Poison gas in World War I

1. Bonus Army - In 1924, Congress rewarded World War I veterans with a bonus for their services in 1917-1918 for “saving” democracy. This bonus was able to be redeemed in 1945 for $1000 each. Many veterans were hit hard during the depression and marched up to the capital to obtain their entire bonus ahead of time. More or less twenty thousand impoverished veterans both of unemployment and war, formed the Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF). They set up unsanitary public camps which created a menace…

Trenches made armies re-think their invasive strategies and made heavy artillery such as machine guns and shells very effective. Hand grenades, poison gas and bombs were extremely effective since all the numbers of enemies. In the early autumn of 1914, a line of opposing trenches were dug in Flanders that set a low bar for the lives of infantrymen for the better part of five years. The trenches, relativity…

Chaplain in the Korean War said “when I was ordained, I was determined to ‘spend myself ’ for God. I was determined to do that cheerfully, no matter in what circumstances I would be placed or how hard a life I would be asked to lead.” Fr. Kapaun, through his words, demonstrates his understanding of how difficult the role of Chaplain would be in the coming decades of war. The 20th century brought about the deadliest military conflict ever known to man. No longer would wars be fought for conquest…

of negotiating since November 1918, there would finally be of a peace settlement between the participating countries of World War One. The post war views from the politicians often known as the ‘The Big Three’ (Lloyd George, Wilson, and Clemenceau) varied drastically on how Germany should be punished. French Prime minister Georges Clemenceau on the one hand stated that the war was the ‘greatest crime against humanity and the freedom of peoples that any nation, calling itself civilised, has ever…

known to support the war. Wilfred Owen born on March 18, 1893 in Shropshire, England was a famous poet in the time of World War I. Due to many hardships, in 1906 Wilfred was forced to move to Shrewsbury where he continued his studies at a technical institute. “After failing to gain entrance into the University of London, Owen spent a year as a lay assistant to…

The Civil War is already known as one of the most devastating and destructive wars in American history, though many sacrifices were made that are still very seldom mentioned. As every Great War requires great effort and dedication on all fronts, it makes sense that the greatest war would have the greatest amounts of such effort and dedication. Upwards of 2.75 million total soldiers fought in this war, and millions more contributed to each side in other ways. The largest group of unsung heroes in…

Potsdam was the ancient city of Frederick and thus by holding the ceremony at Garrison church and not in Berlin, the Nazi party was making the statement that they were the heirs to the pre-war glorious Germany. Hitler himself played a vital role in the preceding as he greeted field marshal and President Hindenburg with a low bow and a handshake thus reinforcing the “symbolic tie between the old and the new.”(Mason). Therefore this was another factor that led to Nazi’s consolidating of their…

state spending on war related items. By the end of the war Italy faced a serious budget deficit. The war deepened the North-South divide. With the more industrialized northern economy, the southern peasants increased their demands for land and the criticism of the liberal political system were ever more growing. More than 2.5 million peasants and laborer’s from the countryside served in the army, meaning that most were unskilled and unfit for service, most had to be…

It can be argued that Germany knew that each of these policies would cause conflict with the other powers, and that they were introduced not only for the purpose of making Germany a great power but also to instigate a war. In his first years in power Caprivi attempted to untangle the complex system of alliances and commitments Bismarck had created during his long stay in office, and it can be said that his most important decision in accordance with Weltpolitik was his decision not to renew the…

The Mongol Empire is known for their barbaric ways like warfare and torture, which scared many people, they also made significant contributions to politics, economic development, and cultural diversity to many lands. Although the Mongols slaughtered entire cities and had rules that were barbaric, they were also in charge of trade routes, enforced important rules, had communication systems, and were religiously tolerant. The Mongols were somewhat barbaric because there were many parts of their…