World War I was an event that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe‚ therefore killing off almost a generation of Europeans. It ended empires in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Austria Hungary and caused Russia to turn to communism and become a totalitarian state with Stalin in power. It created more rights for women and changed the social perspective of life to gloomy and pessimistic. The Congress of Vienna of 1814‚ created a long-lasting peace in Europe completed with regular peace meeting which proposed
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To understand the causes of the first Punic War is to understand the normal chain of event almost every great nation went through. Rome just before the first war was expanding‚ not just through brute strength but also through diplomacy. Most of Italy had been brought under Roman rule when the first Punic War broke out‚ and this is were the first cause of war is found. Carthage had control over the western portion of Sicily‚ which threatened Syracuse‚ a Greek city state. Because of Rome’s diplomatic
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led to World War I‚ they can be classified as long-term factors: like that of growing imperialist aspirations‚ alliances forming between powers‚ and the isolation and alienation of Germany. There are also the more obvious‚ short term factors that occurred just before the outbreak of war‚ that we usually attribute as the cause: the assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ Germany’s “blank check”‚ and successive declarations of war. While the common answer to the question: “What caused World War I?” is the
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In 1914 World War I began. There were several causes of this war‚ and they could be divided into long and short term causes. The long term causes were imperialism‚ alliances‚ nationalism and militarism. The short term cause‚ which acted as a trigger to the Great War was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. (Humanities Alive 4‚ pp 4-5) All the long term causes of the Great War were significant but perhaps the most noteworthy was militarism‚ which is the development of large and powerful military
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In 1919‚ the Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I (WWI). The Entente powers had prevailed‚ and the first intercontinental war had come to a close. An international desire for peace was evident‚ but it seemed that the opposite effect occurred. The increase in nationalism that WWI brought with it came a change in the way governments ruled their people. Ultimately‚ this era saw a contraction in civil rights worldwide because of the rise of socialism and fascism. The road to fascism begins
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African American Soldiers in the First World War: Freddie Stowers and the 371st Regiment Day 1: October 10‚ 1917 371st arriving in camp… “our mob of embryo warriors…No one who saw that outfit could keep from laughing….The halt‚ the lame‚ and the blind were there actually. Every colored derelict…must have been picked up when the draft order was received.” Captain Chester Heywood‚ US Army Day 400473: January 26‚ 1919 371st departing France… “The 371st has shown the very
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Causes of World War 2 The root causes of World War 2 We can count many causes of World War 2‚ political and others‚ but the three root causes of World War 2 were : 1. The Prussian Militarism - developed in 200 years of history‚ it was the force that made Germany so powerful‚ and made it possible for a man like Adolf Hitler to gain total control of it. 2. Adolf Hitler - a madman and political genius‚ Adolf Hitler re-ignited the Prussian militarism after the German defeat in World War 1‚ and
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The First World War (Revision) The rise of Germany upset the balance of power in Europe The Old Balance of Power - a balance of power was established between Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia and France‚ with Britain holding the scales. The rise of a unified Germany upset this balance. Germany was unified not only by ‘blood and iron’ but also by ‘coal and iron’. Rapid industrialization‚ concentrated military power‚ a young and dramatically increasing population (43% increase between 1880 and 1910)
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Why did war erupt in 1939? War erupted in 1939 for many of reasons. There is long-term cause which is the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty of Versailles had a significant effect on why war erupted in 1939; however there are also many mid-term causes that also helped lead to World War Two. These are; the Failure of the League of Nations and The Wall Street Crash. The short-term causes are The Appeasement and Hitler’s actions. One of the short term causes of World War two was Hitler’s actions. Hitler
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Causes of World War II World War I was one of the most destructive wars in modern history. Nearly ten million soldiers died as a result of hostilities. The enormous losses on all sides of the conflict resulted in part from the introduction of new weapons‚ like the machine gun and gas warfare‚ as well as the failure of military leaders to adjust their tactics to the increasingly mechanized nature of warfare. A policy of attrition‚ particularly on the Western Front‚ cost the lives of hundreds of
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