The thesis in the article The origins of the World War’‚ by Sidney B. Fay‚ can clearly be stated as the explanation for World War I. Fay states that no one country is responsible for the creation of the war. Furthermore‚ he goes on to explain that each of the European country’s leaders did‚ or failed to do certain’ things to provoke the other countries into a war. Fay states‚ "One must abandon the dictum of the Versailles Treaty that Germany and her allies were solely responsible. It was a dictum
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resources to fuel their growth so they turned to imperialism which made global war inevitable. Nationalism was one of the main reasons why Europe united into modern countries. People that spoke the same language‚ shared the same history‚ or had the same culture helped them start a country. Nationalism made people proud of their country. People cherished the idea of having a mission to fulfill. People would try to solve world problems to make their country look better. Countries built up their armies
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World War 1 Questions 1. Which three countries were in the Alliance of the Three Emperors? A. Italy‚ France‚ England B. Germany‚ Russia‚ Austria C. Germany‚ Austria‚ Prussia D. Serbia‚ Greece‚ Bulgaria Answer: B. Germany‚ Russia‚ Austria 2. What was key to Bismarck’s plan to maintain Germany’s power prior to WWI? A. Invade to surrounding countries B. Defeat Britain in naval combat C. Aid the Ottoman Empire through military force D. Maintain peace throughout Europe‚ namely between
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Causes of the Second World War I believe Hitler’s actions and the appeasement that followed it are the key reasons for the outbreak of World War 2.Hitler’s foreign policy was firstly German need more Lebensraum and secondly to unite all German speaking people under one Reich in a Pan-German Empire. He did this in 2 phases: Phase 1 - 1933-1937 – Cautious Expansion Phase 2 - 1937-1939 – Aggressive Expansion Phase 1: In 1933 Hitler
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World War one was a worldwide that was centered in Europe. The war began on the 28th of July 1914; this was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria who was a royal prince of Hungary and an archduke of Austria-Este. The war subsided over four years later on the 11th of November 1918. The war was fought by two conflicting alliances‚ these were the Triple Entente and this included the French republic‚ the British Empire and the Russian Empire (Italy later joined in 1915
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World War One was a war that consisted of many casualties. In trench warfare‚ not all the casualties were from the opposing trench‚ they came from your own in the form of diseases and infections. These could travel via the water at the bottom of the trench‚ in seems of clothing‚ in the soldiers hair‚ or by animals that lived in the trenches along side the soldiers. The trenches were a very unsanitary place. So unsanitary everything is cleaned once a day and things are still able to be distributed
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and differences between the book version of War of the Worlds and the movie version. One main difference between the two stories was the place in which the Martians landed first. In the book the Martians landed in England first‚ but in the movie the Martians landed in California. Another difference was the time period in which the stories took place. In the novel it was a few years from the end of the 19th century. While in the movie World Wars I and II had already passed. Last‚ the weapons
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Militarism is a key component to World War I as the countries began to compete for having the best military. Prince Bernhard Von Bulow said to the Reichstag “In the coming century the German nation will either be the hammer or the anvil.” In the 1900s‚ the Germans could be either the destroyer or the destroyed. This caused people to want to build the military so their country would not be crushed. The need to survive caused an arms race‚ the german spending having a steep increase in spending. In
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The Second World War began with Hitler’s attack on Poland in 1939 and ended with the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. During these six years many battles were fought in both the European and Pacific theatre that led to the success of the Allies and to the collapse of the Axis Powers. On September 1 1939 Hitler attacked Poland and two days later Britain and France declared war. For the next five months little military action was taken and this period was named ’the Phony War’. However‚ in April
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in that lead to the war. Everything seemed to be peaceful in Europe but the spread of nationalism and it impacted in the Balkans the most. Several forces were properly prepared for putting Europe into this “Great War”. Other countries were increasing their expenditures on armaments‚ and forming alliance systems. The immediate cause of the first world all started in Austria-Hungary and their negligence to let Serbia get back some of their territories. The main causes of World War 1 were Militarism‚
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