Poison gas in World War I

War has been a part of every country existence for as far back as historians can find. It has almost become a fact of life in many countries. Whether there is strife inside of a country, or a country wants to gain independence, or has a desire to expand its realm; war is a thing that countries almost cannot escape. Throughout a person’s historical education, it is almost certain that they will learn about two of the most famous wars: the First and Second World Wars, because both are seen as…

World War one was a European war that started on August 1st 1914. The European countries apart of the war consisted of Italy, Germany, Russia, France, Great Britain and Austria-Hungary. The opposing sides during and after the war were called the Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, the Central powers, and the Allied Powers. The Triple Alliance was created before the war and included Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. The Triple Entente, created before the war, and included Great Britain, France,…

I think that technology influenced World War I warfare negatively, because of the horrible and unnecessary massive slaughter that it brought. New technological advances in metallurgy, chemistry and engineering among others, made by that time weapons extremely more deadly and powerful. This changed completely the way that wars were fought in the past, now causing devastating damage faster and easier. The leaders of such wars needed necessarily to change their strategies to adapt to this new…

the First World War would not be able to comprehend the technology used from the end of the Second World War. Technological advancements due to war positively influenced today’s society. With the aid of literary pieces; constructive changes due to wars in fields such as electronics, aviation, medical research, communication and international relations can be examined. The advancements increased the convenience of having something by the touch of a fingertip. During the Second World War, the…

arose over land dispute, World War I was just beginning. The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria-Hungary had sparked the war. However, the war had between the two nations had greatly escalated as alliances started to join. At that that time, Italy was just a neutral country until it was dragged into the war due to the alliance. Many would argue that the nation of Italy had served no real purpose in World War I, however, without the help of Italy, World War I would have not…

World War One would be the war that starts all wars. Malala Yousafzai said during her speech in the UN Assembly “In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war, and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.” As we all know, no war is better than other; all wars are brutal, in general. Until today, innocent civilians still remain as the victims of war. Both World War One and World War Two…

English 10 p.1 9 November 2016 World War I vs. World War II World War I and World War II are two extensive outcomes of our world history. Not only did they occur at different time periods, but they also both are similar and different from each other. According to their reasons, outcomes, and approaches they each seem to have aligned in the same way. World War I occurred from July 28, 1914 through November 11, 1918. The four leading causes of the First World War were militarism, alliances,…

“How many humans will die here [The Holocaust] in the coming months?” (Ackerman 48) As World War I erupted, European powers balances had shifted, along with Germany instigating the territorial take over of the major European powers of both France and Russia. Hence Germany’s supreme involvement in the War, it had been agreed that Germany was the leading cause of World War I. (Simkin 2) In 1919, World War I had ceased with the resolution of The Treaty of Versailles, though, the Treaty had punished…

Western culture changes as a result of World War I in many ways such as they invented scientific theories, got more industrialized, and made changes in culture. In late 1800s/1900s, when every countries where going through roughly equal poverty then things started to change. The World War I was a disappointment and painful. It made no one happy, it killed many people ,and was not the way things were expected about it. Imperialism also took place because of World War I which is the domination…

I. Introduction From World War I to shortly after World War II, the Western world created numerous significant treaties and agreements including the Treaty of Versailles, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, otherwise known as the Geneva Protocol. However, the Geneva Protocol is one of the most comprehensive and arguably successful agreements to come from the time…