Caldron 4/8/13 Per.7 World War I World War I was a destructive and horrible war. It lasted from 1914 to 1918. The causes of WWI were alliances‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. What do you think was the underlying cause of WWI? The idea of the term underlying simply means the main idea. Also‚ the definition of the word cause in this case meant the reasons WWI began. The three causes of WWI were alliances‚ militarism‚ and imperialism‚ however the main cause was imperialism. One of the 3 causes of
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World War One was a gruesome and transformative war‚ many young men suffered and died in the name of fighting for countries‚ and against countries‚ that they had no ties with aside from alliances. It lasted from July 1914 to November 1918‚ and all of the 4 years were fought with old tactics‚ but new weaponry and ways to kill. As a result of this the “Great War” as it was called is often considered one of the most brutal and bloody wars in the history of the world‚ and it transformed much of the way
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World War II‚ which occurred on September 1st of1939 after Germany invaded Poland‚ is one of the most famous wars in the course of history. It was the most brutally violent‚ horrific‚ damaging‚ and the first war to have millions upon millions of people killed throughout the duration of it. A plethora of effects‚ which varies from nation to nation‚ was inflicted upon the world which would impact the course of the future. Fifty million people‚ or about two percent of the world’s population at the time
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Period 2 World War 2: World War II was a global conflict that involved many great powers. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War II. Japan‚ Italy‚ and Germany took aggressive action and were the major axis powers. Neither the League of Nations nor democratic countries were able to stop them. The policy of appeasement was a major factor on why the axis powers made it so far in the war effort. World War II was the most widespread war in history. It
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Women during the Civil War helped as nurses‚ cooks‚ solider‚ and spies. Women in the North also worked for the United States Sanitary Commission. “The primary national relief organization‚ coordinating donations to the Union.” The role southern women played during the Civil War was also to cook‚ be spies‚ the duties of the man while in his absence. “Women worked in munitions plants‚ as clerks in government offices‚ and as a sales force in retail businesses.” Clara Barton a famous Civil War nurse
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Introduction The United States originally desired to remain neutral during World War II. The war‚ however‚ continued to grow and ultimately the United States knew they could not continue to watch from afar and would have to enter for the sake of its own sovereignty as well as that of its allies. The Allied Forces needed to oust German occupiers from Western Europe and therefore proceeded to plan the largest amphibious and airborne attacks at the time. This analysis will examine the first few days
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World War I was an extremely bloody war that engulfed Europe from 1914 to 1919‚ with huge losses of life and little ground lost or won. Fought mostly by soldiers in trenches‚ World War I saw an estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million wounded. While many hoped that World War I would be "the war to end all wars‚" in actuality‚ the concluding peace treaty set the stage for World War II. Dates: 1914-1919 Also Known As: The Great War‚ WWI‚ the First World War The Start of World
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the World: The Great Peace towards which people of good will throughout the centuries have inclined their hearts‚ of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision‚ and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise‚ is now at long last within the reach of the nations. For the first time in history it is possible for everyone to view the entire planet‚ with all its myriad diversified peoples‚ in one perspective. World peace
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with space for the machine-guns‚ the engineers and the space where the soldiers spent a lot of time‚ with guns in their hands and on watch for the enemy. Why were the trenches there? The trenches were there to protect the armies from powerful opposition‚ from the use of their snipers and bomb shells. The idea of trenches was not an original idea for the war‚ before the 1st world war it was used in the US civil war‚ and other wars close to the time. “Trench war fair” in World war 1 was said to have
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people who have put forth an immense amount of work to gain the rights and freedoms that should be theirs to savor. Things like this have happened from early egyptian rulers‚ all the way to the dictators and people of a “different breed”. It happened during the holocaust with whom most people think of only Jews. Hitler and his army would enter nearly everyone who was different than them into “Concentration Camps”‚ where they would be worked to death or murdered. They could also die from the harsh conditions
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