World War One paper
Alex Moconyi
WW1 paper
AP Euro
From 1914 to 1918, nearly 80 million people were plunged into war. Ten million soldiers were mowed down by bullets, blown to pieces, incinerated, starved, devoured by rats and lice, killed by the epidemics that thrive on misery, 20 millions more were wounded. What lunacy took hold of the Austrians, Serbs, Russians, Germans, French, British, Italians, Terks, and the Americans? The survivors could count themselves lucky, but they had lost their youth or their face or their sanity. How did the world unleash such fury? The peoples of Europe felt safe; it had been almost half a century since the last major European conflict. The upper class has been enjoying a very lavish lifestyle in the very prosperous times, but not for all. Workers put in twice the hours as they do today but earn half as much, and women earn half as much as the slave wage. In France, Jaurés the leader of the working class is worried. He knows that that among Europe’s elite captains of industry they speak openly of a war to end the movement of workers’ demands Jaurés writes “Your violent and chaotic society, even when it pretends to seek peace, carries in it war just as the clouds carry the storm.” The arms race is very good for business; the great European powers prepare for war and their endless military service trains men for war, War and death hover over the planet. For centuries, the rivaling empires had been divvying up the world. Britain’s conquest reaches as far as Australia and Canada and Frances as far as Indo-China and Africa. Germany also has colonies but wants a larger slice of the pie. Prior to 1871, Prussia was a divided state, but by defeating the French and annexing the French providences of Alsace and Lorraine, it has become the German Empire. Germany’s leader, Wilhelm the second, orders a navy to be built that will rival England’s. He wants to give Germany its place in the history books. For Wilhelm the United Kingdom has been a
WW1 paper
AP Euro
From 1914 to 1918, nearly 80 million people were plunged into war. Ten million soldiers were mowed down by bullets, blown to pieces, incinerated, starved, devoured by rats and lice, killed by the epidemics that thrive on misery, 20 millions more were wounded. What lunacy took hold of the Austrians, Serbs, Russians, Germans, French, British, Italians, Terks, and the Americans? The survivors could count themselves lucky, but they had lost their youth or their face or their sanity. How did the world unleash such fury? The peoples of Europe felt safe; it had been almost half a century since the last major European conflict. The upper class has been enjoying a very lavish lifestyle in the very prosperous times, but not for all. Workers put in twice the hours as they do today but earn half as much, and women earn half as much as the slave wage. In France, Jaurés the leader of the working class is worried. He knows that that among Europe’s elite captains of industry they speak openly of a war to end the movement of workers’ demands Jaurés writes “Your violent and chaotic society, even when it pretends to seek peace, carries in it war just as the clouds carry the storm.” The arms race is very good for business; the great European powers prepare for war and their endless military service trains men for war, War and death hover over the planet. For centuries, the rivaling empires had been divvying up the world. Britain’s conquest reaches as far as Australia and Canada and Frances as far as Indo-China and Africa. Germany also has colonies but wants a larger slice of the pie. Prior to 1871, Prussia was a divided state, but by defeating the French and annexing the French providences of Alsace and Lorraine, it has become the German Empire. Germany’s leader, Wilhelm the second, orders a navy to be built that will rival England’s. He wants to give Germany its place in the history books. For Wilhelm the United Kingdom has been a