Ferdinand Tönnies

compared to, the information from source two is more difficult to understand because it tends to use complex wording. In addition to that, source two has more detail in its explanation of World War I. Source one focuses on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand as the primary conflict that lead to the start of World War I. Other than the assassination it gives other necessary background knowledge to explain why the assassination triggered a full out war between the countries. For example, in…

Depth Study Three: WW1 Essay World War One was a period of struggle for Europe. There were several factors that lead to tensions in Europe which ultimately caused World War 1. The war occurred in 1914 until 1918 and it had many famous and bloody battles, such as The Battle of the Somme. The war killed up to 17 million people and caused 49 million casualties of not just soldiers, but civilians as well. The war was fought between members of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy)…

Sidnie Bogle Main Causes of the United States Entering WW1 On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy” (President Woodrow Wilson’s War Message to Congress). World War One was a war fought between 1914 and 1918. The allies were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and…

Yesterday, it was officially announced through the town telegraph that Britain has declared war on Germany for violating the terms of the Treaty of London by invading Belgium. Consequently, the Canadian government has also confirmed that Canada is at war. Notorious for its selfish ambitions, Germany has always been power-hungry. By taking advantage of the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Russia, German troops invaded Belgium to attack France as a blow to the Triple Entente. Britain was…

The outcomes of World War I and World War II changed the world in many ways. These two wars have highly impacted the world to this day. World War I took place in the middle of August in the year of 1914. The war occurred due to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an Australian, being killed by a Serbian nationalist. On one side of the war were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. The other side included Great…

During World War I, approximately 17 million people died, and in that number 7 million of them were innocent civilians. That is equivalent to the whole population of Moscow dying. Before World War I, there were different events taking place all over the world because of the upheaval in Europe. Over the years, countries had taken land from other countries. A specific case from this, is when Austrio – Hungary seized Bosnia taking it from the Serbians. Serbia was frustrated at Austrio – Hungary for…

1 What does Aristotle mean by the use of ‘example’? Aristotle says that argument by Example has the nature of induction, which is the foundation of reasoning. There are two varieties; one consisting in the mention of actual past facts, the other in the invention of facts by the speaker. Illustrative parallel and the fable are the two varieties (Aristotle, pg. 109-110). An example of using actual past facts would be saying that we must prepare for war against Germany and not let them conquer…

of the Intelligence Department in the Serbian Army and head of the Black Hand, to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, during his visit to Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Ferdinand had accepted the invitation of General Oskar Potiorek to inspect army maneuvers in his capacity of Inspector General of the army. The other men sent to assassinate Ferdinand were Nedjelko…

What led to World War I? There are several things that led to World War I. World War I occurred between the year of July 1914 and November 1948. The war actually had several reasons why it was started. Some of the reasons on why World War I was started are: some countries throughout Europe made mutual defense agreements that would cause them to go into battle and imperialism. Imperialism was because of the raw materials the areas could provide which caused them more or less to become greedy and…

The conditions that lead to the start of The Great War are numerous, they include the rise of nationalist sentiments among european countries(including some that did not exist yet), the increasing militancy of Germany, England, France, and Russia, Austria-Hungary, and their allies and the expansionist ideals of all of the aforementioned governments.(despite what some partisan historians might want you to think) While there are many other both more and less complicated these are the ones I view…