World War I‚ or the "Great War" was a trench battle. Men would dig trenches and stay there‚ hundreds of them‚ and there they would wait with their bayonets and other weapons and look over a small piece of land. Imagine that you are in the middle of a field. The field is maybe a quarter mile wide and on the other side of the field is your enemy. There are no tanks or bombers to give you cover. There are no fancy heat-seeking missiles. You are going to have to kill or be killed for a piece of earth
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Midterm 1 Hist 150 Role of Nationalism in the First World War Nationalism played an integral role in the outbreak of the First World War. Nationalism began as a unifying force demanding nation states to come together. Nationalism developed into a phenomenon where people with shared cultural‚ religious and ethnic heritage believed in a perceived superiority to other peoples. This perceived superiority altered nationalism and slowly turned it into Social Darwinism which began to develop
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World war one was one of the most deadliest wars in world history. The war was sparked because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Soon after war was declared‚ allies of the nations got involved. This dragged most of Europe into the Great War. Eventually‚ the United States joins the conflict with the Allied Nations. In 1918‚ world war one finally ended. The assassination of the Archduke played an important role in starting the war. In 1914‚ the groups of people under Austria-Hungary
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There was a second war in September 1939. This became known as World War 2. During this war they had Entertainment for the people to get their mind off of the war. Their Entertainment was Radios/music‚ movies/filming and different games. They had famous people to also help with the entertainment Tommy Trinder ( famous comedian)‚ Glenn Miller ( Music ) ‚ Betty Grable ( dancer ) and others. Government had took over everything else so entertainment was a good thing for them to get into. The first
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were held in Germany played a conspicuous role in World War II‚ Nazi Generals forced millions of innocent people to march when ever and wherever without any sacrifices‚ the marches killed a quarter of a million people at the end of the war in a time span of 10 months; the objective was to weaken or kill all prisoners before they entered a camp. The captives were treated awful when marching constantly. The Nazi Germans saw the prisoners as a way to win the war; Yet‚ the mass murders that had been connected
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the Civil War‚ women had shifted from a gender of little power to one of great importance. Over the span of the century from 1770 to 1870‚ the culture of the American society changed economically‚ socially‚ and into the adoption of republican motherhood and cult of domesticity. During the time of the Revolutionary War‚ society regarded women as the teachers of the "sons of liberty" which resulted in a higher status for women; their new importance led to the cult of domesticity in which women began taking
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the target‚ laying down two side charges‚ each containing 2 tonnes of amatol. They would then make their escape and rendezvous with the “mother” submarine to be towed home. The first attack was launched against the German battleship Bismarck. Six X-craft were designated for the operation‚ but two were lost to accidents en route‚ and a third suffered mechanical problems. The fourth X-craft was believed to have been sunk by German fire during the attack. The remaining two managed to lay their charges
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Descriptive Essay of Analysis Germany and Japan both played vital roles in World War 2‚ their positions as Axis powers and their strategic advantage at the beginning of the war made them both aggressive in their nature - this led to Germany’s initial invasion of Belgium‚ which started the war and Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii leading to the systematic and official inclusion of America into the war. Germany‚ before the start of World War 2 was a fast growing and economically stable country‚ unlike
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Chapter 16 17 & 19 test – World War II Chapter 16 Questions 1. Yes‚ I believe it was right for us not to join the war because we didn’t have any provocation yet. Seeing as France had their behinds handed to them in WWI‚ I don’t see how the fact that they were in the war had any effect on us not joining in yet. Plus‚ we were out of the war area‚ anyway. Everything going on in Europe had nothing to do with us. 2. Japan had been at war LONG before it broke out in Europe. They were trying
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Leadership During The Great War Kaiser Wilhelm II was in charge of Germany. He was the oldest grandchild of British Queen Victoria. His ties to Britain would play an important role in his political views. He became the emperor of Germany in 1888 after the death of Frederick II. When he was crowned he set Germany onto a new course in foreign affairs. He supported Austria-Hungary. Wilhelm II was also the leader of the military. Wilhelm was forced to give his throne up on November 9‚ 1918. He lived
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