World War I World War I (also known as the First World War‚ Great War or War of Wars‚ abbreviated WWI) was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world ’s great powers‚[4] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers.[5] More than 70 million military personnel‚ including 60 million Europeans‚ were mobilized in one of the largest wars
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In April 1917‚ America faced the decision of joining World War 1 or staying unbiased. America was known for its neutrality in wars and stayed neutral over the years. However‚ the US decided to change it’s (concept) in staying neutral due to the Germans. The Germans believed that America was on the side of British. On May 7‚ 1915‚ the Lusitania was broken down by Germans. The Germans believed that the boat had supplies for British‚ so they attacked the boat with their submarine. However‚ not only
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marvelously‚ the cross seems untouched and not damaged by the perilous war. According to listverse.com‚ the author’s son refers to this picture as an “accusation of war”. This picture was taken during the Battle of Somme and was captured by Walter Kleinfeldt. Our group chose this photo because when we came across this unpleasant photo‚ we just thought it would be an interesting photo to talk about and was not like the other World War I photos. The other photos are usually about soldiers‚ their daily
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many different tactics used. Some might include the iconic Phalanx of the Romans. Others might make a point of America’s ambushes in the revolutionary war. As time went on we saw a drastic improvement of artillery along with tactics being used by many countries. With the arrival of the first world war all countries had to come up with different war tactics that would further their success. Some of the many tactics used included snipers as well as tank attacks. The tactics in using snipers and
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This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses‚ see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). "WW1" and "WWI" redirect here. For the album by White Whale‚ see WWI (album). World War I | Clockwise from top: trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistiblesinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; aVickers machine gun crew with gas masks‚ and German Albatros D.III biplanes
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Was Germany to Blame For World War II? Germany is often solely blamed for the outbreak of World War. However‚ there are several factors which contributed to the occurrence of the war. Although the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) was to ensure Germany could never start another war‚ it indirectly contributed to World War Two. Germany was unhappy with the terms of the treaty‚ especially the War Guilt Clause and the huge amount of reparations that had to be paid to the Allies. At this 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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During World War I weapons were developing and rapidly improving. New weapons and fighting techniques were being introduced‚ which caused more violent attacks. These new development in technology changed the way war was fought. As a result of this‚ there were more damage and kills than ever before. To start with‚ one invention that was made to assist in the war was barbed wire‚ In the 1860s the U.S. used barbed wire to pen cattle but more importantly used it to defend the front lines of trench
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The Great Depression and World War II. National Stress was a huge influence on two major events that occurred in history‚ The Great Depression and World War II. What lead the nation into this stress was a number of things including investing poorly by sending money to Europe after WWI and the five industries slowly decreasing in economical production. Due to the fact that approximately thirteen million Americans did not have jobs‚ people started making their clothes instead of buying them and
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The respective roles of Germany and Japan in the initiation and escalation of World War II seem similar on the surface—a combination of economic ambition and racist ideology. However‚ the countries’ root motivations and the ways in which they were expressed were fundamentally different. Both Germany and Japan engaged in large-scale territorial conquests in the years leading up to World War II. Hitler and other Nazi officials in Germany advocated the concept of lebensraum‚ the natural “living space”
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