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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had a plan for peace in the war known as the Fourteen Points. It was also called “Peace Without Victory.” The plan meant to prevent international problems from causing another war. To promote his plan for peace‚ Wilson visited Paris‚ London‚ Milan‚ and Rome in Europe. However‚ the Allies were against Wilson’s Fourteen Points. The Allies wanted to punish Germany for the war. One idea of Wilson’s peace plan was an end to secret treaties. One issue that caused World War I that was addressed in that
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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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Religion is Unnecessary Overall Introduction: What is Religion? According to Atheism.com Religion is the set of beliefs‚ feelings‚ dogmas and practices that define the relations between human being and sacred or divinity. Religion supposedly gives a person an identity and relationship. Religion deals with answers to identity-forming questions such as Selfhood - "Who am I?" "Where did I come from?" Meaning - "Why am I?" "Where will I go when I die?" Purpose - "What do I do?" "What is the
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Despite the fact that the ’trigger’ to World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the war to end all wars or World War 1 was not preventable. Imperialism‚ alliances and militarism were the prime causes for WW1. Imperialism was the fierce competition between industrialized nations for resources. The competition from nations created tension and rivalries to gain colonies. The Alliances were needed to ’keep’ the peace between all nations and ensure protection from each other
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Post-World War 1 Tensions After World War 1‚ there were many problems and unresolved issues that caused a lot of tension. The economy was at risk because many nations owed each other a lot of money. England owed the U.S. money that they borrowed for the war‚ so they decided to use the reparation money Germany owed them to pay America back. However‚ Germany didn’t have any money due to the excessive reparations‚ so they borrowed money from the U.S. This circular system eventually collapsed and the
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The aftermath of World War 1 in Europe was very much in turmoil and it was because the peacemakers weren’t able to see the scale of the damage of that WW1 causes. The empires of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia were nonexistent. Russia had undergone two revolutions‚ the states that were left behind were struggling economically along with the issues that the civilian population was facing such as famine‚ the Spanish Flue‚ and displacement there was a lot to repair in the aftermath. A social
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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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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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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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