Poison gas in World War I

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…

which he called on the “white” European nations, and the United States, to educate and help those “sullen peoples [that were] half-devil and half-child” of the world, for it was their obligation to take on this “thankless” burden. For years, Europeans had believed that they were truly the superior being, civilizing the primitive people of the world. This way of thinking lulled them into a virtual reality where they could beat anyone and anything. Nationalism was another theme that could explain…

have an anti-war theme. They all have different settings of where the war takes place. Hardy’s poem takes place during the Boer War where many of the women and children died in camps. Owen’s poem takes place during World War I on the battle field and Jarrell’s poem takes place in a B-17 bomber during World War II. All of these authors have similar poems because they were all traumatized by a war and they are all portraying the effects of war as cruel and this contributes to the anti-war theme…

innovation. Despite the fact that there were many new technologies emerged or improved in the interwar period such as the aircrafts, tanks, submarines, poison gas, aircraft carriers, and radio, but also there were other factors which enhanced the effectiveness of technological progress and eventually influence in the military innovation. After the First World War, the interwar period witnessed genuine military innovations accomplished by many key players. Germany was a main…

Repetitive violence is an act of a person being a psychopath. During the World War II, under Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship he became controlling, manipulating, and violent with the help of others like the Nazis’ soldiers. Hitler’s acts may have triggered the soldiers to become like him. Adolf was an intelligent person to be able to know how to control most of Europe and the National Socialist Party. His actions can confirm whether he is a psychopath and made others become psychopaths. Anne…

There are several causes for the First World War. One of the main events that pronounced the beginning of the war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro -Hungarian throne. The assassin was Gavrilo Princip, who was a member of a nationalist group called the Black Hand which aimed to unite the territories containing Serbs. However, although the occurrence is seen as the main cause, it was only the spark. The assassination combined with the conflicts with alliances,…

World War II, if not the bloodiest, was one of the most bloody and expensive wars in all of history. WWII claimed millions of lives, cost billions of dollars, and spun the entire world upside down. While there were many different causes, three of them were the most significant including the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Fascism and Nazism, and The Great Depression. The social, economic, and political instability that existed in Europe after World War I caused World War II. The first…

The effects of World War I were felt worldwide during 1914 to 1918. It did not only affect the countries that were participating in it; it also affected those who were not. Erich Maria Remarque crafts an excellent account of World War I in All Quiet on the Western Front, in which the brutality of the war when it was being fought is portrayed through Paul Baumer, a soldier’s, eyes. The high casualty and death rate of young German soldiers and the negative impact of the war on the German society…

The war birthed the concept of total war, and the assent of modern warfare. From a horribly tragic conflict came advancements in weaponry that contributed immeasurably to the weapons systems that many nations now have access to in order to defend themselves against potential aggressors. As David Silbergeld explains in his article Revisiting World War I Draws New Interest, “It [World War I] saw the rise of modern warfare in the form of new and deadly weapons that included poison gas, flame…

Despite the aftermath of the First World War, Germany regained its power and started World War II. The United States, who had held officially neutrality for the first two years of the war, joined the Allies after the attact on Pearl Harbor in 1941. For the leader of the United States, the primary mission is how to persuade American people to support entering the war in Europe , especially when citizens held common suspicion to the government whose propaganda skills were exposed by former…