World War I was a series of unfortunate events for everyone involved. It’s made out to be this great war that we must learn about‚ but once we do‚ we soon find out that it was just a string of very small events that led to such a big and preventable war. The three biggest causes of WWI are the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans‚ and Militarism. The leading cause of the beginning of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It happened in June 1914 by a group that went
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Throughout WWI‚ Britain had various changes on its Homefront‚ the most prevalent being the change of food. At the beginning of the war‚ food was plentiful and delectable‚ as evident in Source A‚ and saw little decline in quality or price. However‚ this didn’t last long‚ as additional men began to sign up for the war (an approximate 750‚000 in one month)‚ thus causing a need for a steady supply of food‚ and causing the prices of bread and meat to increase slowly‚ as the army began to consume large
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What if Germany won WWI? World War One‚ also widely known as the Great War lasted from 1914-1918. It was a major war centered in Europe involving the World’s major powers that were separated into two alliances: the Allies‚ consisting of Britain‚ France‚ Russia and later the US and the Central Powers consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. It was European History’s worst war at the time. The Germans were defeated by exhaustion however‚ this could of easily happened to the Allies
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Do you agree with the view that the British soldier’s life in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War was one of unbroken horror? Trench conditions varied widely between different theatres of war‚ different sectors within a theatre‚ and with the time of year and weather. Trench life was however always one of considerable squalor‚ with so many men living in a very constrained space. Source 7 supports this by saying “troops fell prey to dysentery and trench fever as a result of
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The Liberals’ policy towards State Control before the First World War was ‘laissez faire’‚ a policy of the government having a very limited impact on life in the country. However‚ the First World War forced them to scrap this policy and increase the restrictions placed on civilians in order to successfully fight the war. They did this in a number of ways‚ and this answer will include: Conscription‚ Censorship‚ restrictions on women and food rationing. It will be argued that the most extensive increase
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The conciliation and arbitration act 1904 - Maternity allowance act 1912 - Invalid and old pensions act 1908 - The conciliation and arbitration act 1904 - In 1904 the Australian parliament established the commonwealth court of conciliation and arbitration to conciliate and if‚ that failed arbitrate between unionists and employers in dispute. after the bitter strikes of the 1890s industrial harmony was high on the agenda of the new government. it was a part of the vision of creating a new
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Grenades in WWI There were many weapons used in WWI‚ one of them being hand grenades. Grenades are egg shaped explosives that are thrown and explode at a certain time. The discovery of the explosive dates back to the 15th century and further back. The grenade is deadly‚ not just for the amount of fire power but because the shell disperses and sprays the shards into all directions. In 1750‚ the grenade was abandoned because of how deadly it had become‚ until 100 years passed and Napoleon Bonepart
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There have been a copious amount of movements and wars that have changed the world. World War I was one of the changes that created the modern world. WWI changed how wars were fought and how they were dealt with‚ it also affected the world’s economy and mental health ideas. This was the war that contributed to the Russian Revolution and the Great Depression‚ not to mention the founding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. WWI changed everything‚ how people thought and how they saw the world. The world
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AIRCRAFT AND AERIAL WARFARE OF WORLD WAR II By: Francois le Roux and Michael Manley World War II World War 2 is regarded as the most devastating war of the 20th century. There are lots of reasons for why the war started‚ but its root cause comes from World War 1. After the Germans had lost the war‚ the League of Nations agreed that she had to be punished. They (Mainly Britain‚ France and America) decided that Germany would be punished by a treaty of terms called the Treaty of Versailles.
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within America was taking place. Minority groups within America started to gain a leeway within social equality. Whether these changes were for better or worse‚ the government involvement in American life then shaped how America is today. Now with WW2 officially over‚ America could focus more of its attention on the lives of the American people‚ or the only other superpower threat USSR. The involvement
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