The Great Wars

There were many events that led to The Great War, also known as World War I. A big reason why so many countries were sucked into the war is because of the alliances that were formed. The alliance system created a two-sided structure in which countries were forced to pick a side. Some countries based their decisions on age-old disputes and cultural alliances. Countries like Austria and Germany joined together to form the Triple Alliance. Opposing the Triple Alliance was the Triple Entente, consisting

The difference between the two wars was the time length, one lasted four years and the other lasted six years. The causes of World War II were the political and economic instability in Germany, the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles Rise, the alliance of Adolf Hitler with Italy and Japan oppose the Soviet Union. The causes of the Great War was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914. Militarism, imperialism, nationalism, and the alliance system were also

It is the Second World War, which had the greater impact on America’s place in the world and elevated the country to have a status of Superpower. However this would not have been the case without the consequences of the First World War and America’s reluctance to drop its policy of isolationism as a result of this. James Cronin comments, “the ending of the Great War was the occasion for perhaps the grandest vision, though it’s implementation would largely fail…World War II offered another chance

The effects of the Great War were incredibly harmful. The instability within Europe was a major issue for not only Germany and German states but also neighboring regions throughout the world. The reason for such instability actually occurred with the implementation of the Treaty of Versailles. Merriman explains, "Ethnic rivalries within nations, many inflamed by the Treaty of Versailles, intensified social and political conflict. The post-war treaties could not create new states that satisfied all

beginning of war around the world, revolution, Great Depression, and Authoritarian and Totalitarian government. The tensions between Austria and Serbia ignited after Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Serbian terrorists. The mobilizations and threats of other nations escalated that led to the outbreak of World War I (pp. 780, and The Dogs Do Bark) between the Triple of Alliance with Ottoman Empire and Triple of Entente with Japan. World War I was called “Great War” because

and economics. The Great War had proven America worthy of the international world, but the country did not take attempt to spread its ideals to any other nations at this time. Roosevelts New Deal was drastically changing the county, but these changes were mostly domestic affairs. When the United States entered the second world war the country transformed. The United States went from an isolationist nation in the New Deal Era to an interventionist empire by 1950s because of World War II. American security

WWI/The Great Depression WWI was a war going on from 1914 to 1918 which involved The Allies, Great Britain, France, Russia, And Italy, Then The Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The Great Depression was something that happened after WWI (October 29, 1929), which happened because of the U.S. stock market. (WWI notes) WWI began on July 28th, 1914. WWI was caused mostly because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. However, other reasons WWI

of the war, the recognition of communication holistically failed to reach full potential regardless of their benefits. As the situation began to exacerbate, miscommunication based on trench warfare paved the way as professional soldiers declined and replacements of civilization soldiers inclined. The battlefield failures occurred in multiple degrees, these failures shared the same theme of a mass communication catastrophe. Hart, Peter. The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War. Oxford

then waited for her great granddaughter to come back into the room before resuming. “Now, when I was young there was only what would have been considered a handful of us left in existence… the human populace, that is. Oh, I don’t know what the numbers were exactly, but I would say the human population was around thirty-five million worldwide, give or take a few. That number was better than what it had been, of course… Back around 2030 at the time of the conclusion of the great wars it was next to nothing

Imperialism The late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a great deal of colonization of Asia and Africa by European powers, each trying to fulfill its own version of manifest destiny. England controlled vast holds in Africa, as well as India; the Belgians ruled the Congo; Germany, France, and Italy also held several African lands. These colonies funded a great part of the ruling countries' economies and provided foreign markets for European products, and expansion became necessary and desirable