The War of the Worlds

World War 1 resulted in a division of genders, with men fighting on the battlefield and primarily women working on the home front (4)As it was a total war, all aspects and citizens in society were involved (1) Resulted in two movements within women of society: one spontaneous and voluntary, from the women at home, and the other shaking the grounds of traditional gendered roles in France 1. WOMEN AT HOME: As men were shipped off to the front for war in 1914, over 120,000 women signed up to become…

World War Two was a traumatic war for many people, not just those fighting on the continent, but also for those on the Homefront. Great Britain also suffered due to the physical bombing of their country. This involvement, of both the British people, and of the British environment, has caused WWII to achieve a prominent place in the culture and memory of the British people. This association is expressed in different ways: from the official remembrance through war memorials and monuments, through…

World War I was a very sad war involving two main sides. The two sides were the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente consists of England, France, and Russia. While the Triple Alliance, also known as the Central Powers, consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It all started on June 28th 1914, when the Black Hand, a terrorist group in Serbia, assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary mainly because Serbia has the desire to have land in the Balkans…

The Great War, the war that was thought to end all wars, one of if not the most bloody conflicts in all of history of the world. Little did the world know it was only to cause another war that would shake the world. World War II like World War I was a war between all of Europe and the United states. Only World War II also was between many other nations such as Japan, the new Soviet Union and China. Though there were many more, these were the major axis powers at the time. World War II would also…

being discussed is World War 2 Propaganda. World War 2 propaganda posters influenced the outcome of the world war by getting people to enlist into the war, convincing people to buy war bonds, and get women to work in the war industry. World War 2 propaganda posters helped the United States win the war by getting more people to enlist. More people enlisted and then the army was huge. The propaganda posters also helped the United States pay for the war. It convinced people to pay war bonds which…

filled boots, and an almost surreal environment littered with barbed wire and rotting bodies. Truly, World War One was a blood bath of which many believe brought nothing beneficial to our Nation's table. However, amongst the putrid wave of loss and grief, came the ever-slow separation from Great Britain. So, while Canada remained under it's motherland's foreign policy for the lifespan of the war, the uniting of Canadian soldiers with mutual mindsets, the victorious battles such as Vimy Ridge,…

end of World War II. World War II was between 1939-194, a war between all of the nations. Over Sixty million people died in battle and/or in concentration camp. It has been said that World War II pulled the world out a Great Depression that swept through Europe. The U.S. was hit too with the depression leaving a decimated economics. Supporters of World War II believe that the war brought the world out of the greatest decimated economics. By…

The important cause of World War 2 was the political takeover in 1933. The immediate cause of this was Britian and France declaring war on Germany after the invading on Poland. Problems arose in Weimar Germany that experienced strong currents of revanchism after the Treaty of Versailles that concluded its defeat in WW1 1918. The most serious internal cause in Germany was the instability of the political system. Large sectors of politically active Germans had rejected legitimacy of the Weimar…

World War II is the most known and studied war throughout the modern world. World War II was fought from 1939 to 1945, it is the deadliest war in history, with over 70 million deaths. When most people think about World War II they think about the Allies and the Axis Powers. The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan. The Allies included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. But there were many other countries involved…

Germany and the Outcome of the World Wars. The outcomes of World War One and World War Two had profound and lasting effects on Germany. Germany’s defeats in World Wars had effects on the governmental structure, Germany’s place in the world, and geography and demographics. The suffering and unrest of the German people at the end of World War One untialmatley lead to the uprisings of the Nazi party and World War Two. The Outcomes of the war were different but both presented the German people…