Study: Reasons for stalemate on the Western Front: * Failure of the Schlieffen plan – Whilst the Schlieffen plan dealt with war on two fronts‚ its failure was instrumental to the stalemate on the Western Front. Germany fell short of achieving a quick and decisive victory over France and Britain in which they had hoped for. The German Army’s initial advance was halted by Belgium‚ who allowed Britain and Russia to mobilise their troops. * The Battle of the Marne – German attacks on
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In The Great War‚ men from the allied forces and the enemies fought together as what would be known as one of the bloodiest battles in history. The central powers of Europe fought to obtain power‚ though in the end‚ their efforts were fruitless‚ and though much was lost‚ not much was gained. Millions of soldiers and civilians alike were killed‚ and with no one great end-result for any of the central powers‚ it goes to show the uselessness of war. It is unmistakable to see these facts after reading
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Core Study: WW1 1914-1919 War on the Western Front Reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front Expectations * Each major power believed war would be swiftly won-“over by Christmas” * Poets such as Rupert Brooke romanticised war as noble‚ romantic and character building * Duty and patriotism were key features in 1914 The Schlieffen Plan If war was to occur‚ Germany would be attacked on both sides by the Triple Entente. The aim was to deal with the larger threat France
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if it was handled correctly. This war only caused many casualties and economic problems for countries which could of easily been avoided. 1st paragraph - Alliances were a major cause of the conflicts between countries in WW1 The original disagreement was between Serbia and Austria-Hungry over the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. A Serb terrorist group were the ones to kill Ferdinand even though Austria-Hungry assumed it was the Serbian government who did the
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and influence such as Miltiades and Themistocles. Miltiades was elected to serve as one of the 10 stratagoi (generals) to command the Athenian forces in 490 BC and was crucial to the victory at the Battle of Marathon. According to Herodotus Miltiades was the architect of several Greek strategies that achieved victory at Marathon. The Greek offensive‚ although contributed to Miltiades as a brilliant strategic decision‚ is an important historiographical issue for modern historians. Herodotus tells
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VICTORY! “When you walk into the gym you leave everything behind. It’s like a total different world. It’s you second family. We gymnasts spend more time in the gym then with our parents. We do gymnastics not to please our family but to please ourselves.” The day I found out all my training was worth it‚ was at the Glencoe- Silver Lake Gymnastics Invite. I got to this moment by joining gymnastics and making the high school team‚ going to practice every day and giving it my all‚ and all the other
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on them and the Germans had no choice but to sign it. Many in Germany did not want the Treaty signed‚ but the representatives there knew that they had no choice as Germany was incapable of restarting the war again. What is conscription? Conscription was introduced in January 1916‚ targeting single men aged 18-41. Within a few months World War 1 conscription was rolled out for married men. Men who got called up for service could appeal to a local Military Service Tribunal. Reasons included health
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with the experiences of the past and present wars’ veterans. War Stories II: Victory in the Pacific really caught my attention because of it being over the history of War World II and because it was written by a Vietnam war veteran and not a writer that only has history classes that serves as knowledge of war time events. The sequel to the Great War War World II brought with it many great historical victories and as many
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The author believes that the tolerance the Roman Empire had towards conquered / allied people was one of the biggest reasons why the Roman Empire had grew and prospered so far and long. The Roman Empire like the Achaemenid Empire was extremely tolerant to different religions‚ they were polytheistic which made tolerance to multiple gods easy to do and it made the people of the newest annexed states less willing to revolt. The Roman Empire had a great respect for the Greek city states‚ but they had
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Was militarism the main reason for causing WWI? Samuel Lo 8A (16) Was militarism the only reason for causing World War 1? It is not the only reason‚ but militarism is probably one of the most apparent and obvious reasons World War 1 broke out. Militarism means a belief that a country should have a strong army and use it aggressively to protect themselves. Firstly‚ being the 3 main powers in Europe‚ the relationship between the leaders of Germany‚ Russia and England were not good. For example
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