Alliances are important in any war because the members of alliance will support the country when support is needed. Alliances involve teaming up against another side to the battle‚ and this forces that side to ally with other countries to fight‚ this leading up to WWI. However nationalism in the Balkans may have also lead up to WWI‚ due to the growing pride from the different ethnic groups living in the Balkan ‚in which they revolted and weakened the Ottoman Empire. Although Militarism could have
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Term One: Napoleon was successful against British soldiers in the Siege of Toulon. In 1793‚ a surge of anti-republicanism had begun in Toulon‚ and the royalists were being supported by the British. Napoleon was a young officer at this time. In the end‚ it was he who successfully fought off the British. “By late afternoon of December 18 the guns in the fort were turned inward to fire on the British fleet. Lord Hood immediately evacuated the inner harbour… When the latter took possession of the city
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to declare war on the Germans. Many Americans were against getting involved in the war because the U.S. considered it as European problems. The problem that Europeans were having had nothing to do with the U.S. There are many reasons that Americans did not want to join the war. The President’s motive for not entering the war was amongst England‚ France‚ and Germany. The people who were against joining the war were the Pacifists‚ Intellectuals‚ and the Isolationists. There were also many other anti-war
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forward the start of World War I but Austria- Hungary also declared war on Serbia and the war finally begun. World War I consisted of four different M.A.I.N reasons why ww1 started. These causes are Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and
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talked about who‚ how and why the World War II started. Today‚ we are going to talk about who and how did the war end‚ why did it get to an end and what could have happened if Adolf Hitler would have won. The World War II ended in the 8th of May in the year of 1945‚ the end of the war was named “VE” that stands for “Victory in Europe”‚ announced by Winston Churchill. People celebrated in the streets of Britain. But in the far east people was furious and claimed for life. Japan did not attack at the same
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How did the Weimar Republic come about? Why did it face difficulties in its first 6 months? In November 1918‚ Germany had clearly been defeated by their allies; Britain‚ France and the U.S.A. The allies offered Germany a peace offering‚ but under very strict conditions. The armistice that the allies wanted Germany to sign was called Article 231 and it consisted of the Kaiser taking the entire blame for World War 1. The Kaisers confidence had already been crushed because of their defeat so he refused
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Why did WW1 last for so long? WW1 was thought to be a quick battle with hardly any resistance offered to the Germans. But something went wrong‚ very wrong for the fight that was thought to be over in 43 days on the western front ended up as a shoot out for four long years. There were many reasons for this‚ mainly the failure of the Schlieffen Plan Also new technology and barley any supplies on the front line. All these things lead to the stalemate that was formed and the main reason the war went
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In 1918‚ the First World War ceased. On the eleventh hour‚ of the eleventh day in the eleventh month‚ Germany and the Allies signed an armistice. Germany had lost the Great War. A number of factors contributed to Germany’s defeat‚ such as numerous strategic errors‚ economic factors‚ weak allies‚ and the entrance of the USA. One of the most prominent causes for the German defeat would be their continuous strategic errors. Most infamous; the Schlieffen Plan. Germany opposed the idea of a two front
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Three reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in England were the geography‚ the economic freedom‚ and innovation in England. First of all‚ England was very lucky to have many accessible waterways that were close to each other to be able to travel to get or receive supplies from factories or any other places for that matter. Its geography was important at the time‚ since that before these boats‚ they had wooden ships‚ where it wouldn’t hold much weight‚ which make it harder to get the supplies
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They also did not have the supplies to support so many people being sick. The settlers started with 5‚000 people and by the end only had 500 (Gordon). The contractor Lincoln had hired to watch over the settlers started to become power hungry. He stole money from
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