“ World War 1: Remembering the War to End All Wars”
It was September 1918. The leaves were falling, it was getting darker earlier, and there was a nice breeze in the air. We were used to all kind of weather since we lived in Chicago. The Great War was underway, and many people thought this was a bad thing, but it was doing good things for my family of four.
We lived in a neighborhood next to Logan Square in Chicago. We had a small house but it had everything we needed. My mom, Dorothy Clark, was a stay at home mom because there weren't many job opportunities for women. My dad, John, worked at a nearby steel mill that was providing for the needs of the army. Then I had a little brother, Robert, who was only 2, and a big pain. Then,
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I overheard my dad saying he got drafted and was going to have to go to battle. That was the worst news we could get because my mom was unemployed which meant my dad was the only one bringing in any source of revenue. I couldn’t fall asleep that night because I was thinking of all the bad things that could happen to my dad.
The following morning Robert and I woke up to my parents crying in the kitchen. My dad was in uniform and my mom was saying her goodbyes. I ran up to my dad with Robert and we said ours. Robert was still not old enough to understand what was going on but he could probably guess by my mom’s expression. My dad walked out the door, waved goodbye, and took off. Soon my mom went out to go look for any jobs that would employ her. Jobs were scarce and many didn’t want to hire women. Finally, my mother went to my dad’s work place and begged for them to let her have his job. They gave it to her because they were in need of employees because the army was in need of supplies. She wasn’t paid as much as my father but that would soon change.
The next morning, my mom left for work, which meant I had to stay home and watch Robert. Mom got home around 5 pm. She came home jaunty as ever. We asked her why she was so happy. She said the war was growing America's economy and therefore she was getting paid more and growing in wealth. But with people growing in wealth, it brought organized crime and violence to our city of Chicago.
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Whitney, Craig R. “World War I Why It Still Matters.” New York Times Upfront 4 May 2009: 24-27. Print.
World War I the first of its kind would mark an entire generation; could what today is known as the lost generation have been avoidable or was President Woodrow Wilson just prolonging the inevitable by his neutrality. The following will guide you through a brief outline of the WWI and how one man 's justifications sent an entire nation to war.
The year was 1945 September 2nd when the news came. Accordingly to the newspaper, our troops were coming home soon. Hitler and his troops surrendered and Hitler apparently assassinated himself. The day before was a normal barefoot day for me, running the cane poles on the old Messer Creek. Everywhere I went, was briar patches that were havoc on my feet. You could her the commotion for miles or yelling and cursing the sharp prickly little devils. I knew our troops were overseas fighting Hitler and his Nazis and I was proud of them because my daddy got drafted, I prayed for them every night before I went to bed. I didn’t know when my daddy would be back, but I knew it would be soon. I was the man of the house for over six years today. Putting meat on our table, making sure the garden is taken care of, and feeding and milking the animals, for six years exactly. I had to take place of my dad, that means chopping wood, checking and fixing fences, cutting cedar fence posts if the
Contemporary Canadian reimagining of the First World war is from the book Catching the torch by a Brock University teacher Neta Gordon. She wrote this book in 2014. She tries to explain to the reader the conflict between history and collective memory of the First World War. With many other essays, she focuses on the role of the Canadian army in the First World war. As we know, the Canadian army entered the war in early 1915 to offer help to the Britain soldiers fighting against the Germans. The Canadian army was basically forced to join because they were a member of the British Empire.
April 6th, 1917 is when my family began to fall apart little by little. That day is the day the United States entered World War l. It was a normal day like any other I did my chores and helped my mom make breakfast for our family. My little brother James was on the floor playing with his teddy bear named Elmer. Then I hear my mom yell, “Lily Jones you need to get ready for school.” I go to my bedroom and put on my stockings and the vibrant dress my mom picked out for me to wear. Right before I walk out the door to go to school I hear my older brother yell, “Be good today you little stinker.” I look back at him and said, “Oh I will.” At 7:30p.m. I was out the door and on my way to school.
Entente. As you can guess there were three countries on the two sides. On the Alliance side there was Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. On the Entente side there was France, Russia, and Great Britain. After the spark that started World War One the two powers were immediately at each other’s
World War 2 was a huge turning point in history, that fixed most of the things related to wars that World War 1 was supposed to do but did not. There were many differences between the attitude of the US in World War 1, and their attitude in World War 2, mainly due to what happened in between the wars. Unlike World War 1, the second World War, was not about proving a point in the American’s case, but instead revenge for what had happened in between. In the process, the attitude of the American people towards war changed dramatically from the end of World War 1, to the end of World War 2.
It is the year 1944, the year when the U.S joined the war of World War 2. It morning and you are on a battleship. You are on the landing hangar with everyone who will go to battle. The three captains rally up everyone in your group including you. One of the captain said,“Today it will be the symbol of how Germany started to fall apart”. The other captain would say ,“That right, there will not be any mistakes or we would give them an opportunity to spread far and wide and they would get even more power”. Jack reply “So get your gear and get to the American Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel . Also Max don’t forget to put your helmet this time, remember what happen when you walk out the plank you got a concussion from tripping on your first
Looking back on World War I from a modern day perspective depicts a time of hardship and despair, but from the European viewpoint at the time WWI was a time filled with hope. The early twentieth century was a time that promoted national development in Europe, this desire motivated many countries to attempt expansion in order to prove their power. This caused tensions to rise between conflicting nations, which then produced two competing forces to arise. Each alliance went into World War I with the expectation of a quick resolution to the problems at hand but soon realized that the war would prove to be long and detrimental to a majority of Europe.
The year is 1914, the world is ruled by superpowers. These powers included the mighty empires such as Russia ( not Soviet union but during the war it will change ), Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France and the Ottoman Empire. One of these powers got extremely mad at a smaller country for a just reason and that set off a chain reaction. That small country was Serbia.
One afternoon a couple weeks after the war had ended, when my siblings and I had gotten home from school, my mother was at home. She normally wouldn’t get home until later because of her job, so I immediately knew something was wrong. She told us that her job got taken away from her because a man had wanted it since he just got back from the war. My mother was not happy about that for many reasons. One was because some things were going back to the way they were before the war and another was she needed the job just as much as that man since father had still not returned.
Whenever you come across World War I, don’t you ever deeply think about how it all started? Who would have known that just 2 pulls of a trigger could have triggered a demoralizing World War? World War I, also known as “The Great War,” was a war that primarily took place in Europe. It officially started on the 28th of July in 1914 and it unexpectedly lasted until the 11th of November in 1918 (about 4 years). The most predominant countries that fought in this war include Great Britain, France, Russia, and Germany. This war left many people in shock as it surprisingly ended up killing more than over 9 million combatants and just over 7 million civilians (World War I). WWI is known to being one of the most fatal wars in the history of the
At the turn of the 20th century, the nations of Europe had been largely at peace with one another for nearly 30 years due to efforts being made to ban war and achieve a permanent peace since the 19th century. Though Europeans believed that this progress would make war a thing of the past, rising tensions would cause a massive war that engulf Europe and spread across the globe. The boiling point ended up being Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia setting off a chain reaction within the alliance system. The countries of Europe followed through on their pledges to support one another. As a result, nearly all of Europe soon joined what would be the largest, most destructive war the world had yet seen. Said war was the First World War, an international war, involving multiple allied European nations beginning in 1914 and ending 1918. The war drew in all the world’s economic great powers, two opposing alliances were formed: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Another thing that was a positive effect from World War I was the development of the three worlds. The first world was recognized as Western Europe and North America. These states were known as the basis of capitalism
In World War I, Russia was the biggest army in the world with 1 400 000 soldiers. The number got to 5000 000 when it fully mobilized. However, they could not arm all their soldiers because of the lack of supplies. They only had 4600 000 rifles. The Russian Military consisted of 115 infantry and more than 38 cavalry divisions. Their power came from the resources of 25 million men of combat age. During the whole war, almost 15 million people served the Russian Army and the casualties was about 1.8 million people died, 2.8 million wounded and more than 2.4 million were taken prisoners.