World War I has affected the world in countless ways, and it is still stirring the world today. After a devastating war that shook the world, many things changed. The world would never be the same after this dramatic occurrence. The geography of Europe would never be the same as it was before. Countries and great empires were broken. Art would never be the same either. There would be conflicts that are still going on today, and people that are still holding grudges. World War 1 was one of the…
Many factors that led to World War 1, like nationalism, competition for territory, military rivalry, and alliances, are still causing conflicts today. One example pertaining to the issue of competition for territory that is prevalent today is the issue of arctic sovereignty. The countries who are involved in this issue are Canada, Russia, the United States, Norway, and Denmark. All of these countries are anxious to claim the rights of the arctic waters mainly because of the rich oils and natural…
World War 1 also known as the Great war, was a global war that took place in Europe from 1914-1918. The war was expected to be short by many people, but ended up lasting more than four long terrible years, that caused disputes with many countries that took many lives such as soldiers and civilians. There were four underlying causes of the war that goes under the acronym M.A.I.N. This stands for Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Militarism was one of the four major causes of…
World War 1 impacted the world Politically, culturaly, and economiaclly. Many people were killed and countries were devastated. Each of the 9 documents clearly describe the various impacts anxiety had on the war. Documents 1 and 3 discuss the cultural impacts of the war and are against violence. Documents 2 and 8 discuss the economic transformations throughout the war and its results. Documents 4, 5, 9, 10, and 12 discuss how they are unable to politcally control the war. All of the documents,…
trying to imperialist Europe; and the Germans should declare a war to stop them, because the British octopus’s tentacles are stretched over Europe towards North America and other continents. This primary source helps explain imperialization was an underlying cause of the war because Britsh will try to expand its nation/country. Germany is making people “brainwash” so they can fight with the Britain. Colonial Possession Map / The First World War shows that Colin Wicolson thought imperializing…
World War 1 World War 1 began in July 1914, and ended November 11, 1918. Over sixty five million men from thirty countries fought in World War 1 (randomhistory.com). Known as one of the worst, yet most influential wars ever fought, World War 1 left a stain on the world that ceases to leave. Approximately over one-sixth of the soldiers that fought, died. (randomhistory.com) There are thousands of cemeteries in multiple countries built to commemorate the dead from World War 1 (ww1cemetaries.com)…
The first cause for world war one (WW1) was the alliance system. The alliance system was when countries made treaties and formed alliance with other countries for protection and resources from one another. The reason that this was a cause for world war 1 was because leading up to the war there had formed to two major alliances the triple entente, England, Russia and France, and the triple alliance, Germany Austria-Hungary (A-H) and Italy. This meant that Europe in 1914 was basically divided in…
World War I, which began in the Balkan Peninsula in July 1914, had many immediate and underlying causes which originated from different nations. Unlike World War II, it is not clear which party started World War I. Germany has been blamed by some, but there are others who see it differently. While the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, and his wife is widely regarded as an immediate and impactful origin of the war, the underlying origins have not been so clear. Political,…
“The War to End All Wars”. That’s what they called World War I when it was over. Why did they call it that though? Millions of people were fighting wars with their emotions, including several who were still fighting to fare back home and to lead normal lives. Millions of men died, as abundantly as large numbers increased missing. Still other people were severely injured. Thousands of girls still had troublesome lives. Let me show you how. Girls had to face heaps. They had school to worry about,…
The people of this planet have suffered through two world wars. Both had many similarities and differences. Both had so much death and destruction brought onto many countries. It had many tragedies and what some would call a crimes against mankind. The world will be forever changed by events in the wars, and some of the weapons made for them. Many people say that World war one was a war that never needed to happen. While the event that set the war into motion was the assassination of the…