The War of the Worlds

The end of World War II saw a drastic weakening of every other great power other than United States and Russia, both of them came out of the war with immense power. This dangerously simple bipolar superpower nature of the world led to a growing rivalry between the two nations, also the vastly contradictory political opinions of the two nations help increase the rivalry. This post war rivalry initially started with competition to gain supremacy in Europe, but quickly turned in to a global thing,…

This was trench warfare and what men faced during the First World War, which devastated economies, populations, and militaries amongst participating nations. So devastating, in fact, that nations believed another war like the First World War was inconceivable. More than twenty-years later this assumption is proven false. However, strategists and policymakers must consider the reasons nations within Europe participated in the First World War because lessons learned can prevent future conflicts.…

World War I is seen as one of the most life changing events in all of history. A myriad number of the major powers at that time were forced to separate and gage war for many reasons such as the desire to gain power and control, alliances, and more. As a consequence of this, millions of lives were lost and a transformation occurred in nations all over the planet at that time and the repercussions are still seen today with the modifications among worker status, war strategies, et cetera. All in…

In World War 2, American isn’t involved until the incident at Pearl Harbor. After the event at Pearl Harbor causing the death of many military men and women, America start to involve themselves into WW2. With the reason of taking revenge against the Japan, stop Germany to control the world, and spread democracy, many American journalist start to create propaganda to attract many America citizens to join the war. Journalist also attempt to persuade American citizen to spend their money on their…

World War I started the twentieth century off with a bang. The war began when Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip was a nineteen year-old who was a member of the Serbian terrorist group called The Black Hand. The terrorist group requested that if the country had a large population of Serbian peoples that they need to be freed. With the death of the Archduke, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Austria-Hungary also had a promise from Germany that if…

Who or what caused World War I has been greatly debated by many historians. However, one thing we can all agree upon is that one of the primary factors that triggered the Great War in July 1914, was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society, which served as an excuse for Austria Hungary to declare war on Serbia. Serbians…

World War I was formally called the “War to End all Wars”. This was because of the number of casualties. How could such a bloody and gruesome war begin? It began in Europe. Tension was building. Most countries were building up their militaries. This was called militarism. Alliances were taking over Europe. The two main alliances were the Central Powers (Germany, the Ottoman Empire) and the Allied Powers (France, United Kingdom and Russia). The turning point was when Archduke Ferdinand of…

World War I was a gruesome war in which millions of people lost their lives. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated on June 28 1914, setting the war into motion. The slaughter didn’t cease until November 11, 1918 . The war took place in Europe but had an impact on European colonies throughout the world. Aside from the Archduke’s assassination, there were four main causes of the war: a rising sense of nationalism in the warring countries, tensions between countries because of…

A chain of five events occurred in 1900’s that would lead to World War I otherwise known as “The Great War”. The five events made an acronym known as MANIA: Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination. Militarism was the creation of armies, was the biggest problem in Germany, and other countries followed to have the strongest military. Alliances were a problem, but the main problem about them was secret alliances. Nationalism was a pride in one’s country and people were…

invaded Poland but the Allied nations issued an ultimatum that Germany must remove her troops under the threat of war. Germany did not give in to the Allied ultimatum and invaded Poland but Britain and France guaranteed Poland, independence and were going to defend her so on the 3rd of September 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany and that was the start of World War II. World War II was fought by two alliances of countries, which was the Axis Powers, formed by Nazi Germany, Italy…