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    World War I (1914-1918) involved more countries and caused greater destruction than any other war up to its time. An assassin’s bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the fight. The war lasted four years. It took the lives of about 9 million troops and more than 6 million civilians. World War I was originally called the Great War. Picture Weapons of World War I Several developments led to the awful bloodshed of the Great

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    World war one was one of the major wars that changed the world forever. World war one started in 1914‚ after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The participants were Russia‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Allied powers‚ Britain‚ Japan‚ Romania‚ Italy‚ France‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Bulgaria.1 Australia’s involvement in ww1 began with Britain and Germany went to war on August‚ 4‚1914.2 On August‚4‚1914‚ German troops crossed the border into Belgium. In the first battle of ww1‚ the Germans attacked

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    1 Four freedoms – January 6‚ 1941 freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom from want‚ and freedom from fear of armed aggression. 1. The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world. 2. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world. 3. The third is freedom from want -- which‚ translated into world terms‚ means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants --

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    During the II World War‚ because of the feared bombings of the airport‚ all German civil aviation was stopped in Tempelhof in 2. September 1939‚ however it was quickly restarted in November. Alltogether‚ Tempelhof wasn’t really bombed during II WW‚ because the Allied Forces saw an opportunity to use the terminal after the war. Also‚ Luftwaffe didn’t really treat Tempelhof as a military airfield. Mostly there were planes assembled there‚ using work of forced labourers‚ who lived in miserable conditions

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    There are three reasons why I say this. First‚ in the early 1870s‚ the German Chancellor Bismarck was the first to start the alliance system which was one cause of the First World War. Other nations only followed him. Second‚ the extreme nationalism (Pan-Germanism) in Germany made her desire to unite with the Germans in Austria-Hungary to become a great German state. With her support‚ Austria-Hungary came into direct conflict with the Serbs in the Balkans. Third‚ Germany was the most militaristic

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    The defining moment I picked was in world war II. It was the battle between Germany and Canada that was declared on September 9th‚ 1939 that started the started the war. This was eight days after Germany’s invasion of Poland. Canada’s parliament voted to declare war on Germany because of this‚ which the country did the next day. Canada separate declaration of war on Germany was a measure of the independence measure granted in 1931 statue of Westminster. In 1914‚ there had been no such independence

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    World War I occurred in the years 1914-1918. During World War I‚ Trenches played a major role defensively and offensively. The following countries were involved in Trench Warfare; Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. Even though these three countries were involved‚ this does not mean there were no controversies about advanced Trench Warfare. Trench Warfare had to take place somewhere; three countries that were taken place were Europe‚ USSR‚ and Germany. Other countries tried stealing tactics for trenches

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    Conference was initially planned as a pre-meeting to set the terms of what they were going to ask from Germany‚ but the pre-meeting quickly became the meeting where the decisions were made because they each had different ideas about what the terms of the treaty should be. “The Big Three” During the Paris peace conference (Fourth person isn’t important) Georges Clemenceau Clemenceau treaty was very harsh‚ He had one very simple belief and that was to bring Germany to its knees so that

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    Known as the Great WarWorld War I was one of the first armed conflicts that shaped global history. For the first time in history‚ practically every world power was embroiled in war. The Great War brought death and destruction‚ like no one had ever seen and it startled the citizens of each country drowning in conflict. Patriotic sentiments soared and men lined up for military service. Unfortunately‚ the pride and nationalism wasn’t of as pure origin as it seemed to the citizens. Propaganda seeped

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    persistence. Women’s suffragists of the early 1900’s understood the need to be resolute for the sake of their deprived right to vote. When World War I began in 1914‚ many suffrage organizations drifted their attention to supporting the war exertion‚ yet some suffragists remained to carry on the fight for suffrage. The ongoing fighters’ rises and downfalls during the WWI were displayed through the violence at their protests and their later imprisonment. As a woman suffragist‚ one had to accept and

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