Richard Brown First draft of history essay Topic: Is it true to believe that Germany was the sole instigator of the First World War? No topic in the 20th century is more debated about by historians. The causes of the Great War‚ which raged on from 1914 to 1918‚ can be found as far back as the Franco- Prussian war which ended in 1871‚ the political and economic environment of Europe and the web of alliances which divided the empires of Europe into two tense and armed camps. As for Germany’s involvement
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During the Civil War‚ 1861 through 1877‚ the North and South separated and both strengthened in different areas. The North increased in industrialized areas and the South increased with a countryside area. Due to these conflicts‚ the vicious Civil War was started. The sectional antagonism reduced slowly around the end of the 19th century‚ which makes the quote true. The American Civil War was the greatest war in history. Three million fought and over six-hundred thousand people lost their lives
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At the end of World War‚ I‚ with the Central powers defeated‚ the Allies met in Paris to discuss the terms of peace. This led to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. In the treaty Germany was forced to let go of a lot of land. The land taken away from them was; Alsace-Lorraine which was given to the French‚ Eupen and Malmedy given to the Belgians‚ Northern Schleswig given to Denmark‚ Hultschin given to Czechoslovakia and West Prussia‚ Possen and Upper Silesia given to Polland (Versailles‚ 2018)
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The sight is horrible! Why are they fighting? I take in a breath that feels very painful. Hopefully this will end soon. I am so distracted by this fighting that I haven’t thought to ask myself why? Why am I sitting on a chair in the middle of a war zone? There’s got to be some good reason‚ but what? Suddenly I see a light. It is the headlight of a tank coming right at me! I have to move but I can’t! I am tied to the chair! "This has to be a dream!" I yell. The tank lights dim and the
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My first idea was to go to the store and buy some random stuff. Then go out on the streets and ask if they want to buy my things for a higher price. As I marched to the checkout with all my things‚ I saw a lot of police cars speeding by. I wonder what happened to that. As the lady at the cash register scanned my things‚ we made small talk. “Where are you from?” she asked. I had no clue what to tell her‚ so I responded with "Ohio." She then added‚ “Where’s that?” “Not from around here‚” she said.
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jobs stateside and in every stage of war. By 1945 there were more than 100‚000 Wacs and 6‚000 female officers. In the Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service also known as WAVES‚ in August 3‚ 1942. The training program for WAVES was a harsh 12 week 8 hours a day. The first class had 644 women with a maximum of 1‚250 graduates. By fall 1942 there were 10‚000 WAVES in active service. WWII in Europe women were also very important‚ men were sent into war without a choice. To keep the countries
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Germany to ruinous financial penalties and limited what they could do in the way of rearming themselves to‚ say‚ protect themselves from Russia. The outcome of this treaty started the settlement which elaborated in the peace treaties included payment of war reparations‚ commitment to minority rights and territorial adjustments including the end of the Italian Colonial Empire in Africa. The treaties allowed Italy‚ Romania‚ Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and Finland to reassume their responsibilities as sovereign states
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Long and Short Term Causes of World War 1 – Essay The quote embodied within the name Woodrow Wilson (U.S. President 1913-21) is that World War 1 (WW1 - 1914-1918) was ‘the war to end all war’. Indeed in its time‚ WW1 seemed as the war of the century. As a war felt throughout Europe and with the intervention of other non-European countries‚ it had various causes. These sparks that let off up to the start of the war are nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ the alliances at the time and the murder
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After the war Italy was left humiliated‚ as not only did it fail to get the lands that it wanted‚ but Italy failed in its second purpose for joining the war‚ which was to unite the people. Therefore Italy suffered what can be called a “Mutilated Victory”‚ which was a term invented by Gabriele D’Annunzio. The term ”Mutilated Victory” can be best defined as the aftermath of the First World War for the Italy‚ this term was invented by Gabriele D’Annunzio as a result of Italy not gaining all the lands
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Woodrow Wilson won the election in 1912 by only forty percent of the electoral vote‚ but he and the electorate were in the same mind about staying away from the European conflict. On August 1914‚ the war broke out in Europe‚ but Wilson declared the US policy of neutrality. He urged Americans to be “impartial in thoughts‚ as well as action” (Keane). The United States welcomed millions of immigrants from both Allied and Central power nations. On 1914‚ it was impossible for America to speak with one
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