WW1 Essay

A new type of technology during WW1 is the machine gun. The machine gun was the best new invention during the war. The 1914 machine gun, usually was positioned on a flat tripod. A tripod helped aim more steady and took pressure or weight off the gunners arm. The gunner would not have to hold the gun up, only aim and fire. A machine gun would require a gun crew of four to six operators. They could fire 400-600 rounds of ammunition per minute. The machine gun could fire so many rounds because it…

Hunter Oates Ms. Holt Poison Ivy 5-1-2024 Trench Warfare WW1 Trench Warfare was used all across the world during WW1. It was used from the start of the war until the end. Most of the trenches were used for living since the soldiers would be staying in them for most of the war. The main weapon of choice was the machine gun, with the secondary being a pistol. The Germans were the ones who “invented” trenches because they built them to shelter their men when they were at the River Aisne. They were…

time. Tanks could cross onto treacherous territory, and over barbed wire fences of the enemy's land. The most used WW1 weapon was the automatic gun. Automatic guns made it easier for the soldiers to spend less time reloading and more valuable time shooting at the enemies. Machine guns as well as automatic rifles are still used today during combat. Women in the War Women's roles in WW1 were quite important. The Navy as well as the U.S Army formed a nursing corps that allowed women to serve part…

front. The Role of Women and the direct affects of WW1 had social impacts on the home front during the war, the impact was both on them being at home and when the soldiers returned from battle. Trade and impacts of WW1 had economical impacts on the home front during the war partially caused by anti-Germanism. The conscription debate and the law had political impacts on the home front due to political and social division. The Role of Women in WW1 had a huge social impact. Women from a young age…

Though World War I has been over for seven years, I believe this article contains important details about global consequences of World War I. As we are still struggling from the aftermath, I’d like to bring up a crucial consequence of World War I. World War I and the influenza pandemic took around 56 million lives, or three percent of the entire population in 1910 (Dunn and Mitchell, 731). These deaths should not be forgotten, they are a lost generation, the generation where almost all of us…

World War I, or the Great War, was the first war that involved almost the whole world. It is hard to pinpoint the exact cause of the war, because there are so many. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife is the most immediate cause, but the but there are many other, significant causes that led up to the Great War. Militarism, Alliance systems, and Imperialism all played an important role leading up to WWI. They all created and added tension between the European nations until…

Title: Life in the Trenches of WWI 4th of August, 1914 “Soldiers prepare for war” we took on the word from our general in charge. I can’t believe it’s turned out like this, rumour has it that German forces have pushed through Luxembourg and Belgium, who are now slowly heading towards the French border. I am hoping we can end this war as soon as possible and make sure that the German reign will end once and for all, I’m just worried if we can survive in these trenches for who knows how long and…

World War I was the outcome of an expansion in nationalism, imperialism and militarism. Hostile nationalism was partially accountable for World War I. The increasing nationalism of the European nations supported other countries towards aggression of European leaders’. Military alliances was encouraged by imperial and economic competition and fear of war and an arms and navy race, all of which contributed to the outbreak of war. Another key event which led to the outbreak of the First World War…

War has always been known as a complicated, drawn out effort that can drain every little drop of wealth a country houses. It has the ability to shrink an empire to a fraction of what it once was or it can make an empire expand to every corner of the world in a microscopic period of time. Alliances, strategies, and tricks determine which outcome a leader and their country will be faced with. In World War I, Germany and France had many tricks up their sleeves and were not shy to use them. Both…

World War one started on the 28th of July 1914 between two sides; The triple alliance and the triple entente. It ended on the 11th of November 1918. Difference in policies were to blame, although the immediate cause of World War one was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia’s. The war started mainly because of four aspects: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. This…