The Great Wars

over Europe that produced what could arguably be considered the actual First World War: the Seven Year’s War in Europe. Triggered by Frederick’s invasion of Saxony in 1754, the Seven Years’ War began with a bleak prospect for Prussia and developed into a spectacle of Frederick’s military genius, with Prussia surviving the war despite copious adversities. The war, then, became a means through which Frederick the Great asserted his dominance as a political power in Europe with intent of assuring…

During the Great War, spanning from 1914-1918, many Canadian soldiers fought in trenches throughout Europe. The soldiers’ experiences in the trenches was not pleasant, as the food available in the trenches was limited and did not meet the soldiers’ nutritional needs. Many days, soldiers would only be served hard biscuits or tinned corned beef. Additionally, while fighting in the trenches, soldiers suffered from various negative mental and physical conditions such as trench mouth, trench foot,…

results of what historians call today as “The Great War”. As we dig deeper into the reasons for the outbreak of one of the most atrocious wars in history, we see a common trend that references the crisis of 1914 as the reason for the outbreak of war. When we look at the chain of events that led up to the war, aka the July Crisis, we see that it starts with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian national Gavrilo Princip, followed by the rapid war movements demonstrated by the…

After the Great War, the World as we know it, changed. Over eighty percent of the population was dead, the nature was rebuilding itself slowly, and the remaining people didn’t care about politics or the struggle of power, their only goal was to survive. The War was one of its kind since the nuclear weapons were launched immediately. The destruction was hard to imagine - after the explosions, which killed millions of people in just a second, the nuclear winter started. The nuclear winter was just…

traditions. He fought alongside Sitting Bull and others in the American-Indian wars, and was instrumental in the defeat of George Armstrong Custer’s forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. After surrendering to federal troops in 1877, he was killed amid rumors of a planned escape. Since his violent and controversial death, Crazy Horse, or Tashunka Witko, has become almost a mythical figure of the Great Plains Indian wars. The place and date of his birth are uncertain, but he was probably…

Adrian Gregory 's "The Last Great War" is a convincing attempt to challenge popular and historical memory of World War 1. Gregory opens by explaining the popular perception of World War 1 as being "stupid, tragic and futile". Increasingly, the British have renounced World War 1, describing it as being "... An apocalyptic fall from grace... The definitive bad war". This is sharply contrasted to World War 2, which, in British memory, holds the iconic position as "the good war". In retrospect, it…

Great Britain and China have a long history together with economic, religious, and political interactions. From 1792 to 1900, Great Britain had been interacting with trade, but Great Britain had been limited to the Forbidden City. China eventually went into isolation and began to separate itself completely until Great Britain had shown its Industrial Superiority in the 1800s. Another thing that sparked in the 1800 was the Opium war which severely affected Chinese and British relation. British…

World War I probably affected my great great great grandparents. It began in 1914 when a Serbian nationalist murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife. Austria-Hungary, then declared war on Serbia. Europe was divided in two, the Triple Alliance, made up of Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy, versus the Triple Entente, made up of Russia, France, and Great Britain. As more and more countries got involved, the Triple Alliance became known as the Central Alliance, and the Triple…

two main events were World War 1 and The Great Depression. Both of these events helped the Nazism party gain more and more power in one way or another. They both gave Hitler a weak point in Germany’s army and in their economy. This allowed Hitler to gain power and become almost unstoppable for quite some time. Hitler thought that it was impossible that Germany lost World War 1 by their own devices. He believed that Germany was too powerful and too supreme to lose this war. Hitler then said that…

state of the British Royal Navy pre-Great War and shows the starting point for what Churchill had to work with. The same way Churchill approached any situation, his first instinct was to learn everything he possibly could after…