A Man-To-World War
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World War I is recognized as the first war, the Great War, the war of the nations and the war to end all wars. It was a conflict of wars that lasted from august 1914 to the final truce on November 11, 1918. Although it only lasted four years, it was the most destructive war that had ever happened in history. The death toll was about eight and a half million people and it wounded roughly twenty million or more. The war ended up destroying empires and economies and forever changing all of Europe. The allied powers had defeated the central powers, therefor leading to the fall of four empires and a huge change in the map of Europe. There are plenty of reasons on why World War I was so different from all the past conflicts. For example it was the first time in nearly one hundred years that all major countries where fighting. Another reason on why it was a different type of war was of the fact that the over sea had possessions. All the fighting was inevitable. A huge roll that made World War I truly modern was the Industrial Revolution. It was no longer a man-to-man war. The invention of guns as well as the machine gun made anybody a death threat.
There isn’t one main cause that sparked the war, plenty of incidents led up to the war, For example, the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary on Sunday June twenty eighth 1914, in Sarajevo bonsai. He was shot and killed by an eighteen year old male named Gavrillo Princip whom was a part of a group of assassins. The European alliances were definitely added to the reasons on why world war one happened as well as nationalism, imperialism, militarism and all of the physical conflicts leading up to the war. All of these reason rose great questioning of the war ever ending. The powers ...
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Unfortunately due to the way World War I was ended it sparked the start of world war I. it led Hitler to con the people into giving him power. The U S was sucking Germany dry, which pissed off Hitler there for him taking a stand. Hitler did blame World War I on the Jewish as well as the world punishing Germany, which I believe is an ever-lasting influence.
World War I, was the war that changed the course of history forever. It changed the shape of Europe. The war not only ended the life of millions of people, but also two of the major empires of Europe. The Great War not only affected Europe but also had a tremendous impact on America's economy, it was one of the factors that inflicted with the Great Depression. Furthermore the biggest consequence of World War I, was Word War II the most destructive war that the modern world has ever seen.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that world war i was the most destructive war that had ever happened in history. it ended up destroying empires and economies and forever changing all of europe.
- Explains that the european alliances were added to the reasons on why world war one happened as well as nationalism, imperialism and militarism.
- Explains that nationalism was another major cause of world war i. nationalists believed that their nations needed to come first. they wanted nothing more than the best.
- Explains that world war i was the most destructive war that had ever happened in history. it ended up destroying empires and economies and forever changing all of europe.
- Explains that the european alliances were added to the reasons on why world war one happened as well as nationalism, imperialism and militarism.
- Explains that nationalism was another major cause of world war i. nationalists believed that their nations needed to come first. they wanted nothing more than the best.
- Explains that imperialism was another major cause of war due to the tension it caused with the rest of the powers, which inadvertently led to war.
- Explains that militarism caused world war i and created tension and fear between the great powers of europe.
- Describes the five major battles that happened during world war i: verdum, marne, ypres, somme, and cambria.
- Explains that the battle of verdum was a major military engagement of world war i. it was an unpleasant ten-month experience between french and german armies.
- Narrates how ludendorff's game plan led to the germans reaching marne in 1918.
- Describes the battles of ypres, 1914, 1915, and 1917.
- Narrates how the battle of the somme in 1916 led to the biggest slaughter in history. the treaty of versailles ended world war i after months of arguing.
- Explains that the league of nations was made after the end of world war i. due to the chaos caused by the versailles treaty, people thought it would stabilize the word.
- Opines that world war i sparked the start of world war i, which led hitler to con the people into giving him power.
- Opines that world war i changed the course of history forever, changing the shape of europe, and ending the life of millions of people. the great war had a tremendous impact on america's economy.
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- Explains that the treaty forced the central powers to break apart and weaken them so they wouldn't be a strong force to deal with in the future.
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