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 a
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Q: Was there a Trojan War? Compare the literary with the archaeological evidence. "...in that matter of Wilusa over which we were at enmity." Despite the continuing debate‚ the literary and archaeological evidence indicates that there was a Trojan War. The reality of this war however‚ was not the epic conflict as narrated by Homer‚ but more likely part of an ongoing enmity between the Mycenaean ’s and the Hittites. Troy was a wealthy city‚ well placed at the mouth of the Hellespont in the
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Causes of World War I Germany‚ France‚ Russia‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Britain attempting to keep the lid on the simmering cauldron of imperialist and nationalist tensions in the Balkans to prevent a general European war. They were successful in 1912 and 1913‚ but did not succeed in 1914. The main causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in late July 1914‚ included many factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility between the great European powers of the four decades leading up to the
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What Led The United States To Enter Into World War One? The United States joined World War One on April 6th‚ 1917‚ and sided on the allies. The war had many countries on both sides; the Central Powers was made up of Austria Hungary‚ Germany‚ Bulgaria‚ and the Ottoman Empire. While the Allies consisted of Serbia‚ Russia‚ France‚ the United Kingdom‚ Italy‚ Belgium‚ and the United States. There are many different beliefs on why the U.S. joined the war‚ like how germany attacked the U.S.´s ships and
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Canada in World War Two Canada had proven itself an effective fighting force through all the World War One. Meaning that Canada was met with extreme success during World War One‚ with their stunning victories against immense odds. But would this reputation carry over to World War Two? In World War Two Canada would have success and failures with its first real battle being the defence of Hong Kong. Canada would fight with British and Indian forces‚ Canadian forces arrived just in time to repel
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Causes of World War One On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in the “Great War”. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Alliances‚ and these tensions had reach such a point that an event was needed to break these tensions. This was the assassination
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Why did the world go to war in 1914? In 28 July 1914‚ the war started which created over 37 million casualties and put people through blood‚ fear‚ which later named as World War 1 the war took 4 years‚ 3 months and 1 week‚ leaving memory to people during the world that they will never forget with the unpleasant sequel. Even though the war ended 1918‚ which is 96 years from now‚ but still there are a lot of hypothesis‚ theories‚ and even conspiracy theory about why did the world go to war in 1914
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Background World War I‚ also known as The Great War‚ was an international conflict lasting from 1914 to 1918. The driving force that led nations to war was imperialism. It was fought between the Central Powers (consisting mainly of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Turkey) and the Allied Powers (consisting mainly of France‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ Russia‚ Serbia‚ the United States‚ and Japan). The United States maintained neutrality in the conflict until 1917‚ when war on Germany was officially declared
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first world war poetry Web definitions A war poet is a poet written at that time and on the subject of war. This term‚ at the beginning applied especially to those in military service during World War I. then‚ documented as early as 1848 in reference to German revolutionary poet‚ Georg Herwegh The main figures in the first world war Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)-1 Siegfried Sassoon was perhaps the most innocent of the war poets. John Hildebidle has called Sassoon the "accidental hero." Born
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Britain’s women during World War I was extraordinary‚ especially when seen from the vantage point of the contemporary western world in which we leave the particulars of war to the paid professionals. Our militaries have developed their capabilities to the point where volunteer help is rarely‚ if ever‚ needed. In contrast to our own contemporary situation‚ the flood of volunteers in 1914 to help with the war effort was immediate and necessary. Just hours after the official war declaration‚ social
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