Allies of World War I

Many people experienced hardship and strife during the First World War. Some countries entered the war on account of the assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand. Others, entered the war because of who they were allies with. Great Britain and France were among these allies. The author of the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est,” Wilfred Owen, was a British war poet. He was wounded in 1917. According to Poets.org, it was at this time Owen wrote many of his most important poems, including "Anthem for Doomed…

Universal laws were issued to keep such chaos from happening again. Unfortunately the same can not be said in regards to the Armenian Genocide. A group of nations formally remembered it, while the greater part still does not. After its thrashing in World War I, Germany was embarrassed by the Versailles Treaty, which decreased…

revolutionary war tactic that changed how war was fought. Soldiers would dig big ditches, called a trench, and then live in them for long periods of time. The conditions were not the best, but more soldiers would have died in combat if the trenches had not been created. This defensive strategy had many flaws and it prolonged the war, but it did help the Allies defeat the Central Powers in World War I. Trench warfare was a military tactic that is known for its use along the Western Front during…

There are several causes for the First World War. One of the main events that pronounced the beginning of the war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro -Hungarian throne. The assassin was Gavrilo Princip, who was a member of a nationalist group called the Black Hand which aimed to unite the territories containing Serbs. However, although the occurrence is seen as the main cause, it was only the spark. The assassination combined with the conflicts with alliances,…

In today 's culture, when we hear about the World Wars of the 20th Century, we hear about the lives that were lost in combat. We also hear about the infamous Holocaust, where more than 6 million Jews, among others, died during World War II. One such event, like the Holocaust, occurred during World War I. This event is known as “The Forgotten Genocide”, and it took place within the Ottoman Empire. It is estimated that during the early 20th Century, over 1.5 million Christian Armenians in that…

workers or peasant but was instead used to strengthen the military which was only benefiting the industrialists. As a result, he became hugely unpopular by 1914. During the war, he made the mistake of favoring…

Republic was created after the First World War. Right after the Kaiser, William II, was renounced of his power for his failure in the war, the people in charge decided to designed a new government hoping that the Allies will be a little less harsh on a new peaceful German Republic better than the militaristic empire that had governed Germany before. The Germans still voted in favor of this new republic and this was surprising since millions of Germans died during the war, the anger was filling…

have a war with France and Russia, but in 1905 it was all revised. The Schlieffen Plan was by Alfred Von Schlieffen who was the Chief of the Imperial, and also German Chief of Staff. The idea was to find a new war plan that would be understanding of the new factors that happened since the Franco-Prussian in 1870 and 1871. These factors included the Diplomatic Isolation. The Diplomatic Isolation left Austria-Hungary as the only dependable partner. This all caused the problem of the Two-Front War,…

World War I, otherwise known as The Great War or The War to End All Wars, was a historic battle between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. This bloody battle started on July 28, 1914 and did not end until November 11, 1918. Woodrow Wilson played a major part in the United States entering the war overseas. Wilson’s role in the war was him joining and becoming one of the many leaders of the Allied Powers, and that he was the president of the United States of America at time the war started…

World War I, the bloody conflict that consumed Europe from July 1914 until November 1918, was fought by millions of men. While they came from different backgrounds, races, and religions, the soldiers of the western front of this Great War all shared one thing in common they were all subjugated to living in trenches. Trench warfare in general can be summed up in two words, horrible and dangerous. As it became clear to the High Command that this wasn’t going to be the quick war they had once…