millions and millions of people died just because of two countries pointing fingers at each other for something that the world doesn’t even care about. Since then‚ a huge war has wreaked havoc against the world mainly with major stalemates that costed lives in trench warfares. However‚ there were new inventions of weaponry that had attempted to break the stalemate and win the war and one of these new inventions was the tank. The tank was built to mainly help the soldiers charge into the enemy trenches without being
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Phillip Jones March 15‚ 2005 Essay #1 During World War I‚ trench warfare was very common. It was a newer technique in battles as in wars prior to the Great World War‚ fighting was less invasive and men merely marched at each other from opposite ends of fields and fought until only one side remained standing or a white flag was hung high in surrender. In fact in older wars‚ the fighting was far less dangerous to the point where battles were often times viewed by locals who
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big-game. While sniping was both a perceived military practice and hobby it had not been created as an expert arm of the warring multitudes of Europe in 1914. Once it became clear that sniping was ideally suited to the static conditions of trench warfare‚ its initial proponents in World War I tended to the drafting of capable civilians into the armed services. Sniping became important in the war‚ for the layout of the trenches gave snipers good chances to inflict material and moral loss upon the enemy
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"gas" (actually an aerosol or vapor) was used effectively on numerous occasions by both sides to alter the outcome of battles. A significant number of battlefield casualties were sustained. The Geneva Protocol‚ prohibiting use of chemical weapons in warfare‚ was signed in 1925. Several nations‚ the United States included‚ signed with a reservation forswearing only the first use of the weapons and reserved the right to retaliate in kind if chemical weapons were used against them (the United States did
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There were all kinds of technological advancements during World War I like flamethrowers‚ tanks‚ poison gas‚ machine guns‚ warplanes‚ sanitary napkins‚ Tracer bullets‚ depth chargers‚ Hydrophones‚ aircraft carriers‚ pilotless drones‚ mobile x-ray machines and plenty more advances. These advancements made the war a lot worse than it could have been especially mustard gas. The advancements were also great for the war because if the United States did not have some of these weapons then nazi Germany
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History Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has‚ and always will be seen as one‚ if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars‚’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors‚ which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system‚ Imperialism‚ The Naval Race‚ The Schlieffen Plan
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advocate for its use‚ even though poisonous gas was banned by the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. His wife‚ also a scientist‚ committed suicide ten days after the first use of chemical warfare. Some believe she did so as a protest. Fritz Haber was the proud recipient of the Iron Cross as an award for his work. Gas warfare killed over 1.3 million people in World War I. Carl Bosch‚ working for BASF‚ a giant German company‚ converted the ammonia production he helped engineer into munitions production for
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In the final year of World War Two‚ the Allies prepared for what was anticipated to be a very costly and devastating invasion of the Japanese mainland. This was preceded by a U.S. firebombing campaign that destroyed 67 Japanese cities and the Battle of Okinawa‚ wherein almost 100‚000 civilians died. Having developed the world’s first nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project‚ the US Government made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States dropped the first
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References: Dire‚ Daniel and Darling‚ Robert. (2011). Retrieved from CBRNE - Biological Warfare Agents found from http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/829613-overview Sabelnikov‚ A.‚ Zhukov‚ V.‚ & Kempf‚ C. (2006). Airborne exposure limits for chemical and biological warfare agents: is everything set and clear?. International Journal Of Environmental Health Research‚ 16(4)‚ 241-253. Molter‚ Jeffery‚ and Puff‚ Richard (2012).
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War on the Western Front * THE REASONS FOR THE STALEMATE ON THE WESTERN FRONT * War began August 14th * Both sides thought it would be a rapid war‚ ‘all over by Christmas’ and that their side would be victorious -> views were unrealistic Schlieffen Plan * Based on the idea that Germany would eventually have to fight France and Russia but should avoid fighting both at once * France would expect Germany to invade from the east‚ so would not be prepared for an invasion
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