THE BRITISH HOME FRONT In August 1914‚ Britain was ill-prepared to fight a prolonged war on the Continent. Nevertheless‚ changes were soon made to rectify this situation. 1. Increasing government control over society and the economy: • Britain introduced the Defence of the Realm Act in August 1914‚ to give the government special powers to run the war. • Heavy industry (eg. Steel) was placed under government control. • Certain industries were nationalised. These included the coal industry
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World War 1 is undoubtedly one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the modern world‚ responsible for the deaths of over 11 million young men. From 1914-1918 the European powers fought out one of the bloodiest series of battles ever recorded‚ including some horrific battles like the Battle of Fromelles‚ the Battle of the Somme‚ Gallipoli and the Battle of Verdun to name only a few. The reasons behind this tragic event are complex‚ but several factors including Imperialism had a rather influential
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Asses the importance of each of the following in causing the First World War: nationalism‚ alliances‚ economic factors. Introduction World War One was a war fought due to both direct and indirect causes. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand opened the floodgates as tensions were released within European countries. The strong nationalism from countries both new and old prevailed at this time. Additionally‚ alliances that were created before the war caused a quarrel between two countries become
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After the dust of World War I settled and the troops came home -- or didn’t come home --it became evident that the world was changed forever. World War I ushered in a modern era of warfare with new fighting methods that affected an entire generation of young people. New technology introduced during World War I shaped the way wars would be fought from then on. For the first time‚ tanks‚ airplanes and machine guns made their way onto the battlefield. These new technologies magnified the effects of
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Initially‚ the United States declared a position of neutrality in the international conflict of World War One‚ however‚ after two years of conflict‚ America entered the war. Although it is well understood when the United States entered the war‚ the motives behind their involvement are still debated. Many explanations have been suggested‚ one being that Germany’s unchecked aggression and unrestricted submarine warfare threatened the United States‚ which gave sufficient reason to declare war on Germany
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World war one ran from 1914-1918 which was also known as the Great War. It was also known as the first modern war and the reasoning behind it is because of all the new technology that was used‚ such as submarines‚ tanks‚ machine guns. It was estimated that in that four year time period there were 10 million deaths. When the Serbians assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Austria-Hungary viewed this as a threat. Germany decided to help out Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia was allies with Serbia
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WWI left many positive effects on America. The country experienced political and social views changes such as the changing role of women. The United States economy observed technological boom ‚ industrial area increasingly grow and production was going up. However‚ the euphoria was not meant to last for too long. Due to the investors‚ stock brokers‚ as well as average people’s overconfidence in the 1930’s stock market‚ society overlooked the dark clouds that gathered on the horizon of the American
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Do you agree with the view that the First World War hindered‚ rather than helped‚ the cause of female suffrage? In the sources presented there are conflicting views as to whether the First World War helped or hindered the cause of female suffrage. There were many people who argued that because women had worked so relentlessly during the war‚ it would be impossible to deny them the vote‚ especially due to the fact that working class men got the vote that were on the frontlines. Source 5‚ a letter
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I think America was wrong in entering World War One‚ and I’ll tell ya why. We (the United States as a whole) were being Americacentric just trying to show that we have a bigger (missile) than all the other countries. If that wasn’t the case‚ then we were just being the world’s police by choosing the side we thought was just and suppressing the other; and if we thought we needed to retaliate for American deaths‚ we were wrong. America was not doing a good job of being neutral. It was trading
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Molly Morris 29.10.2013 ‘German Aggression was responsible for the outbreak of a general European War in August 1914’. How far do you agree? There is much evidence to suggest that German Aggression was responsible for the outbreak of a general European war in August 1914. Both Sources 1 and 2 play on the idea that both the Kaiser and Bethmann Hollweg used its foreign policies to create tension within Europe which consequently led
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