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    World War One During a time of mass killings and violence‚ about 20 million people died from all different parts of the world. Multiple nations joined in the battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance that ended in destruction. These nations included Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ Sweden‚ Turkey‚ etc. Throughout the multiple years of war‚ they used tanks‚ airplanes‚ machine guns‚ along with other deadly weapons to kill so many people. The war officially started about one month after

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    to expand its empire which led to the race for empire building. It failed to limit itself to Asia and Africa and ultimately affected european politics which led to imperial rivalries and prepared grounds for WW1 3.Alliances •After franco-prussian war‚germany sought to keep france weak and remain dominant. Secret alliance with austria-hungary in 1879(dual alliance) against russia‚ while outwardly league of 3 nations(germany‚ russia‚ austria-hungary) was retained. •1881‚austria-hungary made alliance

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    -World War I (WWI) was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter. -It involved all the world’s great powers which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers These

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    World War 1(WW1)‚ which is also recognized as “The Great War”‚ was a global war‚ mostly centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. While there was a chain of events that led to the fighting‚ there were many causes of the war‚ some of which remain unexposed today. There were immediate and underlying or fundamental causes of WW1. The distinction between an underlying cause and an immediate cause is that an immediate cause is a specific short-term‚ even that directly

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    World War I Chemical Warfare On April the 22‚ 1915 at the start of the Second Battle of the Ypres‚ the first poison gas attack and the first use of chlorine gas in a battlefield started‚ even though the Hague declaration and Convention forbade the use of poison weapons in the warfare. The Germans attacked France with the chlorine gas‚ but the French were not prepared at all for this attack. The effects of the chlorine gas to the soldiers was very severe; within seconds it destroyed their respiratory

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    Compare the impact of World War I and World War II on the United States Introduction: The First World War was battled from: 1914 to 1918 and the Second World War was battled from: 1939 to 1945. They were the biggest military clashes in the history. Both wars included military organizations together between diverse gatherings of nations. The Second World War had a much more prominent effect on American culture than the First World War did. One noteworthy effect of the Second World Wars was the development

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    Europe was at war. World War I was all throughout Europe and changed many lives of the Europeans. During the World War‚ there were many new military and technological advancements. Universal military services were formed by the European nations and new weapons and war tactics were invented. Due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie‚ tensions between Austria and Germany against Serbia‚ Russia‚ and France began to rise‚ which led up to the start of World War I. Thus‚ the

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    War is a waste of good lives‚ which are more precious than any gift on the planet. Life is so fragile and cannot be altered‚ stopped‚ or reversed with any amount of money‚ power‚ or land. Therefore‚ we should not risk young men’s lives by throwing them into a war zones telling them to shoot at people not wearing the same color as you. War causes many innocent people die just because they were “in the way” and causes many others to become murders in order to serve their country. War overall is

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    Modern History 1/8/13 World War 1 Paper World War I began on July 28‚ 1914‚ when Austria-Hungray declared war on Serbia. This seemingly small conflict between two countries spread rapidly: soon‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ Great Britain‚ and France were all drawn into the war‚ largely because they were involved in treaties that obligated them to defend certain other nations. Western and eastern fronts quickly opened along the borders of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The first month of combat consisted

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    This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses‚ see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). "WW1" and "WWI" redirect here. For the album by White Whale‚ see WWI (album). World War I | Clockwise from top: trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistiblesinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; aVickers machine gun crew with gas masks‚ and German Albatros D.III biplanes

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