1918

The Last Days of Innocence: America at War, 1917-1918. Meirion & Susie Harries. New York: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, INC. 1997. 469 pp. $32.50 .ISBN 0-679-74376-6 This book, The Last Days of Innocence, America at War 1917-1918, is a book that clearly explains the American effort in World War I. World War I wasn’t any war, but a war filled with both international and national issues. This caused mixed reactions with the American people, there became an extreme increase in the…

America has been through many different tragedies in its lifetime. Three of the biggest disaster that occurred in early American history were the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and the flu epidemic. Many citizens have lost their lives for things like doing a job to make ends meet, being on a vacation, or even just living an everyday lifestyle, which is why these disasters had such a high impact on the American Population. It may seem like people don’t care about…

the Mediterranean Sea in search of fertile, hospitable lands (Cameron and Neal, 2003:33-35; Gwynn, 1918:89; Hodos, 2006:10; Pomeroy et al., 2004:53; Snodgrass, 2000:417; Stallo, 2007:20; Wilson, 2006:25). Reasoning for the establishment of Greek colonies was the extraction of food resources, raw goods such as metal, along with gaining slaves (Cameron and Neal, 2003; Ceka, 2005; Galaty, 2002; Gwynn, 1918; Hammond, 1992; Harding, 1992; Hodos, 2006:10; Pomeroy et al., 2004:54; Snodgrass, 2000:417;…

The Second Battle of Marne is important because it was the first Allied offensive victory of 1918, and became the first of many battles won by the Allied forces. The battle began on July 15th, and ended on August 6, 1918. The Germans began the battle with 3 ½ armies, and the Allied armies were comprised of mostly French, Italian and American military. The Marne between the Chalons and Epernay had been the German’s first objective. The Germans had been advised by prisoners that the attack…

we as a society are all basically in unity that an acceptable punishment has been delivered to a particular criminal, and none of the characteristics above have been violated, this in itself promotes our unity (Garland, 1993). According to Mead (1918), punishment is in place to first of all make the criminal pay for their actions. Punishment is also in place to deter others who may commit the same offense to be discouraged due to the proportionality of the punishment to the offense. Punishment…

20th century history would have been changed. (The History Channel, The World Wars, YouTube, A British Soldier Spared Hitler’s Life) But did it really happen? The basic Hitler/Tandey story is as follows. At Marcoigne in France on 28th September, 1918, Tandey had Hitler in…

The influenza pandemic of 1918 was a devastating period in both New Zealand and world history. Cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history and responsible for more deaths than World War I, this influenza pandemic resulted in anywhere from 20 to 40 million deaths worldwide (Billings 1997:). The effect it had on New Zealand history was catastrophic, killing nearly 8,500 (Rice). Perhaps the most notable discrepancy in effect that the pandemic had on New Zealand population was…

Renowned as being one of the most influential and prominent voices of the First World War, Wilfred Owen wrote powerful and inspirational works, but such only became pertinent after his tragic death in 1918. Owen was born in Oswestry in 1893 and spent most of his life growing up in Birkenhead and Shrewsbury. It was always Owen’s lifelong passion to become a poet; beginning to write verse at the age of 17. After failing in his endeavours to gain entry into the University of England, Owen started…

employment could only have had a short term impact. In fact, the argument can be taken further, with some claiming that the war actually delayed the process. Historian Paula Bartley states that “” In fact, only women over 30 were granted the vote in 1918. This meant that the young women of the munitions and factories – the women who had been most prominent in the war effort – were not given the vote until 1928. Rather than focusing solely on the importance of their war efforts, one should…

In October of 1918 a very strong forest fire burned up a large portion of Northern Minnesota. At the time of the fire my Grandpa Arvid was around 5 years old. Although it’s called the Cloquet fire it was actually about 50 fires combined into a single event. The two major fires were the Cloquet-Duluth fire and the Moose Lake fire. Dry conditions, strong winds, and lumbering are 3 reasons why the fire was so out of control. Conditions were building for months. The summer of 1918 was extremely dry…