Causes of World War IWhat started out as a local European disturbance between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, ended up as the most horrific war in world history. Many textbooks say that Germany was the main cause of World War I, but there were many more factors that aided the start of this atrocious aff...

World War 1 is a dramatic point of the history of the world. This war that killed many people from all over the world started because of many causes. First cause of the war was European nations ruled smaller countries, called colonies, and they competed with each other to get more colonies. Secon...

Results of World War IWorld War I became known as the "Great War" because it was the biggest war ever in the history of the world. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars. But it wasn't, 20 years later Germany rebuilt its army, and tried again to take over Europe. The peace treaties were p...

A good and nearly complete account of the happenings during the firstnineteen months of the participation of United States in the First WorldWar has been documented in "Over Here" by David Kennedy. The details inthis book are between the period between April 2, 1917 when the war mes...

A professor at the University of London, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Political Sciences and Humanities, George Modelski; writes "Globalization is a process along three dimensions: formation of world opinion, democratization, and political globalization." Arnold Toynbee's essay "For th...

World War IIWhen war broke out, there was no way the world could possibly know the severity of this guerre. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America's Involvement in World War II not only contributed in the eventual downfall of the insa...

In the system of international politics almost everything is strategic. Even the most basic analysis of international historical events can seem like decoding the rules to a complex board game. This is most evident when analyzing grand wars, such as WWI and WWII. Although states and state leaders ma...

If you ever decide to rent the 1989 movie "Fat Man and Little Boy," starring Paul Newman, be prepared. Watching this film about the development of the atomic bomb is undeniably disturbing. The film, titled for the nicknames of the two weapons dropped on Japan at the end of World War II, confronts th...

World War 1 is a dramatic point of the history of the world. This war that killed many people from all over the world started because of many causes. First cause of the war was European nations ruled smaller countries, called colonies, and they competed with each other to get more colonies. Seco...

The period from 1901 to 1945 saw Australian women endure many hardships. Due to events that occurred during the period such as the economic boom, the depression, world war one and world war two their were many advancements making the lives of women easier, some classes much more then others. These...

World war II, and why?After World War I, the defeated Germany, Disappointed Italy, and Ambitious Japan were anxious to regain or increase their power. All three of these countries eventually adopted forms of dictatorship; National Socialism and Fascism. This made their country supreme and called for...

History Essay What caused World War I? What made World War I spark? What where the events leading up to it? Who is responsible? These are some of the questions that people think of when they think about the road to World War I. Most wars have a "trigger" that really starts them...

Throughout history, there have been many events that have shaped the future of civilization. However, none was of more importance than World War II. Whatever was to materialize at the end of the war would drastically affect the entire world and all of the inhabitants. If Hitler had managed to w...

The "Roaring Twenties" represent a positive era in American history sandwiched between two difficult times, World War I and the Great Depression. The "Roaring Twenties" was a period classified by innovation, prosperity, reform, and a thriving economy in America. An explosion of new inventions ...

The "Roaring Twenties" represent a positive era in American history sandwiched between two difficult times, World War I and the Great Depression. The "Roaring Twenties" was a period classified by innovation, prosperity, reform, and a thriving economy in America. An explosion of new inventions ...

World War 1The beginning of the twentieth century was supposed to be the century of brotherhood. Europe had a collective of alliances that was supposed to keep the mother countries out of war between each other. It was believed that cooperation was the ideology of the European empires, but it was sl...

WORLD CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 1 The 20th century was the bloodiest 100 years in human history. Based on numbers killed, in warfare, the 20th century exceeds all other centuries combined. The three major conflicts between 1901 and 200 were World War I, World War II, an...

When World War I came to a close in mid-November of 1918, many ideas were circulating in Europe as to what the peace settlement should entail. In Britain, leaders were thinking about how to increase British colonial power. In France, many wanted to permanently punish the Germans, partly in revenge f...

Hitler and His Downfall To many World War II has been the most devastating war in human history. It had been global military conflict that caused the loss of millions of lives as well as material destruction. The war began in Europe in September of 1939. It ended on May 8, 1945. This day was marked ...

IntroductionI. World War I had ended. Peace could finally be negotiated between to the Allies and Germany. Bad luck though struck the Allies as Germany had been hit with a horrible depression. A. The number cause for war in most countries up to that time had been poor economic conditions. In 1933, G...

During World War I many different types of weapons were utilized by both the Allied and Central powers. Some were variations on older models of weaponry, and others were totally new inventions created to aid in the wartime effort. Most of the new weapons were used as killing machines in trench warfa...

Sahil Rattanaphas IB History period 2 January 24, 2004 "How valid is it to claim that Europe "stumbled into" a world war in 1914" The late 1800's brought upon a growing trend of Imperialism towards Europe and five of her most powerful nations, Russia, France, Engl...

Tsar Nicholas the 2nd was the last Russian Emperor, born on May 6, 1868. He caused a lot of controversy and changed history dramatically as a result of his poor preparation for the position. He ruled his country during the Revolutions, and led Russia into World War 1, all of which radically changed ...

World War I was the first major war in which virtually every country took part. Because of the large number of countries involved in this war, there were many casualties by the time everything returned to normal. This war had a long lasting impact on just about everything. During the four years of...

The war consisted of a number of commanders and yet none of them were commanders of the first rank. The first world war was the only war ever fought in which commanders lacked voice control over their armies. Communications broke down almost immediately after the troops left the trenches. Chief of t...