The Years of the Great War and the Great Communist Takeover
The four year span of World War I caused the death of nearly 8 million civilians alone, and left many more handicapped or injured. The Russian Bolshevik takeover started a revolution that Russia is still feeling to this day. Russia’s descending into the communist lifestyle and the overall devastation that came along with World War I jolted the world out of its comfort zone and propelled us into the modern age, whether we were ready for it, or not.
The enlightenment was the time period that lasted from about 1685-1815 and was also known as the Age of Reason. It was in age in which logic and scientific reasoning reigned supreme. It was a rational time led by some of the most brilliant …show more content…
The July Crisis was started in order to prevent Serbia from completely eliminating Austria’s hold over it, and its goal was to know who stood where in case a war did break out. Russia backed up Serbia, and Germany became the financial reinforcement for Austria-Hungary, “in this diplomatic communication from the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, Austria-Hungary was promised unconditional support from Germany regardless whatever action Austria-Hungary decided to take in punishing Serbia” (Duffy). The Franco-Russian Military Convention was also put in effect at this time, which said that in case Russia ever finds itself in war that France would step in and provide aid. “Initial reaction to the news of war among the European populace was overwhelmingly enthusiastic, far more so than expected” (Duffy), this was especially true in Austria-Hungary in which multiple different nationalities came together to celebrate the war. No one could have guessed what great devastation was to …show more content…
Whereas the great thinkers of the Enlightenment strived for a world of compassion and a world in which people voice their separate opinions and not follow the “blind and noisy multitude” as said philosopher d’Alembert the first World War was the opposite of that. It was a time in which neighbouring countries who never had bad blood were suddenly at war and was largely a war that many civilians didn’t even know why they were fighting, as shown on the film All Quiet on the Western Front. In the film, some of the characters were pondering why they were even fighting the war. Some said they were never offended by a Frenchman, why are they killing them? In the book version, in chapter 9 Paul kills a French soldier and conveys to him his regrets, “Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony—Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?” (Marque). This highlighted just what d’Alembert was talking about – the public took the news of the war well and with quite a frenzy, but when it came down to it, they learned of just how naïve they really were. Following along with the plentitude and giving into to the propaganda went completely apart from the ideals of the
The four year span of World War I caused the death of nearly 8 million civilians alone, and left many more handicapped or injured. The Russian Bolshevik takeover started a revolution that Russia is still feeling to this day. Russia’s descending into the communist lifestyle and the overall devastation that came along with World War I jolted the world out of its comfort zone and propelled us into the modern age, whether we were ready for it, or not.
The enlightenment was the time period that lasted from about 1685-1815 and was also known as the Age of Reason. It was in age in which logic and scientific reasoning reigned supreme. It was a rational time led by some of the most brilliant …show more content…
The July Crisis was started in order to prevent Serbia from completely eliminating Austria’s hold over it, and its goal was to know who stood where in case a war did break out. Russia backed up Serbia, and Germany became the financial reinforcement for Austria-Hungary, “in this diplomatic communication from the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, Austria-Hungary was promised unconditional support from Germany regardless whatever action Austria-Hungary decided to take in punishing Serbia” (Duffy). The Franco-Russian Military Convention was also put in effect at this time, which said that in case Russia ever finds itself in war that France would step in and provide aid. “Initial reaction to the news of war among the European populace was overwhelmingly enthusiastic, far more so than expected” (Duffy), this was especially true in Austria-Hungary in which multiple different nationalities came together to celebrate the war. No one could have guessed what great devastation was to …show more content…
Whereas the great thinkers of the Enlightenment strived for a world of compassion and a world in which people voice their separate opinions and not follow the “blind and noisy multitude” as said philosopher d’Alembert the first World War was the opposite of that. It was a time in which neighbouring countries who never had bad blood were suddenly at war and was largely a war that many civilians didn’t even know why they were fighting, as shown on the film All Quiet on the Western Front. In the film, some of the characters were pondering why they were even fighting the war. Some said they were never offended by a Frenchman, why are they killing them? In the book version, in chapter 9 Paul kills a French soldier and conveys to him his regrets, “Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony—Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?” (Marque). This highlighted just what d’Alembert was talking about – the public took the news of the war well and with quite a frenzy, but when it came down to it, they learned of just how naïve they really were. Following along with the plentitude and giving into to the propaganda went completely apart from the ideals of the