Palace of Versailles

World War I was a global war that initiated in Europe in 1914 and lasted until 1918. What activated this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the duke of Austria-Hungary. Since a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip was the one who killed the duke, this triggered many European allies to form together to attack their enemies. The allies during the war was Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States vs. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Although the…

• When war ends, when the last shots are fired, peace is officially declared and the boys go home doesn’t necessarily mean the violence from that war suddenly disappears and everyone starts singing Kumbaya. That was not the case for the Great War mostly due in part by para-militarism that occurred in eastern and southern Europe after the Great War had ended. Para-militarism can be described as a group of noncombatants organized as a military force for the purpose of either helping or…

The art show exhibit, Aktion, was inspired by posters, prints, and rare books of Germany's revolutionary war, and it shows the role artwork took in this era. It shows the violent and powerful struggle of Germany's civil war, during the end of the World War. during the time the painting was based on there was many of battles held on the streets and art didn’t only show political positions, but social change in the society. The civil war lasted about one year from 1918-1919, it had happened due to…

World War One was a devastation and to guarantee peace amongst the countries a treaty was created. The Treaty of Versailles affected countries such as France, Britain, Germany and the U.S. and it was used as a prevention for future wars. However, the Treaty of Versailles was unfair to Germany because they were excluded from negotiations, took all the responsibility and faced complications with their economy. Starting at the beginning, the treaty was made unfair because Germany was banned…

World War 1 is a very prominent war in our history. Many countries fought in this war and many people didn’t finish it. Many different things impacted on the people not fighting in the war and the people fighting in the war. World War 1 had united many countries and families together but also at the same time many of them were separated. World War 1 was a global war that took place in Europe. The war began on 28th July 1914 and ended on the 11th November 1918. More than 70 million military…

World War One, commonly known as “The Great War,” brought together as well as tore apart people from twenty-eight nations. The catalyst, was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, which led Austria to declare war on Serbia. This one event created a snowball effect in just a matter of days creating a division between two armed forces; the Allied Powers of France, Russia and Great Britain against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary,…

World war one took place between the year 1914-1916. The war began in Ireland during the Irish revolutionary period. Ireland was a part of Britain at the time the war started. At the outbreak of the war, most Irish people, regardless of political affiliation, supported the war in much the same way as their British counterparts, and both nationalists and unionist’s leaders initially backed the British war effort. Their followers, both Catholic and Protestant, served extensively in the British…

During the early 1870s, the Franco-Prussian War took place. At this time France had no allies, which was the chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck’s goal; he wanted to keep France isolated for Europe. He was successful until 1890, when Kaiser Wilhelm II took office. Between the years of 1870 to 1914 France has gained many alliances and their government has changed drastically. After the Franco-Prussian War took place, France had no alliances. Their first alliance was Russia, though they…

There are many ways that showed how World War 1 started, but there are three main reasons. The causes that started World War 1 was by the assassination of Archduke and his wife, the development of alliances, and imperialism. Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States fought against Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. In World War 1 the countries spent millions of dollars on the war for food, clothes, weapons, and safety. A reason that caused world war 1 was the…

conflict on such a scale, which as it would appear failed. His final proposal was that a League of Nations was necessary to arbitrate future international disputes, before they became hostile like those experienced months beforehand [The Treaty of Versailles, 1919]. On the 11th of November 1918, the German leaders that led their people through the war signed an armistice in the Compiègne Forest with the hope that this small defeat would lead to an even greater victory, thinking that instead of…