Weapons In the First World War there were a wide variety of weapons used especially when you count their variation (or different models). Here are a list of weapons used: • Rifles • Machine guns • Mustard & chlorine gas • Tanks • Zeppelins • Flamethrowers • Torpedoes and submarines •
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This is the story of how America was thrust into World War One. Some believe that this was America’s fault for instigating the attacks of the ships by Germany by trading with other allied countries and giving financial assistance to them. Germany’s trust was also broken when America betrayed them in the Allied Blockade of Germany. Some believe that it was Germany’s fault and joining war was the only way that America could stay safe and that going to war was a decision that was forced upon them. (Source
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This propaganda poster was designed by a German propaganda artist during World War 1. In occupied Belgium‚ secret resistant groups were established from the hostility of the civilian population fuelled not only by the war itself but by the massacres accomplished by the German invasion. This caused disruptive complications for the German Government causing propaganda to be used. The Great War began in the year 1914 when Austria declared war on Serbia ultimately causing chaos across the globe. Allies
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WWI The Origins of War – September 9‚ 2012 Alliances - Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy (AXIS POWERS) - Great Britain‚ France‚ (pre-revolutionary Russia) (TRIPLE ENTENTE) - Alliances are put in place to act as guarantors of peace - At the end of the 19th c.‚ (Edwardian period in BR history) despite the alliance systems‚ much talk about impending war o Everyone saying war is inevitable o Lots of war talk - Nature of a European war not understood at all - Colonial wars seen‚ which were quick
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03.05 Assignment World War I brought enormous changes to warfare and to the lives of millions of people. Complete one of the following written assignments to show your understanding of these changes. Option A: Put yourself in the position of a U.S. soldier or American relief worker during World War I. Write a letter home of at least three paragraphs explaining where you are and how you came to be there. Describe what you see‚ what you smell‚ what you hear‚ and what surrounds you. Explain how
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World war I was the first world war that cause about 40 million deaths and over 300 billion dollars of damage. The Allies and Central powers were fight most for power and respect. The Franco-Prussian war triggered tension and the alliance system and the arms race. The Franco-Prussian was the one of the main reasons the war started anthers reason was the assentation of the archduke of Austria-Hungry Franz Ferdinand assassinated. I believe that they should not have joined the war. When Germany started
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World War II Posters “Trench of Ideas and Propaganda” During World War II‚ the United States government use propaganda in order to persuade people to join their efforts to stop the enemies of the fatherland. Posters were one of the most common methods of advertisement used by the U.S. government‚ and some of the many purposes of this posters were to encourage people to join the U.S. Army‚ raise funds
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World War 1 did not begin until 1914‚ but its roots date back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. During these times Europeans were rising in achievement in many areas including science‚ agriculture‚ industry‚ and the arts. With these accomplishments‚ there was an unfortunate build up of jealousy‚ hatred‚ and competition between European nations. So many of these cases existed that World War 1 was truly inevitable. The basic causes were nationalism‚ imperialism‚ and militarism‚ which all brought
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Feelings of War During the World War I‚ the literature had a conversion of the emotions and purposes of how writers told their stories through the poetry. As a consequence‚ of the tragically situation on war‚ James Campbell (1999) incorporated to the poetry the ideology of combat gnosticism that is defined as “the belief that combat represents a qualitatively separate order of experience that is difficult if not impossible to communicate to any who have not under gone an identical experience” (Campbell
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World War I broke out across the continent of Europe causing massive destruction along the way. A war like this did not just simply happen overnight‚ it had many preconditions and precipitants that lead to the whole continent getting into a World War. There were four major ideas that led the nations of Europe to take up arms against each other. The precipitants include the death of France Ferdinand all the way to the declaration of war. These major ideas were nationalism‚ imperialism‚ technology
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