traded with people we could trust‚ accepted people and did not get into wars that did not involve us. Even though we came from Europe‚ why get into the fights that they frequently go into? On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was killed‚ forcing countries to pick a side. The assassination of Franz and the forcing of choosing a side would ignite one of the largest and deadliest wars in history. Although the world was at war‚ America tried to remain neutral and stay out of
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Poetry of World War I “I. Peace” “III. The Dead” By Rupert Brooke Originally published in 1918. Excerpted from Rupert Brooke: The Collected Poems‚ fourth revised edition‚ 1987 “I Have a Rendezvous with Death” “Sonnet X” “Sonnet XI” By Alan Seeger Excerpted from Poems‚ 1916 “Strange Meeting” “Anthem for Doomed Youth” “Dulce Et Decorum Est” By Wilfred Owen Originally published in 1920. Excerpted from Wilfred Owen: War Poems and Others‚1973 “They” “Counter-Attack” By Siegfried Sassoon Originally
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World War I started in 1914‚ Europe due to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Why did this happen exactly? Nationalism; the loyalty and devotion to a nation‚ spread to all‚ if not most of Europe due to Napoleon’s rise and quest to conquer and “liberate” all of Europe. Due to his successes‚ many recently unified countries‚ such as Germany and Italy have decided to endorse many nationalistic and patriotic features into their country. Another factor that has lead towards the start of World War I
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Starting around 1870 imperialism amplified and is a major cause of World War I due to the actions and emotions associated with imperialism. Imperialism was the practice of one or more nations trying to control another nation or people‚ thus reducing or even eliminating their sovereignty. While not all the Great Powers and Serbia hold equal blame‚ each country felt or stimulated imperialism from 1870 until 1914. To start‚ England believed that the sun never sets on her empire‚ thus she believed in
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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 based on Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen-point plan. He did have a hard time convincing
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Teresa B. Why Am I So Angry? When someone reaches my limit‚ I explode. I don’t and won’t hold in my anger; I will always‚ at all times let it out. There’s no point of holding in all my rage on someone when they’re right in front of me and I can tell them straight up how I’m feeling. The problem with those kinds of thoughts of mines is that I will say things or do things that I won’t be able to take back. The only time‚ when I really do explode‚ is when someone tries to prove me wrong or when someone
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Furthermore‚ spies informed Truman that Stalin was using Cominform to help Communists win power in other parts of the world. Many believed the Domino Effect‚ where Communism spread from one country to another like wildfire. When South Korea was invaded in 1950‚ many thought that only military action would do to stop the world from becoming Communist. After the Second World War‚ and the split of Korea‚ the North became Communist and the South anti-Communist and undemocratic. In September 1950‚ with
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Why the First World War lasted so long The First World War (1914-1918) was a war that lasted substantially longer than anyone anticipated. This was largely due to the technological developments created by the industrial revolution coupled with the sheer scale of the conflict and the huge amount of resources that the two armed sides were willing to commit. The war lasted as long as it did because of the new style of warfare employed and the fact that military leaders of the time were slow to realise
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soldiers spent a lot of time‚ with guns in their hands and on watch for the enemy. Why were the trenches there? The trenches were there to protect the armies from powerful opposition‚ from the use of their snipers and bomb shells. The idea of trenches was not an original idea for the war‚ before the 1st world war it was used in the US civil war‚ and other wars close to the time. “Trench war fair” in World war 1 was said to have started in 1914 in september and ended in 1918 when the Allies had
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sound. The live performance I have chosen to write about is ‘Warhorse’ which I saw on the 3rd February at the New London Theatre. In this essay‚ I am going to explain and analyse how the staging and the lighting together created the different atmospheres and moods such as fear and tension. Throughout the play‚ numerous themes are illustrated such as the barbarity of war and the cruelty of man. The themes of loyalty and hope are also illustrated and portrayed. Not only did the set and lighting help
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