World War I‚ the first man-made catastrophe of the twentieth century‚ left many negative effects on the entire world‚ including the World War II‚ the birth of the atomic bomb‚ and the Cold War. One positive effect was the advancement in the field of space exploration. In this war‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ and the Ottoman Empire (the Central powers)‚ clashed against Serbia‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ Japan‚ and the United States (the Allied powers). The war began on July 28‚ 1914 as a
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Nurses played an important role in World War I‚ helping heal those injured on the battlefield. Over 3000 canadians served as nurses in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the first world war including Laura Gamble‚ Ruby Peterkin‚ and Anne E. Ross. One nurse who served with the Canadian military during the First World War is Laura Gamble. She was born in Wakefield‚ Quebec and worked for the Toronto General Hospital before she joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She served as a nurse in
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During World War 1‚ submarines were used in the British Navy during World War one. The design of the submarines in world war one was very similar to the ones which were used in world war two. There was a volunteer branch in the Navy called the British Submarine Service who worked in the early designs of the submarines. The first ship to be sunk by a submarine was called ‘Housatonic’. It was destroyed using a spar torpedo from the submarine. The submarine in this process also destroyed itself. There
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land. France also wanted Revenge on the Germans of the damage and loses which were 300‚000 houses destroyed and 8 million lives lost from the war. So Clemenceau Demanded a Treaty to weaken Germany as much as possible Lloyd George Lloyd George didn’t want the treaty to be too harsh on Germany because Germany was trading with Britain before the war‚ so they just want them to be strong enough to keep on trading with each other. Didn’t also want Germany to seek revenge on them. But he still
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Three causes of World War 2 Determining the three biggest causes of World War 1‚ which lasted from 1914-1918. is a topic of much debate among world historians. To some historians‚ imperialism was one of the biggest causes. To other social scientists‚ nationalism was the main factor. By analyzing the textbook‚ historical videos‚ and primary sources‚ we can conclude that the three main causes of WWI were militarism‚ alliances‚ and nationalism. One of the three main causes of World War I was militarism
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why the first World War began. From the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary to militarism in Europe. Other times‚ the cause for World War 1 maybe to just blame one country as a whole‚ which most of the times it does. Although there are many reason for the outbreak the two big reasons are The Assassination of the Archduke and The Alliance Systems. Although this paper will focus on the Alliance Systems‚ the assassination played a big role on actually bringing these Alliances together to
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On July 28 1914‚ one of the greatest war started.At the time one month before the war started Franz Ferdinand of Austro Hungarian throne‚ and his wife Sophia‚ had been killed. By Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip which later cause to go to war but‚ the two important reasons that War World 1 started are Alliances and Militarism. One of the important reasons that world 1 started is because of Alliances. An alliance is a formal political‚ military or economic agreement between two or more nations. In
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World War 1-who was to blame? World War 1 broke out when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in 1914‚ whose organization implicated members of Serbian military. For this reason‚ the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia‚ supported by Germany. This triggered chain reaction‚ nations in Europe declaring war on the other nations‚ which‚ with in a month‚ caused Europe to turn into a battlefield. The Great War was ended‚ when the Treaty of Versailles
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The four main causes of World War I were militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Militarism was a popular idea at the time and can be defined as the belief that war would make one’s country stronger. Alliances were abundant before and especially during World War I and brought a multitude of countries into the war. Imperialism is the goal of expanding a nation’s territory‚ which would have been a rational aim of provoking warfare. Nationalism is an ideology of allegiance and loyalty to
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During this pre World War 1 era‚ many countries of the world were subject to imperialism by the more powerful countries of Europe. Even though these great European powers did imperialise in many countries‚ the countries that resisted this era as much as they could were Ethiopia‚ The Phillipines‚ and Japan. In the 1800’s‚ Italy and other European countries took advantage of other countries resources but Ethiopia. When Italy planned an invasion on Ethiopia for its resources and people‚ this country
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