WW1 The real cause of World War I was mostly the different alliances and the growth of armaments. The alliance of the triple entente included Britain, France, and Russia. Then for the triple alliance it included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. America ended up coming into the war but came in to help the triple entente.…
World War I was one of the most important wars in history. In 1889 nations in Europe started to get more pride in their country's, also known as nationalism. People who spoke different languages and lived in the same place, made others feel as if they should all have a different or separate national government. This led to militarism, countries developed a strong sense of militarism which lead to the buildup of armies. With a strong sense of nationalism desiring to expand country's power, borders, and powerful armies.…
World War I started in 1914, when the archduke of Austria-Hungary was murdered, and ended in 1918 (Source 5). Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire formed an alliance against the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, and Japan (Source 5). World War I had many negative effects on the United States. It hurt soldiers, citizens, and it led to World War II. At first the United States wanted to stay neutral (Source 11).…
The world went to war due to distinctive reasons. One of the main reasons is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Furthermore, the struggle for the strongest army was also a cause in the start of World War I. In 1914, Russia was the self-appointed protector of the slavic peoples. So when the Tsar heard that Austria wanted to annex Hungary, he felt obligated to intervene in such affairs. This is evident in the telegrams between the Tsar of Russia and the Kaiser of Germany.…
Although there were many causes of World War 1, the three most prevalent were alliances, nationalism, and a powerlust. The war claimed over 16 million lives and lasted four years. Many bad things happened during the war but we also gained knowledge that we can still use today. The technology used on the warfield in WW1 has completely changed our weapons today. Toxic gases were used to attack enemies and today they still are.…
What started WW1 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and that had started a chain of events to lead up to WW1. One event was how Austria and Hungary started a war with Serbia and Austria and Hungary were allies with Germany. WW1 was a plus for american society since countries needed ammo and supplies for the war so american companies were making lots of money off of this war. The american society was a trying to stay as neutral as possible and not go into war by isolating themselves from fighting and being allies with nobody and being enemies with nobody.…
World War I World War I started in the summer of 1914. Most of the war took place in Europe. The war was long and lasted four years. World War I was unlike any previous wars.…
In the end, those two wars were the worst two wars of the twentieth century which resulted in millions of casualties because of greed and ridiculous reasons. So, world war one started because of assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand and world war two because of the invasion of Poland. The world has benefited a lot from these wars and the most United…
World War I, also know as The Great War, was the war to end all wars. It was one of deadliest wars. It caused conflict to many countries. Many lives were lost. A life of a soldier was a terrible time during this war.…
Both World War I and World War II share many different aspects, but at the same time, they each to their own hold unique characteristics. The goal is to contrast differences between the qualities each share, and circumstances surrounding each. There is no…
World War I left massive destruction and death in Europe. The world’s economy collapsed and it affected many countries very badly. Some countries were unable to recover from the damaged economy. World War II, one of the bloodiest and deadliest war, began in September 1939. World War II began 20 years after the World War I.…
Nevertheless, World War I definitely did set up many of the conflicts, alliances, and grievances that led to World War II. Firstly, it appears that the severe terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which was led by the leaders of Britain, the United States, France, and Italy, may have been a major cause of World War II. The Treaty of Versailles meetings did not include the Central Powers. The Allied…
WWI was caused by an issue between countries for control of colonies, territories and resources. WWII began due to nationalistic tensions and unresolved issues from WWI. The “Great War” or the First World War launched the transformation of the world, but not until after the Second World War was anything really accomplished. WWI and WWII were similar in that they both exceedingly devastated…
World War I was a great devastation for Europe during and after the war. It was a long war that lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 where ten million soldiers died, not including all the civilians that also died. World War I begun when Germany attacked Russia and France; Germany declared war on Russia and two days later declared war on France. After that Great Britain decided to join the war and declared war on Germany. Most of Europe went into battle.…
World War I started in the middle of 1914 because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war went on for 5 more years, until the Treaty of Versailles was created and commanded the armies to seize fire. World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919. This peace treaty kept from any wars starting for less than two decades, then came World War II.…