World War I

Before World War I began, Austria-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand wanted to erect a triple monarchy with Austria, Hungary, and Serbia, giving all of them equal power. However, Serbia was not satisfied with this. Prior to this plan, Austria-Hungary annexed two of Serbia's territories, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia wanted those nations back under their territory. When Franz Ferdinand was visiting Sarajevo with his wife, a Serbian terrorist group named "Black Hand" assassinated both Ferdinand and…

a whole was already a relatively unstable country when it came to their participation in World War I. Germany was very controlling while Russia’s leader was very incompetent, and thus resulting in chaos when the country began to notice they were losing numerous battles and the war entirely. Russia had already attempted different forms of government, entering the war with tsarist autocracy. Prior to the war, the Russian people were desperate for change, very aware of their state of destitute.…

effects of World War I, or ‘The Great War’, on Germany were very detrimental to the nation socially and economically. World War I was a series of battles fought from mid 1914 to late 1918, and involved many nations. During the war German daily life was vastly impacted, especially in terms of food and raw material shortages. In the middle of World War I the German economy felt immense pressures and women and the youth became a valuable part of the workforce. After the Germans ‘lost’ the war the…

They’re many reasons why World War I started. There were four causes of World War I they were, militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism. The main cause of World War I is militarism because they need a very strong army, race and U-boats. Firstly, militarism was the cause of World War I because of the army issue. When the nations see the need for a strong army and navy to settle disputes with other countries. When they said 60% of the German army is not that stronger than…

generals were that World War I would be short, bloody, and decisive, stalemate occurred due to the lack of precedence, technological novelty and the need to contribute an immense amount of time to compensate, innovate, and reorganize for the opposing expectations and realities. Previous wars suggested lessons so diametrically opposed to the reality of World War I that generals had to completely rethink the plans they had created based on their initial speculations of the course of the war. The…

I have learned a lot about American history including from 1914 to 1932.From 1914 to 1918 I have learned that America joined WWI in 1917 because of the Zimmerman telegram. But WW1 bigane because of the killing Franz Ferdinand who was the was the hair of the Australian people .He was killed by the Serbian guy which name was Gavrilo Princip . After that Austria declared war against Serbia so Russia came and helped Serbia but when Germany knows about that ,they attacked Russia and France and the…

Before the eruption of World War I women held a routine of roles in family life. As many never grasp the importance of women during this time, women served as the most valuable assets during the war . working as class women(teachers), an on farms or as household servants. The expansion of women’s literacy allowed some women to enter careers which had previously been declared male profession , but only those careers that were reckon suitable, such as teaching, nursing and household servants.…

During 1914, a first global world centered in Europe started. People often called this war as the Great War or World War I. World War I was a time of struggle for Europe. Many factors led to great tension in Europe, sparking the need for a war. The war was mainly fought between members of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy) and the members of The Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia). At that time, United States stayed neutral, which meant they did not want to…

they would be creating a major war. Sheffield uses case studies such as Germany’s alliance with Austria and the fact that Germany broke a French-Russian alliance to support his view. As well as this, Sheffield states that WWI was utterly and completely Germany’s fault as he states that Britain, Russia and France’s stance in the war was completely defensive, and so, they did not have any hand in the creation and/or development of the war, but only attempted to end the war. Sheffield’s view of the…

Gandhi once said, “ I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, [but] the evil it does is permanent”. Gandhi associates evil with World War I which began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. The two main sides of the war were the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies were comprised of France, Russia, Great Britain, Italy, and the Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. There were several…