formed European alliances eventually culminated into a devastating world war which lasted from 1914-1918. The Western World from 1890-1935 saw a sustained trend in technology in the way new innovations were used to benefit individual nations and also a trend in intellectual life shown through the continued importance of the concept of nationalism. However, the time period experienced a technological shift as new weapons such as poison gas and bombs were introduced, changing the nature of warfare…
that would be commonplace during the war. Propaganda was a major facet of Nazi Germany’s success and this speech reiterates the plight of Germany, Hitler’s beliefs on who was to blame for their failing economy, and what must be done about the crisis. This address was known as a Reichstag Extraordinary Session, a council meeting called upon by the President of the Reich or a majority of the council members. Like many of Hitler’s speeches, nations all over the world had tuned in via radio…
Many medical advancements were made during the first and second World Wars, including trauma, patient care, prevention of infection, and post-war care. It is said that World War I was a good war for medicine because numerous medical and clinical advancements were made during the 4 year span. A majority of these discoveries can be credited to the damages left by new artillery and guns that were capable of obliterating flesh and bone (Clarke). These new guns could fire accurately up to 10 miles…
Annika Ziegler Mr. Snelgrove Senior English 4th Period 08 September, 2016 WWI’s Effects on the Twentieth Century World War I was said to be the war that would end all wars. Ironically, however, its outcome and the Treaty of Versailles brought more unrest and violence than the allied countries had expected. The war resulted in the deaths of seventeen million people, eleven million of them were military personnel (Macmillan). One in four men from Europe lost his life in battle (Karpilovsky). It…
extent did military technology develop during the course of World War One and how did this affect warfare? World War One, known as ‘The Great War,’ lasted from 1914-1918 and was a time of great technological growth in military technology. During the course of World War One, the inclusion of fighter aircraft, chemical weaponry and armoured tanks resulted in dramatic changes to military warfare. Fighter aircraft affected the way the war was fought due to the large role they played in late WW1…
World War I World War I was a gruesome war that lasted a little over 4 years. The war started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. This caused a chain reaction that entangled international alliances and caused the major powers to be at war in just a couple of weeks. This was one of the causes of the war that started rebellion and eventually lead to the splitting of two separate powers, or groups. The two powers…
Most popular images of World War I show soldiers in muddy trenches and dugouts, living miserably until the next attack. Technological developments in engineering, chemistry, and optics had produced weapons deadlier than anything before. The power of defensive weapons made winning the war on the western front all but impossible for either side. Airplanes, products of the new technology, were primarily made of canvas, wood, and wire. At first they were used only to observe enemy troops. As their…
Wilfred Owen’s, “Dulce Et Decorum Est,” is arguably the greatest anti-war poem. It was composed near the end of the First World War by Owen who had actually experienced the horrors of the trenches. Owen gives readers the reality behind the wartime recruiting phrases, “it is sweet and fitting to die for your country,” as he records a friend’s death during a gas attack. This is a First World War poem, the poem that most brilliantly, most accurately, most informatively sums up the horrors, the…
Austria-Hungarian throne. With the assassination of their Archduke, the Austria-Hungary had the excuse to strike Serbia and one of many reasons that sparked the war which Europe was already inflamed by other causes that lead to the Great War. Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliances and militarism were the other reasons that drove Europe into war. For that reasons, all those…
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)…