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
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Causes of World War I ! ! There are four main causes of World war one. They are Nationalism‚ Imperialism‚ and Militarism and alliance system. But the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand pushed the countries into war. The war is a like explosives and the assassination was the spark that triggered it. Ferdinand’s assassination by the Black Hand a Serbian nationalist secret society set Austria-Hungary against Serbia. This started a line of events that would bring each country into the
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off to war with grins on their faces‚ little did they know they would come back home without those grins and a heartbeat. Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United States fought against Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria‚ this war led to over 38 million casualties. The war was mainly located and focused on the western front in Europe. What was the underlying causes of World War One? Militarism‚ Imperialism and Alliances were the three underlying causes of World War One. Out
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The Great War Begins Otto von Bismarck The Triple Alliance = Italy‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary Central Powers = Germany and Austria-Hungary The Triple Entente = France‚ Russia‚ Britain Militarism Alsace and Lorraine “Powder keg” Start of Great War: conflict between Serbia & Austria-Hungary Archduke Francis Ferdinand Ultimatum Mobilize General Alfred von
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Effects of World War Two Marie A Spicer HIS331 Professor Golding June 2‚ 2013 What were the effects of World War Two? Well there were quite a few‚ I will concentrate on 3 of them and explain their effects. World War II was the worst war we have ever seen‚ we lost many lives‚ woman entered the work force‚ and we became a super power. September 1939 and September 1945 it is estimated that more than 50 million people died. How did the war effect woman? The war also was
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How were British political parties affected by the First World War by 1918? The First World War affected all areas of Britain and its people‚ impacting the economy‚ industry and the role of its government amongst other things. I believe that the war was a terrible struggle for the British government‚ what with it being a total war‚ meaning it wasn’t just the soldiers who were fighting the effects of a world war. Bombs were dropped from 1914 on December 16th when a German warship killed 119 people
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Causes for World War I Many things led up to the start of World War I. There was much tension between the countries of Europe for more than fifty years. There were immediate causes‚ and long-term causes. Some immediate causes were the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungry‚ Germany declaring war on Russia‚ Germany declaring war on France‚ and Great Britain declaring war on Germany. Some long-term causes or basic causes were imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and the arms race. The assassination of
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Homework 3 1. Find a passage in The War of the Worlds that was not discussed at all in class‚ or not discussed enough‚ and show how it conveys a major theme of the novel. Relate it to other passages relevant to the theme. [5] A major theme through out The War of the Worlds is the need to change the status quo of society. Wells used the Martian invasion as a catalyst to change how England’s society operated. When the Martians easily rendered England’s defenses useless‚ the country gave up. In the
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As the news of the individual surrender spread‚ fellow Germans saw that they were losing the war and started mutinies. Many people told the Kaiser to seek an armistice with the allies. However‚ he did not show any intensions of giving up. With the end so close‚ many American newspapers started to create rumors that the armistice had signed been signed by the Germans. They assumed that our leaders were suing for peace. They were still only considering signing an armistice. The American armistice was
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Causes of World War II The German people were very unhappy about the treaty and thought that it was too harsh. Germany could not afford to pay the money and during the 1920s the people in Germany were very poor. There were not many jobs and the price of food and basic goods was high. People were dissatisfied with the government and voted to power a man who promised to rip up the Treaty of Versailles. His name was Adolf Hitler. The causes of World War Two can be divided into long term causes and
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