First World

The Australian response to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 has been widely regarded by historians, as deeply supportive and in favour of the commitment to enter the conflict. The newspapers and the actions of many men and women as war broke out, displayed that a patriotic front was present among Australians. Carl Bridge is of the opinion that Australia was highly motivated and unanimously supportive towards the war. Other historians, such as Eric Andrews, however, are not convinced…

servicemen, many taking on jobs once believed to be too strenuous for women. They worked long days in physically demanding, repetitive tasks, but also enjoyed contributing to the war effort and the camaraderie of working in a team, perhaps for the first time. Although these women were doing vital war work, not everyone welcomed them. Trade unions felt that the presence of women workers, who were almost always paid much less than men (sometimes less than half for doing exactly the same job),…

The Treaty of Versailles occurred in the context of the first World War, which transpired due to alliances with each other. However, some nations entered the war in thoughts of “moral obligation” or their own interest were exposed to the dangers of the war. The events leading up to the first World War were the assassinations of the archduke and duchess of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The assassination occurred in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, by the assassin Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb.…

Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was the event that sparked World War I, this singular act was really just the last straw. Such a bloody, widespread conflict, cannot be explained away or blamed on just one event, but as the war was so devastating, placing blame was something everyone seemed eager to do when it came time to create peace in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles. As such, the question became: is it possible to put the blame for a world war on just one country? At the time, all fingers…

hat nuclear warfare had. Nuclear power is much more powerful than the heavy artillery that World War I fighters used while in the trenches. The Holocaust of Jewish people by the Nazis is exclusive to World War II while the Ottoman Empire’s, or Turkey’s, genocide of Armenians was exclusive to World War I6. The sequence in which the two World Wars took place varies greatly. World War I started when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, as the country wanted to reaffirm its right to…

Essay Question #4: During the 1930s, after facing both the First World War and the Great Depression, American public opinion was leaning toward isolationism. After the Great War, Americans were disappointed when they realized that they had fought for nothing. The disappointment ultimately motivated Americans to adopt the new policy from isolationist. Isolationism is the foreign policy position that a nation 's interests are best served by keeping the affairs of other countries at a distance. One…

Overview First World Bank Savings and Loan will be switching to an open source infrastructure to support its new online initiative. A projected savings of $4 million in license fees alone is not the only benefit we as a company will enjoy. The ease of access to clients to use online banking transactions and loan applications will increase customer satisfaction. Problem The task team has identified these servers as essential to provide the online services we want to offer. A database server,…

patriotism). Another reason could be Imperialism: a stronger nation that takes over a weaker nation/colony. Militarism (making the military the nation's #1 priority) was also key in causing the war. Finally, Alliances was also to blame for the start of world war one. Alliances…

Three things stood out to me this week: one was how history repeated itself leading up to both World Wars, in that Canada entered both wars woefully unprepared; the next was how quickly unforeseen political and economic events could unseat sitting Prime Ministers; and the third was Vance's interpretation that the First World War failed to create the immediate postwar Canadian nationalism that the federal politicians had hoped for. History repeats itself as the old saying goes and that was…

Rosa Luxemburg, a Polish-German Social Democrat, gave a detailed Marxian analysis for her opposition to the First World War in “The Workers and the War” in 1916 when she was in prison, during the height of the war, and when its outcome of the war was unclear. Her detailed analysis for her opinions were outlined throughout “The Workers and the War”, providing the nature and causes for the war along with the effects of certain scenarios as a result of the war. In Germany, the economy is in ruins,…