World War I is renowned and historically relevant due to the many stipulations of its beginning. While the initiation of its ‘successor’, World War II can be pinpointed to a single group, the instigation of World War I is surrounded with varying opinions and perspectives. Certain individuals may argue that militarism was the culprit, or that alliances provided the spark needed to ablaze warfare on a global scale. Despite this, many historians bring forth the rise of nationalism as the leading instigator of war. Nationalistic pride can be seen as a primary motivator in the development of secondary causes of war such as the formation of alliances, imperialism and militarism.…
As the decedents of the victorious, it is common practice to see the details of the war passed over for blanket decrees of victory due morality and numbers. However, in chapter 1 of Richard Overy’s book Why the Allies Won, the outcome of World War Two is broken down into issues of production, military reforms, moral, and unity examined in close detail. A forgone conclusion was not inevitable, and a deeper look must be taken in order to fully understand the Allies triumph. Around the beginning of World War 2 showed Allied forces that were severely down on their luck.…
Tanner Weatherbee Professor Dr. Babb APUSH/AP Language 26 January 2015 Brilliant Compelling Title :) Following the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Francis Ferdinand in the warm summer of 1914, the major powers of Europe―split into two rivaling alliances―mobilized their armed forces and plunged Europe into World War I. By the end of 1917, more than a million French troops had been lost. France’s British, Russian, and Italian allies, along with the Ottoman, German, and Austro-Hungarian enemies, had suffered similar losses.…
It is beginning to appear very clearly to me that the inconsistencies in the military had a very destructive role in the Italian history during this period. The reason I say this is because the mercenaries although not mentioned here specifically and the worthless auxiliary army plus mixed army, were all non-reliable. I can see the predicaments that the popes have all gone through or witnessed due to inconsistent military personnel and that in itself invited the coup d’état whereby the popes lost their authority of making policies for the republics and church. It also looks like the citizen soldiers were more reliable, but to what extent no one could say. It is unclear to me why Pope Julius sent his troops to aid King Ferdinand when we already know that some of these troops were unreliable.…
The Good, Moral and Just World War II Since the Old Testament days, society has tried to define what determines war as good, moral and just. Examining the causes of war, this paper will investigate how society labels acceptable and inacceptable wars. The purpose of this paper is to discover if there is are any good, moral or just wars. Through eyewitness testimonies to historian research this paper will consider all perspectives. Further this paper will work to determine if the label types of World War II are correct or simply attributes of a bigger picture.…
2 At the peak of the 20th century, political turmoil between the major powers of the world resulted into one of the most significant and devastating periods of the 20th century. The Second World War, also known as World War 2, was a global war that erupted as a result of tensions between global powers. “The war was in many respects a continuation after an uneasy 20 year hiatus of disputes left unsettled by the First World War” (Encyclopaedia Britannica, World War II). The Second World War included the “vast majority of the world’s nations” (Encyclopaedia Britannica, World War II) – inevitably fabricating two adverse military alliances- the Allies and Axis. “The principal belligerents” were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France,…
Japan Paper: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor From the Japanese Perspective World War II was the result of many countries attempting to obtain what did not belong to them. Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi political party, was attempting to forge a massive German empire out of the German homeland and surrounding territories. The Japanese were attempting to create a massive empire that fanned out in all directions from the mainland islands. With these attempts at gain, massive amounts of death and destruction occurred, with smaller, weaker countries being thrown under the control of an abusive, dictatorial regime.…
The Second World War was a brutal conflict that was marked in history as one of the largest and most brutal conflicts recorded in human history. The Axis and Allied Powers waged a terrible war against each other that spanned six continents. To ensure the defeat of the Axis Powers, "The Big Three," referred to Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union sought to bring about an end to the Axis Powers and Nazi Germany. These three countries were critical in ensuring the defeat of Nazi Germany. There will be an analysis of the agenda of the Allied Powers during the war and what the goals of the Allied Powers were post World War II.…
World War I, commonly called the Great War, ended in the loss of around nine million lives and cost roughly 300 billion dollars all together. So who is to blame for starting this “war to end all wars” as it was once called? While many factors, including miscommunications between foreign offices and stubbornness by the leaders of these various countries was what would result in the war coming to fruition, the blame for there being a war lies ultimately with the Prime Minister of Serbia, Nikola Pasic. For he allowed the match that would lite the powder keg that was Europe in 1914 to be sparked. It has long been accepted that the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the catalyst that lead to war breaking out and while strictly speaking the Black Hand is responsible for the killing, they were backed, and assisted by members of the Serbian…
Since the completion of the First World War and the conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles there has been much discussion on whether the Second World War and the following major events of the twentieth century were born from the events of the 1919 Paris peace conference and conclusions of the peace settlement. David Andelman in his ‘A Shattered Peace’1 puts forth the opinion that the actions and decisions of the main players, Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson, and the final conclusions of the peace treaty, did indeed lead to the Second World War and some of the major conflicts of the twenty first century. Margret Macmillan, however, in her journal article ‘Making war, Making peace: Versailles 1919’2 argues that though the conclusions of the…
One believes it was solely Germany’s fault, while the other believes there are a multitude of parties are held responsible. These two arguments are important, because as students we need to know not everything is always as it seems. Not everything is in black and white. In Middle School and High School we are always taught the start of the First World War was cause by the Serbian’s murder of the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife.…
On the 11th of November 1918, World War I had ended. The war, the first modern conflict in history, left seventeen million casualties in its wake. World leaders of the time, like President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France, and Prime Minister David Lloyd George, met to not only create a treaty between themselves and the Triple Alliance, but to also create a treaty that would last. Unfortunately, this treaty for peace and European prosperity, known as the Treaty of Versailles, did not last long. On the eve of September 1939, a new war, deadlier than the last, erupted, built from the Versailles bricks that led to the resentment and outrage of the German people, but, from this, how did the Treaty of Versailles aid the call for the Second World War?…
World War I. This, as one can imagine, was cumbersome and unfair to Germany, even after Wilson himself did not blame any specific country for the destruction from this war. Germany was not even invited to the Peace Conference, so this German delegation expresses distress: “Such terms are not found on any principles of justice. Quite arbitrarily, here the idea of an imprescribable historical right, there the idea of ethnographical possession, there the standpoint of economic interest shall prevail, in every case the decision being unfavorable to Germany.”. This shows the extent of how Germany is isolated from the rest of Europe under the…
First, the three levels of analysis are Systemic, State, and Individual. The systemic level focuses on the big international picture: alliances, polarity, and relationships between countries. The state level focuses on the dynamics within a state: its government, bureaucracies, and nationalism. Finally, the individual level focuses on both the large bodies of individuals and their psychology and also the key players in international affairs: politicians, kings, prime ministers, military leaders, etc. To analyze WWI, one must look at all levels of analysis for both the causes and consequences of The Great War.…
EUROPEANISATION The term Europeanization has different meanings and connotations. Talking outside the ambit of social sciences, Europeanization refers to the growth of a European Continental Identity or polity over and above national identities and polities on the continent. Europeanization also refers to the process through which the European Union political and economic dynamics become part of the organizational logic of national politics and policy making. There is also another definition of Europeanization which is more popular in political science.…