off to war with grins on their faces‚ little did they know they would come back home without those grins and a heartbeat. Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United States fought against Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria‚ this war led to over 38 million casualties. The war was mainly located and focused on the western front in Europe. What was the underlying causes of World War One? Militarism‚ Imperialism and Alliances were the three underlying causes of World War One. Out
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“Tragedy of World War 1” Journalist: Joe Herzberg July 1914 Whoever knew that two bullets would spark the First World War. When news broke out that Archduke was assassinated‚ Europe was going downhill. Tragedy struck across Europe when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Germans followed out their schlieffen plan to attack Belgium. This plan called for holding
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Significance of World War One World War One was an international war that happened in Europe and branched out to the United States during the final year. Many new advances appeared during this war. The new technologies of this century were incorporated into fighting against the enemies. Gas‚ a deadly weapon‚ was invented for the mass murder of soldiers and the impact it left still haunted the world into World War Two‚ twenty one years later. The Great War is often overshadowed by World War Two‚ but it
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in the course of our history. World War I‚ originally known as the Great War‚ was one of the biggest and deadliest wars that has ever taken place in our history on this planet. A series of events in 1914 led to an all-out war with Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and the Ottoman Empire (Central Powers) pitted against Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and Japan also known as the Allied Powers. The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States. The brutal and hard war ended in 1918 with the defeat
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Women in North America‚ during World War One‚ had to face various problems and obstacles. However‚ the biggest problems women had to face during the World War One were political‚ social‚ and economical problems. Women were mistreated by men and did not feel like they had what was necessary to be as powerful as they wanted to be. Only after the war did Women get the rights they deserved. Furthermore‚ only after the war did women get recognized for their struggle and only then did people start to notice
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Causes for World War I Many things led up to the start of World War I. There was much tension between the countries of Europe for more than fifty years. There were immediate causes‚ and long-term causes. Some immediate causes were the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungry‚ Germany declaring war on Russia‚ Germany declaring war on France‚ and Great Britain declaring war on Germany. Some long-term causes or basic causes were imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and the arms race. The assassination of
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HHIs7 Source based World war one‚ a great European war‚ nations conflicted and divided‚ aligning themselves with their own allies. World war one war one was a war not born from profound causes but triggered by a continents own insolence‚ competition and whom a nation was allied with. Each of the European nations had their own goals and motives as to why they did what they did. Some fought to preserve the interests that best served their nation‚ some fought to retaliate
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WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialised conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general‚ General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use
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after World War One‚ as my area of focus‚ specifically their economic‚ social and political status. I asked myself why this area interested me and realized that I was also interested in how this affected future wars and/or life today. Through further initial research‚ I became interested in the way that women’s roles in society changed during and after World War One. The specific change that I chose to focus on was how women had to take on the men’s jobs after they were drafted into the war and won
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I am going to tell you the story about how World War 1 impacted my life so I am going to start at the beginning. It was July 25‚ 1914 I was walking home from running to the market when I saw a woman crying as she watch as her husband walked to the train station. I walked up to her and asked her what was wrong. She answered back‚ “ Honey my husband just got a letter saying that he has to go to the war.” When I asked who all got the letter she said‚ “ Every man that is 19 or older.” Then I thought
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