of having to loss
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The Second World War quickly became a worldwide production whose impact still exist today and in terms of the theatrical production of this magnitude‚ Germany was the main antagonist of our tragedy and the protagonists‚ the United States‚ France‚ Great Britain‚ and the Soviet Union‚ would take the stage as a result of Germany’s attack of Poland in 1939 (Royde-Smith). Throughout the six year war‚ countless countries are destroyed‚
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