weapons. The four types are choking gases and lung irritant agents‚ blister agents‚ nerve agents‚ and blood agents. The physiological effect of these weapons will play a big role in the effects of them. These weapons were used heavily during World War I and World War II. The weapons that will be described in this paper involve a lot of chemistry behind them so this paper also explores the chemicals used in these weapons. This paper will show the reader the many effects of the four types of weapons described
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Which country was responsible for the outbreak of World War I? To be able to have a better understanding of who was responsible for the first World War you first need to know causes that led to it and how it happened. WWI began in The Balkans on late July 1914 but there also are several reasons for it. Among these causes there were economic‚ territorial and political conflicts between the great European power in the 40 years leading them up to the war. Militarism also was a one of the reasons‚ this
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What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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World War I was a military conflict from 1914 to 1918. It began as a local European war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia on July 28‚ 1914. It was transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of war against Russia on August 1‚ 1914 and eventually became a global war involving 32 nations. Twenty - eight of these nations‚ known as the Allies and the Associated Powers‚ and including Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ and the United States‚ opposed the coalition known as the Central
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Following World War I‚ the entire globe started to see the emergence of new totalitarian regimes. Whether it was due to the lack of leadership within a country‚ the people wanting change in economy‚ or new candidates becoming prominent‚ there were many different leaders throughout rising governments. Countries such as Germany‚ Italy‚ Japan‚ and the Soviet Union all had new elected officials within their totalitarian governments for one reason or another in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Adolf Hitler rose
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that was the First World War‚ the United States retreated into a protective shell of isolationism. This is seen most through comparing the rampant international meddling that took place in the period 1900-1919 with the tariffs and political isolation that was the norm of the 1920s. In the first two decades of the twentieth century‚ the US acted as a world power. They played both sides in World War I until they finally joined the Allies side. After their victory in World War I‚ President Wilson pushed
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did Germany lose the War? Germany lost the war for many reasons‚ but the main reason for their loss‚ was their failure to prevent the blockade in 1918. The British naval were biting Germany hard as over a 350‚000 Germans had died from starvation in 1917 and the numbers increased in the next year. Demonstrations and strikes were performed in the northern cities of Germany as many of the civilians demanded an end to the war. There are many reasons why Germany lost World War One. One major reason
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Retrospectively‚ the First World War seems as if it was inevitable‚ but the arms race between the European powers can be conceptualized as a defensive response to the increasing military power by a country’s neighbours. Though some plans were indeed offensive‚ they were building not towards deliberately offensive maneuvers but rather an attempt to protect their borders should a neighbour invade. Germany’s answer to this in the Schlieffen Plan was an aggressive form of defence‚ hoping to avoid a war on two fronts
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Beginning in July 1914‚ World War I was the biggest and most expensive war Europe had seen to that date. Over two million American troops joined and fought in the war between April 1917 and November 1918. Although many Americans‚ blacks included‚ saw no reason for America to become involved in the war‚ the United States became joined after provocations by Germany. In the speech made to congress where he declared war on Germany‚ President Woodrow Wilson stated "The world must be made safe for democracy"
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and similar avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century that was reflected onto his work. Starting post World War I‚ Schwitters’ offered his personal vision of middle-class culture of the time in the form of collage‚ sculpture‚ experimental poetry and prose and architecture‚ which he refers to as Merz. The formation of his Merz movement reflects his view of society post World War I. By the 1920s‚ he coined the term Merz for his artwork. The term Merz derived from the word Commerzbank‚ meaning
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