Essay about The First World War (WWI)

     World War I was the result of leaders' aggression towards other countries which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. One cause of the World War was militarism, which is a policy in which military preparedness is of primary significance to a situation. Another cause of the World War was nationalism. Nationalism is the pride and devotion form one towards his/her country. It played a great part in the causes of World War 1 because citizens wanted to stand up for their country, and fight for them. The third

The war would originally begin in 1914 in Europe and the United States wasn’t involved until three years after the war began. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28th was one of the aspects that kick started the war. After the

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

"He Kept us Out of War" (World War I Quotes). This quote was a democratic slogan stated during the election of 1916 on behalf of President Woodrow Wilson. This slogan makes an attempt to refer to the good leadership qualities and decisions that President Wilson made to keep the United States of America out of the war and that is why he should be elected again to serve as President. Though this made a valid argument to show that Wilson was smart to keep us out of war, many events took place that continued to anger the U.S. which eventually made them declare war on Germany on April 6th, 1917 (World War I). In doing this, they broke their policy of non intervention. The United States held out of the Great War for so long because of

The German officers driving their troops into and crosswise over France, turned too soon, due to the Schlieffen Plan, and did not encompass and cut off Paris. They were spotted by a non military personnel flying a 1909 Bleriot XI, who reported the attack yet was overlooked by the military on the grounds that all things considered, it was by somebody in one of those novel planes. When the French rang their troops, the Germans were inside of miles of Paris. The Germans were compelled to either delve in or retreat. They dove in. Starting there on, the war turned into a stagnant mess. The Germans suspected that they could find the French resting at the switch and make a short war of it. The French had not won a war in over a century, it ought to have been a simple

The Germans, wasting valuable time and causing large numbers of troops to be left behind to counter continuing Belgian resistance, could not quickly seize strong Belgian forts or crush the Belgian army. As half the German army was caught up in Belgium, France put its plan into action. French attacks got nowhere, however, and French were in fact pushed back across their own border and deep into France very quickly. By pushing the French attackers back into France the Germans were, in fact, forcing the French army out of the trap into which Schlieffen had intended them to fall. The German troops who had fought through Belgium were exhausted and short of supplies. Their numbers had been reduced by Belgian resistance, a battle with the BEF and part of their force being diverted to the fast developing Eastern front. When this was combined with the French troops who were being rushed to defend Paris, the German army no longer possessed the resources to successfully capture Paris. General Moltke, therefore, ordered the German first and second armies to swing East of Paris in an attempt to catch the retreating French army between the Germans swing back from the West and those who had repelled the French invaders in the East. General Joffre had, however, prepared the French for this kind of move and thanks to aerial reconnaissance he knew exactly where the German armies were. The culmination of this huge change of events

First, the French had suffered terrible losses at The Battle of Verdun, and so they needed to relieve themselves from the great amount of German forces attacking against them. They hoped this would force most of the German troops from Verdun, so they could defeat them, as the French left half of their army there to fight. The British, also a part of the Triple Entente, agreed to help their French allies, by helping take the pressure off them. This failed significantly, through this major offensive led by the British; it did not withdraw German troops from Verdun. Despite this, France had later been victorious at Verdun, as they were so very close to losing. The second reason behind this was that the British hoped that through this battle, they would break through the German lines and end WWI. They thought that through an artillery bombardment one week before this would completely destroy the German's trench system and flatten their barbed wire defences. Then, under a creeping barrage, they would cross over No Man's Land and easily take over the German's trenches. The last reason for this offensive was for the British General Douglas Haig wanted to give experience of war to the “Kitchener's Army” with over one million trained

But during the Germans were planning their offensive, French airmen had spotted the German Guns moving to a concentrated spot across no man’s land. Over the next week or so, The French moved thousands of men and Guns to the Verdun trenches. Eventually the Germans started their Artillery bombardment and apart from killing and injuring a large number of men, knocked out a nearby rail line, where the French had been getting the food and ammunition moved up to the front, they removed the rail line and used it as a convoy road, so they could still receive their supplies, if they did not figure out how to continue their deliveries of supplies the battle would have turned out

In five chapters of this book, from chapter five to chapter ten the author writes about land and water, space and water. In these five chapters the author covers, forests, jungles, terrains, corridors, waters, glaciers, peninsulas, sea costs and islands. He writes about the US civil war, World War I and World War II. The author would like to compare the tactics and strategies used by the US Confederate and Union Generals during the Civil War, the US military strategy and tactics in Vietnam, Asia and Europe, as well as the differences and similarities of geography.

When the guns of August 1914 shattered the peace of Europe, pitting Germany and Austria-Hungary (the Central Powers) against Britain, France, and Russia, President Woodrow Wilson on August 4 issued a proclamation of neutrality. Two weeks later he urged Americans to be "impartial in thought as well as in action." But in the realms of both official policy and public opinion, neutrality proved difficult to sustain. Wilson insisted, for reasons of both principle and economic advantage, on full neutral trading rights with all the belligerent powers. Britain and Germany had different ideas. Each tried to throttle American trade with the other. Britain, whose battle fleet controlled the surface of the Atlantic, succeeded

During 1914, the tensions in Europe that had been growing for many years culminated with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist organization. Following the assassination, the Austrian-Hungary government and Serbia entered into what became an difficult chain of political confrontations. Two teams eventually emerged—the Central Powers, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire, and the Allied Powers, which included France, Russia, and Great Britain. Italy was part of the Central Powers but switched to the Allies during the war. During the last nine months of the war, the United States decided to join the Allied Powers. After many months of fighting, the Allies had won. The

The war began when Yugoslavian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Serbia, after which, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. International alliances quickly formed and within weeks most of the world’s superpowers were involved and the conflict spread rapidly around the

World war I began on June 28, 1914. The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand was the spark that ignited the the whole world into a warzone. Different countries like Germany and Russia began to take their sides. The Allies: Russia, France, Great Britain, and United states against The Central powers: Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Germany.

History significantly affects the present consistently through its residents, its region, and the entirety of the nation. World War 1 was the time period of 1914-1918 of global war and unrest drastically impacting America when the nation decided to engage. Before the involvement in the war America contained the position of neutrality. Previous to the entrance to the war America supplied both warring countries with weapons, medical supplies, and gunpowder/equipment as a benefit to us because the economic growth rose. The industries and manufactures boomed as multiple nations were asking for goods. Benefiting from this growth soon America had entered the war. Due to factors such as yellow journalism, the German policy of “

The plan had failed to take into account human endurance, the First Army had to cover 30-40km per day to reach the required goal of the Schlieffen plan, many men were physically exhausted by early September others reduced to fifty percent of their original strength, Winter (1993,pg.64). The fast pace of the plan caused a delay in communications between the front and the commanding officers back in Luxemburg, leading to ill advised advances on the battlefield, (Winter 1993,pg.64). Both Morgan (2001,pg.6) and the authors of The Great War Sources and Evidence Stewart, Fitzgerald and Pilchard (1995,pg.37) agreed there were a number of weaknesses in the plan; the time anticipated for Russia to mobilize was over estimated. Stewart (1995,pg.37) comments; Russia had developed into a momentous military power between the formulation of the Schlieffen Plan and the actual war. Evidently Moltke moved soldiers from the right flank over to the eastern front to hold off the Russians. Author of Expanding Worlds, (Sauvain 1993,pg.94) remarks; the violation of Belgium neutrality proved to be a stumbling block, Belgium offered more resistance than planned for, inevitably allowing the British to cross the channel and be ready to help France by the time the Germans had arrived. The strength of support the British gave the French was also greatly misjudged; as Guest, Laurence and Eshuy (1990,pg.53) authors of World War I Causes, Courses and Consequences identified, the Germans had to bring up heavy artillery to defeat the British Expedition Force at the Battle of the Mons, eventually the British retreated, but the Germans were slowed down dramatically. Consequently, their attack plan was revealed to the French; therefore by the time the right flank had reached the Marne, the French had launched a counter attack, which resulted in the