World War I

The Central Powers World War I was started with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. This sparked Austria-Hungary and Germany to declare war on Serbia, and it all went downhill from there. But before we get too far ahead let’s take a look back to 1879 when the first alliance of World War 1 was formed. The dual alliance was signed by Austria-Hungary and Germany on October 7, 1879. This treaty promised that these two countries would aid each other in case of an attack by Russia, or in the event…

In 1914, Europe went to war for four long years, losing the lives of millions of men. For many years, people debate over the same question: “What really caused World War I?” The three underlying causes to World War I were the alliances, militarism, and the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Duke. The most significant cause to World War I were the alliances.With the tensions high between alliances like the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, the start of one war, led to multiple…

New technology introduced in World War I was indispensable for the Allies to surmount obstacles and win World War I. Prior to World War I, countries used ineffective and archaic weapons like knives and rifles to bear the brutal conditions of war. However, advanced weaponry (such as poison gas, machine guns, tanks) improved chances for the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, and United States) and Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) to compete and win the war. New weaponry enabled both…

The Treaty of Versailles was created after World War I. This treaty means that the defeated nations, such as; Germany had to pay a certain amount of money to the Victors. This treaty also stripped the defeated nations in other scenarios as well. Even though, other defeated nations were affected by this treaty, Germany was the main one that was affected and took the toughest impact of all. The reason is because Germany started the war and the Victors felt that Germany should pay the quilt for it…

World War I was fought between many countries including, Germany, Russia, France, Great Britain, and the United States. It was became known as “The Great War”. The war took place on European soil, and included most of the Western European Countries. Being such a large war meant many casualties, more than 17 million lives were lost. This war was started because of militarism, the growing alliances, and nationalism. These causes were long range, meaning they took a while to grow into something…

World War 1 was caused by a deep seated mistrust of countries throughout the world. This war was very unavoidable as the issues that were solved by the war were not solvable by simple compromise. Two of the main causes of war was Nationalism and Imperialism. Although nationalism can be a unifying force in a country it can also be the cause intense competition among nations. Nationalism is one of the main causes of World War 1. Nationalism is defined as a sentiment based on common cultural…

of the rational decisions made by a nation. National interest is something each nation is thinking about when they go into war. World War I was the sacrifice of millions of lives to fulfill each nation’s national interest. William Kirby argues that, countries enter war because of their “rational calculations and national interests”. The source points out how the purpose of war is not irrational, it is rationalized by the beliefs of a nation and the benefits of military conflict. Many people…

four main elements that abetted in instigating World War I, as it was a radical form of ideology, loyalty, and patriotism to one’s individual country stemming from a strong sense of pride and attachment that people of a certain country or culture had the tendency to exude, seeing as they placed the interests of their own country above the interest of any other country. At that very moment in time nationalism was exceedingly prevalent and most pre-war Europeans believed wholeheartedly in the…

World War I Prior to the onset of the first world war, there was tension building in Europe. The leaders of these European states had their eyes on technological gains, imperialistic aspirations, social and economic issues. The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the spark to ignite the growing flame of what seemed to be required conflict. There was hope that this conflict would solve a large portion of the issues that plagued the European leaders, but what the conflict manifested…

a sock. The women acquired men’s roles during World War I, while still needing to thrive in their own household responsibilities. Between 1914 and 1918, roughly 1,600,000 women joined the work force in government departments, post offices, and factories (Martin). Pat Barker in Regeneration uses Sarah to represent the common experience women shared during World War I. Barker uses Sarah to show how gender roles completely changed during World War I. Andrew Green states, “Ideas of manhood and…