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Conscription World War 1 was one of the first major global conflicts. The war began on the 28th of July 1914 and ended on the 11th of November 1918. The First World War was a milestone in the history of our world and was a horrific term of events. During the time of World War 1 Billy Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia called a referendum on conscription, a process where men around Australia would be forced to attend war at random. This was due to the limited numbers of men fighting in war,…

January 10, 1920, the League of Nations was created. It was created as a result of WW1 from the Paris Peace Conference. It was based in the country of Switzerland in Geneva. If the League was more reliable and developed superior, there could’ve been conflicts that would have been avoided between countries and overall benefitted opposing regions. Countries such as Manchuria would have no been invaded along with the expansion in Abyssinia. After the First World war, The League of Nations was not…

Inquiry project-WW2 I recently changed my inquiry project topic from drugs effect on the brain to WW2. For my first blog post I am going to summarize World War two and the book I just finished, Front Lines by Michael Grant. WW2 was a war from 1939 to 1945 that involved over 30 countries, 100 million people and all of the great powers which would turn into 2 sides the Axis and the Allied. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust in which approximately 11 million people were…

Treitschke argues that war is what has made progress in a nation without no change would occur. It brings out the best in individuals, encouraging them to what is better for the nation as a whole. Individual’s selfish is a pushed a side and people start to think as one. In the tone of Treitschke passage readers can get an understanding of his strong belief of the benefits of war in his writing. He states, “the bliss of sharing with all his fellow citizens.” He describes uniting a nation is a…

wanted. None the less no nation was left with the short end of the stick. Whilst some argue that Germany was shafted we must visualize the entire picture. Many of Wilson’s peaceful Fourteen Points were not achieved, none the less he had faith in the League of Nations to sort everything out later. Clemenceau intended revenge against Germany, and to some extent this was achieved, however, it was not to the level he initially desired. Lloyd-George closely achieved his goal of a compromise between…

World War II to many is one of if not the largest scale war known to man. Many look at it as a way of solving issues and conflicts at the time, but many others see it as an event that brought out the monsters within men on the battlefield. Unfortunately it brought atrocities that no man should never have to witness, most of which was created by the Nazis. Additionally, countries became divided for means of a more humane order. During times of war countries would innovate their arsenal of…

United States not entering the League of Nations due to his inability to compromise. At the Treaty of Paris, Wilson appointed only people who would support his views. There was hardly any Republican representation, despite their inevitable vote on the matter later. This caused anguish for the treaty and later Unites States’ involvement because the opposing political parties greatly disagreed on the terms of the original treaty. Also, Wilson’s commitment to the League of Nations caused many…

When hearing about WWI and WWII in a history class it often seems as though those events that shaped today's world happened forever and a day ago, but the truth is it was more like yesterday. WWI ended only 99 years ago and WWII ended only roughly 72 years ago. The world would like to think that those events are in the past, but the truth is the next major war is just on the brink of arising. Society today is passive aggressive so arising conflicts often go unnoticed or disregarded until…

To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles reflect the views of the Big Three? The first of the Peace Treaties after World War II took place in the Palace of Versailles, close to Paris, where 32 nations were represented, though none of the defeated countries were invited. Georges Clemenceau was adamant that the Conference was to take place in France, as a symbol of their survival and strength. The reason for the Treaty was to pay the reparations and ensure that Germany would not return to its…

air force. After this Hitler went ahead and introduced compulsory military service. “Aggressive Act Two: Alliances with other totalitarian dictatorship”, there were two alliances made in this act. First the “Rome-Berlin Axis Pact” with Italy and the “Anti-Comitern Pact” with Japan. The final “Aggressive Act was: Expand German Territory to reclaim land.” In 1936 Hitler ordered German troops to reclaim the Rhineland by force. Then in 1938 they took Austria (again by force) a vote was held to see…