Grenades in WWI There were many weapons used in WWI‚ one of them being hand grenades. Grenades are egg shaped explosives that are thrown and explode at a certain time. The discovery of the explosive dates back to the 15th century and further back. The grenade is deadly‚ not just for the amount of fire power but because the shell disperses and sprays the shards into all directions. In 1750‚ the grenade was abandoned because of how deadly it had become‚ until 100 years passed and Napoleon Bonepart
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There have been a copious amount of movements and wars that have changed the world. World War I was one of the changes that created the modern world. WWI changed how wars were fought and how they were dealt with‚ it also affected the world’s economy and mental health ideas. This was the war that contributed to the Russian Revolution and the Great Depression‚ not to mention the founding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. WWI changed everything‚ how people thought and how they saw the world. The world
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What I think happened was‚ There was no single event that caused World War One (WW1). The war happened because of several different events that took place in the years building up to 1914. Firstly‚ there was the role of empire. Great Britain‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia all had empires. This meant that they ruled many countries
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Amaani Mehra AP World History Mr. Christopher Rhatigan 1st April‚ 2012 MEDIA BENEFITTED THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES FIRST WORLD WAR The US government used media in various ways during the First World War‚ to manipulate the public to support their purpose. The reason that the majority of people in the US had common views throughout the First World War was because of the media influence. When the US was under the neutrality agreement‚ the media helped people feel good about being neutral
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What were the causes of WW1? In 1914‚ World War I broke out. It involved around 100 countries around the world. Between 1914 and 1918‚ over 59 million troops were used‚ over 8 million died and over 29 million were injured. This is the biggest war anyone has any witnessed yet; this is why WW1 is also known as the Great War. The main reasons why WW1 broke out were the Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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I think that the Allies powers should have lost WW1. This is because of the size of the Axis powers‚ European countries blaming each other ‚ how much money the Axis powers spent on their army and navy‚ Bernherd von Bϋlow’s speech to the Reichstag ( German Congress) ‚ the England Octopus‚ the area of the colonial empires. One of the reasons that the Allies should have is because of the Axis powers military size. For example the Axis powers where bigger in size than the Allied powers. The Allies
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Why did WW1 last for so long? WW1 was thought to be a quick battle with hardly any resistance offered to the Germans. But something went wrong‚ very wrong for the fight that was thought to be over in 43 days on the western front ended up as a shoot out for four long years. There were many reasons for this‚ mainly the failure of the Schlieffen Plan Also new technology and barley any supplies on the front line. All these things lead to the stalemate that was formed and the main reason the war went
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How far did WW1 change the position of the Liberal Party in 1918? WW1 changed the position of the LIberal Party significantly because of many factors. One major change would have been Asquith stepping down as leader. This was because he was seen as not being able to lead the war‚ the public disliked the way in his methods with events such as the Shell crisis which led to thousands of unneeded deaths. This was were Lloyd George took over as he was seen fit to lead this war‚ or control the many
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From 1870 to 1910‚ countries around Europe had been making deals to work together as some countries were growing more powerful and looking threatening. Some countries stayed out of it‚ hoping the heat would pass‚ but in 1914‚ WW1 started and the alliance system was one of the main reasons for the outbreak. The first alliance was made in 1879‚ 35 years before the outbreak. It was between rising power Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire. It was so Germany could think about attacking other countries
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Party government Bring disappointment to the people --Failure to educate the public about democracy to help consolidate the democratic ( People lost confidence in democracy and turned to support the political ideas advocated by extreme nationalists. It looked like democracy was not eh suitable choice of government to Japan‚ put hope on military‚ give military an opportunity to restore authoritarian rule. --Fail to protect the rights of its own country‚ brought humiliation to people (e.g
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