Essay about The First World War (WWI)

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

The battle of Verdun took place in Verdun in Northern France from the 21st of February to the 18th of December 1916. The battle was between the French Army and the German Army. The battle was mainly trench warfare and had a large number of casualties from both sides. The Commanding officer of the section of the German Army that was in france at the time, was “Eric Von Falkenhayn”. His views on the war was that Britain was the strongest of the Allied countries and the war could only be won by taking out their best allies Russia, France and Italy. He decided that taking out france would be the biggest blow on Britain, so they launched an offensive on the French Position on the “Western Front”. The Germans wanted to pick a position which would draw all the french soldiers into one spot to defend, they chose the Fortress of Verdun, because it was in the road of the Main German communication lines.

Due to the complexity of this question, it must be broken down before an attempt at answering it can be made. Following this, it will be easier to understand the exact context in which this article will consider this question. By asking ‘Why was there stalemate on the Western front’ two questions are actually being asked. Firstly, why did a stalemate start and secondly why did the stalemate continue between 1914 and 1918. The second issue within the question is the section that specifically refers to stalemate between ‘German and France’. It is debatable whether this refers to conflict between German and French armies or German and French territories. Since British and Belgian forces had a significant impact to conflict on the Western

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

Germany had really started a war they couldn’t win, during the war the Germans had to fight on the western front facing the British, French, Belgians and later Americans while taking on Russia on the Eastern front until the Bolshevik Revolution aka: Red October, October Uprising. As you can imagine it would have been extremely difficult to hold off armies from two sides and definitely contributed to the Allies final victory.

"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

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

Lastly, I agree with the author as he points out “at the strategic level it is a stretch to conclude that the fall of Paris would have led automatically to an Allied collapse. By June 1918 Britain's Royal Navy had imposed a nearly four-year stranglehold blockade on Germany that was not going to go away, whatever happened to

In today’s digital age, development of new technology and weapons are at an alarming rate, hence arises the need to stay ahead of advancements in order to properly defend the nation, as well as coalition forces and allies. In this period of warfare, the number one threat comes in the form of air breathing and ballistic missiles. During World War II, this threat was present, but was not thought to be prevalent.

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.

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

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 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

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

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 I was 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