World War I: A Total War

Was World War I a total war?i think it was.A total war is when a nation dumps all resources and moresome into the war effort.During World War I most nations was doing this and ignoring other things.This war was a total war because all focus was on the war creating or stunting military,economic,and social/cultural growth.

Dictionary.com defines total war as “a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.” After reading this definition one might think that World War II may not have exactly been an example of total war because only one side truly disregarded the “laws of war”. That being the Axis powers. Typically, one would perceive this notion because it certainly was not the United States or Britain who participated in the genocide of an entire ethnic group during the War. While this view is very much true, it is also my opinion that it is inaccurate to believe that all parties in the war did not commit some level of atrocity

World War I (WWI) started on 28, July 1914 and lasted until the Versailles Peace Treaty was signed in 1919. This was the world’s first total war, sometimes referred to as an industrialized war. The “Great War”, as it was called then, pitted the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) against the Allies (Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan). The complete mobilization of the national economies and scientific establishment were used in the conflict. Technology, money, casualties and the level of involvement of civilians are the dominant factors that contribute to wars tending toward totality. These components provided ideal conditions for WWI to produce destruction on a scale never before seen in the world. For the first time, entire nations were pouring their energy into destroying their opponents. Unlike early global conflicts such as the French and American Revolutionary Wars, WWI was a global war. WWI introduced to the world the first total war and set the paradigm for future conflicts.

The Great War, or World War I, was the first modern warfare and the first total war in which almost everyone participated in it, both directly or indirectly. After the war, President Woodrow Wilson hoped that the Great War will be a war to “end all wars”; unfortunately, almost twenty years later, World War II erupted in Europe and the world plunged into an even deadlier war. With the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was drafted to secure peace throughout Europe, but the cruel and unreasonable terms made World War II almost inevitable.

In that case, the World War I should be taken as a total war since it was a complete contrast to the sort of limited wars that were experienced in the 18th century that were always small, where people did try to avoid battle; they made sure that they did not touch the society nor continue with the trading systems

With World War I being the first modern war, armies could do nothing more than dig trenches in defense. What made World War I the first modern war is all the new technologies that came with it. Technologies like gas masks, powered flight, and U-boats affected the war in a major way. During the war, both sides used poison gas against their enemies. The gas could destroy organs, cause blisters, or even kill the soldiers. Gas masks filtered the air to help keep soldiers protected from the gas. At first, aircrafts were used for spotting enemy positions, however, as the war went on they became used for bombing and fighting. Lastly, German submarines called U-boats were used to sink supply ships and later used to sink Allied and neutral ships.

The First World War of 1914-1918, also known as the Great War, was the first total war in history. What began as a European struggle over the balance of power between the triple alliance of France, Britain and Russia on one side and the central powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other, soon became a global conflict that involved the imperial powers of Europe, their colonies and lands such as the Ottoman Empire, Japan and the United States. Although the sheer number of countries involved in the conflict is enough to describe the First World War as a mass war, what makes it total is the fact that it was waged not only against the enemy’s armies, but also against the civilian

World War One, or The Great War as it is sometimes known, significantly altered the course of history for all the countries involved. It ushered in previously unprecedented changes in American politics, economics, and society, through the passage of laws that blatantly violated constitutional rights, a redefinition of women’s role in the workforce and the promotion of agriculture) as well as a rise in radicalism and a new form of patriotism.

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

A dilemma that was happening for many years can be resolved, but there will be disadvantages and advantages ,no matter what the outcome is. The Great War also called the World War I , started on July 28, 1914 in Europe.The war lasted for four years to end all wars that happened before involving other countries. From beginning to end of the four years, men were not the only ones working hard, so were women. When men went to fight in the war, it led to major grasps in the labor market, so industries and the government reached out to women and asked them to volunteer in specific jobs that were hiring. However the paying jobs did not mention to women that the high wage jobs were temporary.The government used a sneaky tactic on women in order

Glenn Miller is an icon never to be forgotten. With his take on music, and traveling the world to different places, being an amazing influence to many young people got him far in his career of big band swing music. Art and music is also known as formal music, serious music, erudite music, or legitimate music (sometimes shortened to legit music) —is an umbrella-term used to refer to musical traditions implying advanced structural and theoretical considerations and a written musical tradition. World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. Alton Glenn Miller was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known big bands. I would put the thesis here - something like - Glenn Miller’s exploration into big band sound, coupled with swing music, created a soundtrack for a generation that expanded over borders resulting in a cultural exchange that impacted music for decades to come (or something similar to this) - somehow, you have to tie Glenn Miller, as the father of big band, as both exploring new music, cultural exchange - sharing his music with other cultures. With this thesis, you’ll then have to go

In part one of “The Age of Total War”, Hobsbawm (1994) also argues that the war of 1914-1918 was senseless. It is argued that it is difficult to understand “why sensible statemen had not decided to settle the war by some compromise before it destroyed the world of 1914” (Hobsbawm, 1994, p. 29). He claims that the war was brutal and caused more death and destruction than was necessary. The battlefield of the Western Front was as brutal as it got. A field of blood, guts, mud and the abandoned bodies of brothers and friends was surrounded by the sound of never ending a gun fire, shouts of orders and screaming of men, whilst millions stood in trenches on either side and fired weapons at each other to add to the mass of chaos. Landscapes and towns were destroyed, countries lost up to twenty percent of their men, and those who weren’t lost were often mutated and severe haters of war. Moreover, it is argued that the destruction caused by the war did not end purely with the loss of human life, it

When World War I was initially called “The Great War” by the people of those times, great did not mean good. Great was the word used to show the magnitude of the war. The war was massive. It was gigantic in terms of the impact it had on literally the entire world. Only later in time would the event become known as World War I.

On June 28th, 2015 the peace treaty that finished World War I was agreed upon by Germany and the Allies at the Palace of Versailles in Paris. The main three Allies showed their interest: British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Premier George Clemenceau and US President Woodrow Wilson. The Great War had crushed Europe. Limitless territories of north-western Europe were diminished to almost nothing; French and Belgian towns and towns had vanished from the map without any trace of existence. The war destroyed Europeans male population. Both sides endured losses on a practically immeasurable scale. France had endured more than 1.4 million dead, and more than 4 million injured. Altogether, 8.5 million men had died.

“War, as one of the most destructive forms of human behavior, lies at the heart of discipline of international relations.” (Goemans, World War 1) World War One (WWI), which is often said to be one of the most devastating wars of all time, with 17 million dead and 20 million injured, was caused by a combination of agendas for all of the involved countries. Although the Treaty of Versaille, which marked the end of the war, completely blamed Germany, I do not believe Germany was the only country at fault. In fact, it was caused by political, territorial, and economic conflicts amongst all the European powers. Throughout all of Europe there were tensions arising from heightened levels of militarism and nationalism leaving many European powers with incentives to go to war. (Elena Shen) This heightened militarism transformed Europe into a hostile environment, with all countries troops ready to be mobilized with new industrialized warfare. Before the war had even begun, the major powers of Europe- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, and Russia, were investing large amounts of money into their military. So, with so much thought and money invested in the military, the war was inevitable. (Elena Shen)