War is a waste of good lives‚ which are more precious than any gift on the planet. Life is so fragile and cannot be altered‚ stopped‚ or reversed with any amount of money‚ power‚ or land. Therefore‚ we should not risk young men’s lives by throwing them into a war zones telling them to shoot at people not wearing the same color as you. War causes many innocent people die just because they were “in the way” and causes many others to become murders in order to serve their country. War overall is
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4064003594100Did Germany cause the war? Did Germany cause the war? Who and what started World War 1? The verdict that I agree with of who started World War 1 is: “All of the major powers helped to start the war. They should share the blame.” I think this because one nation can not simply declare war at a country without knowing the consequences. If several countries declare war on each other then this is possible. This is my opinion but many people have other thoughts. World War One left 9‚906‚000 soldiers
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Assess the reasons for the outbreak of World War I There were a number of reasons for the outbreak of World War I. These included: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans Crisis‚ the Alliance System‚ Imperialism and the arms and naval race between the major European powers. In my opinion‚ the most important cause of World War I was imperialism. Firstly‚ one reason for the outbreak of World War I was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th
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I feel the scratchy fabric of the airplane seat and hear the shuffle of feet as people board the plane. The humming of an engine fills my ear as I place my bag under my seat. I’m about to go home for the first time since my deployment to Kandahar. I’m about to see my son and husband for the first time in eight months. Letters have been the only thing connecting me to my family and it has been hard at times. The hardest thing I have ever had to do. It’s easy to forget that soldiers have families back
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A ten year war all because of an golden apple. Yes you read that right. One single golden apple. that 3 goddess fought over. At first all the goddess were fighting over it but back out. Those 3 goddess are Hera‚ Athena‚ and Aphrodite. Zeus is a bit at fault. Of course when there’s a problem it’s most likely Zeus fault. The mortals screw up too but the gods can control so much and is responsible for a lot more than mortals. Mortals screw ups don’t do to much damage. But with the gods it like they
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Yes peace can lead to war because Germany had to pay a large amount of money that was from the damage of World War I. Germany was also forced to accept blame of starting World War I. The outcome of Germany losing World War I left the Germans to move out and they also lost land. After World War I‚ Germany was left with a large debt from the damage which made them bitter which they had to pay off. It took them almost a century to pay off that large amount of money that was piled on them. They had
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World War I‚ also called the “war to end all wars” and “The Great War‚” was fought between Germany‚ Russia‚ France‚ Great Britain‚ the United States‚ and many other countries. It resulted in the death of about 17 million people‚ it was the bloodiest conflict in history. It was mainly fought with trench warfare‚ which is where one fights from trenches (that protect the soldiers from most of the bullets). The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand is the official start of World War I‚ but there were
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Post-World War 1 Tensions After World War 1‚ there were many problems and unresolved issues that caused a lot of tension. The economy was at risk because many nations owed each other a lot of money. England owed the U.S. money that they borrowed for the war‚ so they decided to use the reparation money Germany owed them to pay America back. However‚ Germany didn’t have any money due to the excessive reparations‚ so they borrowed money from the U.S. This circular system eventually collapsed and the
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Cause of World War I There are many different events being taught in History class every year; World War 1 being one of the main events that’s happened in the past. On June 28‚ 1914‚ in Sarajevo‚ Francis Ferdinand‚ the Archduke of Austria Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group. This was supposedly the cause of World War I‚ but it was just the spark that started the war in a Europe already inflamed by the true causes of the great war. The major causes that started World War 1 was Imperialism
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Germany played a major role in causing World War I and should mostly be blamed for it because German militarism forced other countries to join the war and fight back with full force‚ the Germans introduced new deadly technologies which increased the death toll and lead to further participation of other countries‚ even though the alliance system is what engendered Germany and other countries into the war‚ not Germany itself. Germany should be blamed for World War I because Germany’s militarism and arrogance
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