Essay On First World War

The First World War was commonly known for its lack of movement for soldiers on all sides. World War I took place on the Western Front from the autumn of 1914 to the spring of 1918. During the First Battle of the Marne, German advances were pushed back by the Allied forces. To stop themselves from loosing land they "dug in" and made protective trenches. The Allied forces were unable to break through the German line as a result did the same and made trenches of their own. Death was an event that many soldiers had met on the front lines daily. Due to attacks launched by air raids with large shell bursts numerous men were buried in the process of defending themselves. An often occurrence for many soldiers is being hit with a precisely aimed...show more content... It took about 12 weeks away from the trench to recover. Lice were not identified for Trench Fever until 1918. To prevent sickness many men opt to have their heads shaved to avoid nit and lice. Another medical condition that bothered life was Trench Foot. It was a fungi infection in the feet area caused by cold, wet and unsanitary trench conditions. Amputation was necessary when the infection get too out of hand. Trench Foot was common at the beginning of the war; it improved and faded in 1915 as conditions became better. The Daily life of a typical solider in a battalion was like a cycle each day. Men began their morning by waking to orders by their officers and sergeants. They had to climb up on a fire step to guard it from an enemy raid. Both sides actually new they were coming for each other, but they prepared themselves for attacks that were carried out anyways. In the early hours machine gun fires were heard from both sides along with shelling and small arms aimed at the fronts. It helped ensured safety at dawn. Next some areas would have rum being distributed to the men. They would soon attend to clean their rifle equipment that later officers had inspections for. Now breakfast is serve and eaten, as forces from both sides would have an unofficial truce. These truces would last long as it seemed as the quietest times during life in the front lines. Inspections take place right when breakfast ends, as a company or Get more content

The Origins of World War I

World War I, one of the most catastrophic wars waged on earth, began on the continent of Europe. This war was not any ordinary war; it differed from other wars because it involved countries from around the globe. It would also prove to have a lasting effect on the following century. To constantly provide for the soldiers, the war caused enormous pain, with millions injured or killed at the front and their families mourning for them. The war was not caused by a sudden or abrupt event; it was a boiling pot ready to overflow at any moment. That is, there were several reasons that prompted the war to break out across Europe. Now,World War Iwas officially declared in 1914, but years before that, Europe was internally conflicted. Britain, Germany, Austria–Hungary, Russia, Serbia all contributed to the war,...show more content...

By definition, the blank check is a promise of constant support to whoever the check was given to. Germany made the grave mistake of giving Austria–Hungary a black check, agreeing and supporting whatever this country did. According to McKay, "German encouragement help push Austria–Hungary into war with Serbia despite the risk of Russian involvement" (836). According to a letter between Austrians from Berlin and Vienna, it states that even if war broke out between Austria–Hungary and Russia, Germany would side with Austria because of the blank check. Because Germany and Austria were bound together, the former could assist the latter with military force, since Austria's own armies were lacking. Therefore, Germany decided to take action by executing the Schlieffen Plan, which was to take out France before the rest of Europe had enough time to mobilize its own armies. This was one reason the blank check contributed to the start of the war; Germany felt as if it could take charge and attack whatever was necessary to win the

The First World War

The first world war was one of the most brutal and remorseless events in history; 'the global conflict that defined a century'. Over nine million soldiers and a large amount of innocent civilians lost their lives. Empires crumbled, revolution engulfed Russia and America rose to become a dominant world power. Huge armies deployed new weapons of devastating effect from rifles and pistols to torpedoes and flame throwers. These weapons were used not only in the trenches but by tanks too. This was an advantage to those who were able to access such machinery as they could easily launch bullets and missiles at nearby enemy bases. The downfall of the tank was the fact it was unable to cross the trenches. Tanks were not the only pieces of equipment that could access this machinery but U boats and planes too. The British carried 'bolt action rifles' in which fired 15 rounds per minute at a minimum range of 1,400 metres away. This allowed the British to take out foes at a far greater range. By using machinery in which rules out the need for getting up close to the enemy was a great advantage during world war one. Soldiers ran from trench to trench attacking with all that they had. This resulted in a massacre as the soldiers running toward the trenches were shot down. Machinery such as machine guns and heavy artillery were the weapons used in the trenches. In modern day society, machine guns are the main weapons used by soldiers. This wasn't the case around the 1914s. They took four

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The first World War is universally considered to be one of the single deadliest events in human history. World War I is undoubtedly one of the largest military altercations to ever take place, with a duration of five years, involving 32 nations. Over the course of five years, the war killed almost 37.5 million people, approximately 57% of all soldiers involved (britannica.com). One might suspect a conflict on this scale would have arisen from a divide in ideology or from a dispute over prized resources. However, it was a politically unimportant event paired with pre–established military alliances that created one of the deadliest conflicts on Earth. The initiating event occurred June 28th, 1914. On this date, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir...show more content...

The German attack on Belgium forced Britain into the conflict due to an agreement to protect Belgium's sovereignty and neutrality; thus, Britain also declared war on Germany. Next to enter the conflict was the Ottoman Empire, modern–day Turkey. Next, Italy entered the war, fighting against Germany and Austria. The War had grown to the point that nations were no longer viewed as individual armies, but as international alliances conducting warfare. Britain, Russia, France, and Italy were the main forces for the Allies. The opposing force came to be known as the Central Powers, composed of Austria–Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire. These central nations in the European Theatre forced divisions throughout Europe and through the rest of the world. Due to the global expansion of War involvement, German Forces began to engage on all sides. Germany had the second largest Navy in the world by the beginning of the War; the Germans increased their Navy usage as the threat of an attack from the sea became imminent. The increase in German Naval defense eventually led to a German U–Boat sinking an American passenger ship called the Lusitania, which was operating a trade route near German Territory, this finally pushed the disengaged America into the War. Then, on December 5th of 1917, Germany signed an armistice with Russia, ending the conflict between the

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Effects of World War I

World War I was rising Nazi feeling across Europe, colonial and economic rivalries, which contributed to growing international tension. The main spark that started World War I was the assassination of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914. The heart of the conflict were the Central Powers, Germany and Austria–Hungary, and the Allied Powers, Britain, France, and Russia; Italy joined later in 1915, and then United States joined in 1917. World War Iwas the first war to be fought on land, at sea, and in the air. World War I brought more technological innovations than any conflict in history. Machine guns, battleships, land mines, barbed wire, engine–driven transport vehicles, and other...show more content...

By using new technology, many people or soldiers died because it is really easy to shoot somebody using guns instead of stabbing somebody with the sword as they used to do in earlier wars. This war killed many sons, husbands, fathers all over the world. In this War of about 16,000,000 soldiers and about 13,000,000 civilians died all over the world in this war. It was hoped that this had served as a lesson to nations and that future battles could be avoided. After World War I the League of Nations was established to settle international argument peaceably like UN for United Nations. World War I also effected the economy of United States and the World economy. Stock market crashed in October 1929 in United States, and it marked the beginning of the great depression. Thousands of banks and businesses failed during this time. Agricultural production fell, and unemployment rose quickly. Unemployment commonly exceeded twenty five percent. In 1933 one out of every four American workers was out of a job. Since World War I effected the economies of almost all the countries, the world trade fell off and countries turned to nationalist economic policies that only provoked the problem. Prices of everything were so high that money sometimes was more useful to burn than to spend. Counties had over 280, 000 million dollars in expense during war. The costs of World War I was too big to pay for the world, and the economy of almost all the countries fell down.

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World war 1, also known as The Great War, was a global war in Europe that began on 28th July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. Over 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war. The war was one of the deadliest conflicts in world history and has been a worldwide clash. Thirty–two countries were involved with two opposing alliances, the Allies and Central Power. The countries of the Allies include British Empire, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia, and the United States of America. While they are opposed by the Central Powers which are Austria–Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and theOttoman Empire.

During the First World War many countries in Europe were involved,...show more content...

Notwithstanding political clashes, the reasons for the war included such powers as patriotism, or pride in one's nation. The conviction that one's own particular country or society is better than all others, patriotism drove European countries to contend to manufacture the biggest armed force and naval force. It additionally gave gatherings of subject people groups the thought of shaping autonomous countries of their own. Serbians, Czechs, Slovaks, Bosnians and numerous different people groups living under the guideline of the Ottoman or Austro–Hungarian Empires needed flexibility from "outside" tenet.

To conclude, the main causes of World War 1 is caused because of Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. Each one of them has impacted and affected the World War 1. Militarism was one of the major causes of the war, as it was an armed race on who has more military equipment's. Alliances, was first thought to make peace between country and to help the countries. Imperialism was another cause of World War 1, as European nations ruled smaller Get more content

First World War Poets

The First World War poets were able to affect the emotions of their readers. Choose two or more poems that have affected you in some way, and analyse how the poets have achieved this affect.

The subject of war is a delicate one to write about. However, Wilfred Owen expertly describes the horrors of conflict to his readers in a way few are able to. He conveys images and uses language in ways that can move the reader. In this essay I will look at two of his poems, written during and after the war, and aim to discuss the methods Owen uses in order to successfully influence the readers' emotions.

After reading each of the poems, I felt I was able to recognize more fully the suffering that the men on the...show more content... This dramatic way of phrasing the soldier's situation is an effective use of language as the end of the world is the most desperate situation and maybe this is how the soldiers are feeling.

Owen switches tone immediately at the start of the next stanza, as he describes the men 'Marvelling'. In these circumstances, marvel is one of the last emotions you would expect the men to be feeling. After fighting for so long, surely the men have nothing to marvel at?

Perhaps it is because of the horrors they have witnessed that the 'summer oozed into their veins, like an injected drug for their bodies' pains'. They have been injured and damaged so severely that even the smallest ray of sunlight is well received. The sun acts as a drug would on their minds, possibly because they have had little to escape the pains of war in the previous months.

Owen then brings the reader back to the brutal and violent reality of war, as 'sharp on their souls hung the imminent line of grass'. The grass he talks about is in no–mans land, no man's land was the piece of land sometimes only 20 metres across which bridged the gap between the two

sets of trenches on a battlefield. No man's land was the scene of some of the most horrific aspects of war as few who set foot on the dreaded turf survived. Again, Owen stirs the reader's emotions.

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The Great War , or as it is known now, World War One was a global conflict fought between the Allied Powers ; Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States along will other smaller nations and the Central Powers ; Germany, Austria– Hungary, Turkey/Ottoman Empire and other small nations from 1914 to 1918. World War One began from a series of tumultuous events, that in turn affected the balance of alliances that had been made between countries at that time in the world. The ignition, or rather start of these events occurred on June 28th, 1914, when the Archduke of Austria – Hungary, Frances Ferdinand and his wife, were assassinated by a young Serbian militant, Gavrilo Princep. Austria– Hungary was ensured of support from the...show more content...

By mid September 1914 the introduction of trench warfare had begun and on the western front for the Germans it had become a war of attrition. By November 1914, with the exception of the United States of America, most major nations were at war due to allegiances or direct involvement. By February 1915 the Austria Army had lost 5 million soldiers and consequentially, was no longer involved in the war until the insurgence of the Germans. Russian successes alongside the eastern front and against Austria attributed to the Germans dividing their forces into two active fronts. The Germans were quite successful on the eastern front, despite being outnumbered by 93.5 divisions of Russian armed forces to 78.5 divisions of German armed forces. By May of 1915 Germany liberated the Austrian forces and together they took Poland, Lithuania, Galicia and Latvia, moving increasingly forward (Germany in World War One, Holburn). The western front did not bode as well for the Germans. The Allies rallied an offensive for the liberation of France in late September 1915. This resulted in a stalemate between the powers, inflicting heavy casualties on the Allied and Central Powers. This fierce battling with no progression continued into late 1916, when the Germans became concerned at the amount of the allied forces on the western front and the invention of the tank – technology that Germany

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The Outbreak of World War I On the 1st of August 1914 World War One, also known as the Great War, started. The main countries involved were: Germany, Italy, Austria–Hungary, Britain, France and Russia. World War One ended at 11am on 11th November 1918. In 1919, Lloyd George of England, Orlando of Italy, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson from the US met to discuss how Germany was to be made to pay for the damage World War One had caused. They decided to create the Treaty of Versailles. In this there were a total of 440 clauses. The first 26 clauses dealt with the establishment of the League of Nations. The remaining 414 clauses spelled out Germany's punishment. This makes it seem that Germany...show more content... This caused tension between Britain and Germany. The war should just of been between Germany and France because of Alsace Lorraine but Germany got other countries involved. Germany was worried that France and Russia would become Allies and attack Germany. As a result Germany and Russia became Allies first. But Germany insulted Russia and Russia became Allies with France. If this hadn't of happened there would be no chance of Russia and France even thinking about attacking Germany. Germany got very paranoid and therefore created the "Schlieffen Plan" which takes its name from its author, Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (1833– 1913). Schlieffen argued that if war took place it was vital that France was defeated and as quickly as possible. If this happened, Britain and Russia would be unwilling to carry on fighting. Schlieffen calculated that it would take Russia six weeks to organize its large army for an attack on Germany. Therefore, it was vitally important to force France to surrender before Russia was ready to use all its forces. Schlieffen's plan involved using 90% of Germany's armed forces to attack France. Fearing the French army on the border with Germany, Schlieffen suggested a quicker attack through Belgium. The rest of the German Army would be sent to defensive positions in the east to

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World War One was many years in the making with separate incidences occurring between the empires that ultimately lead up to war beginning. With many powerful empires on edge and wanting to be the most powerful, they did whatever they could to make this happen. The First World War was not sparked by one event or motive, but in turn was started due to many major factors. The war's blame can be placed on all of the countries involved, rather than solely Germany. These factors from World War One were the product of each empire and their long–term needs such as nationalism, imperialism, militarism and the alliances. The short–term event that was the final push to start the war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Militarism was one of the key major factors of the war. Soon after Britain created their battleship, Germany revealed their 60 ships from a man named Alfred Von Tirpitz . A naval battle arose between the two and their relationship weakened immensely. Both Germany and Britain wanted to have the better army, and taking up naval weapons was the beginning of the hate and jealousy each country had for one another. Germany's past ideology that they should not anger Britain because Britain was dangerous was an ideology that was now put aside. Part of being a powerful empire meant having strong, effective military willing to go to battle at any time for their people. In a book written by Ruth Henig titled The Origins of the First World War, Henig says, "The Kaiser and