WW1 Poetry Comparison Essay Darlene D’Mello “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke are both poems borne out of World War One. Despite the vast differences between the two‚ Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen were both poets during the war and their poems were written with 3 years of each other‚ “the Soldier” at the start of the war and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” towards the very end. Rupert Brooke wrote “The Soldier” right after the outbreak of the war‚ when patriotic
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Was Hitler to blame for WW2? (10 marks) Hitler’s aims were aggressive. He planned to destroy the treaty of Versailles‚ create a country of all German people and conquer land in Eastern Europe. But many other factors are thought to be the main reason war broke out in 1939. Hitler’s aims were aggressive and he made this aims very clear in his book ‘Mein Kampf’ (my struggle). To test the courage of the British and French to stand up to Hitler on an important matter of principle‚ Hitler announced
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War on the Western Front * THE REASONS FOR THE STALEMATE ON THE WESTERN FRONT * War began August 14th * Both sides thought it would be a rapid war‚ ‘all over by Christmas’ and that their side would be victorious -> views were unrealistic Schlieffen Plan * Based on the idea that Germany would eventually have to fight France and Russia but should avoid fighting both at once * France would expect Germany to invade from the east‚ so would not be prepared for an invasion
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Long and Short Term Causes of World War 1 – Essay The quote embodied within the name Woodrow Wilson (U.S. President 1913-21) is that World War 1 (WW1 - 1914-1918) was ‘the war to end all war’. Indeed in its time‚ WW1 seemed as the war of the century. As a war felt throughout Europe and with the intervention of other non-European countries‚ it had various causes. These sparks that let off up to the start of the war are nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ the alliances at the time and the murder
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LESSON 24 - World War II Objectives: Identify the actions that led to the start of World War II Identify the actions of world leaders that failed to prevent war Identify Adolf Hitler’s social and political actions and its impact on Germany Identify why the United States avoided the War in Europe The Birth of World War II The Treaty of Versailles‚ created to end World War I‚ created problems that led to new dangers. The German people resented losing territory and being blamed
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Nature of Life in the Trenches The nature of life in the trenches was a dangerous place. It was a place for the dead or for the survivors. Trenches were a front line which was dug metres underground‚ inside the trenches‚ were supplies‚ training areas‚ stores and mainly headquarters. The trenches were the main area to store arms of artillery and mortars. Life was hell for soldiers. Bearing the pain they went through‚ the diseases‚ the infections‚ the bad conditions living in‚ having to deal with
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Phillip Jones March 15‚ 2005 Essay #1 During World War I‚ trench warfare was very common. It was a newer technique in battles as in wars prior to the Great World War‚ fighting was less invasive and men merely marched at each other from opposite ends of fields and fought until only one side remained standing or a white flag was hung high in surrender. In fact in older wars‚ the fighting was far less dangerous to the point where battles were often times viewed by locals who
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PRO’S and CON’s For starters‚ the Paris Peace Treaty that ended WWI causing subjecting Germany to ruinous financial penalties and limited what they could do in the way of rearming themselves to‚ say‚ protect themselves from Russia. The outcome of this treaty started the settlement which elaborated in the peace treaties included payment of war reparations‚ commitment to minority rights and territorial adjustments including the end of the Italian Colonial Empire in Africa. The treaties allowed Italy
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The golden age of tanks was during WWII‚ this is because at this time tanks were superior and engineering had improved since WWI. People say WWII was most affected by tanks‚ because tanks gave shelter to people rushing behind one and it was a massive and powerful death machine in the front. Tanks were also used for safe transportation‚ and many missions needed a transported artillery weapon. People without anti-tank weaponry could not defend against these tank rushes. You would need a big impact
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The second strategic factor that influenced the outbreak of WWI was a pervasive sense of nationalism in France and Germany. Much of the French nationalism grew out of disdain for the Germans following the Franco-Prussian War when Germany annexed the Alsace-Lorraine region. Germany had not only taken a part of French territory‚ but had arrogantly paraded their success in the face of the French. The French had assured the inhabitants of the region that they would remain a part of the French nation
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