Germany was treated harshly to prevent it from ever being a threat to the Big Four. The harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles was put forth by the Big Four mainly to exert revenge and to safeguard their territorial interests, for fear that Germany will become a determined aggressor once again to s...

WWI was the most deadly conflict the world had ever known at the time. Soon after the United States entered the war, over 100,000 American lives were lost. Families were devastated and all were shocked. How could a war that was only supposed to last several months take so many lives? The Amer...

During the post WWI era, President Wilson had several obstacles to overcome. Facing Congress, and pressure to resume American society to the status quo, he knew he had to act quickly and strongly to support whatever decisions he made. Unfortunately, they were all executed poorly. Wilson fai...

There is more than one good reason that we should join World War I. 1) The German government has continuously attacked innocent Americans on the open sea. Even though they promised to stop sinking civilian ships, they did it again. They didn't just do it again once, they did it again three times ...

World War One, despite the enormity and grand scale of the conflict, was ultimately a war of attrition. "Attrition in the end, was the main factor that decided who won the war. The Entente Powers simply had more men and resources than Germany and its allies (though there were some anxious moment...