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World War I World War 1 was one of the most supreme wars ever to be fought in history. The small spark which ignited the flame set off WW1. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated while visiting Sarajevo. Initially, it came out to be an additional Balkan predicament that may have surpassed without major commotion, but a month later, Austria disengaged relations with Serbia, a move that preceded war by only a few days. Germany stood back of Austria's actions, while Russia stepped forward to defend its small Balkan friend. Regardless of hysterical efforts by impending peacemakers to confine the war, it spread like wildfire. As the world looked on, Europe erupted into war almost overnight. Gavrilo was born to postal worker; Princip was born in Obljaj, Bosnia. His father, Petar, was married late in life to a neighbouring woman, Maria, also recognized as Nana, who was fourteen years younger than her husband. He left his house at the age of thirteen and set off for Sarajevo to live with his brother, Jovo. Jovo was optimistic to support his younger brother to join the military school in Sarajevo, considering it would show the way to a profession as an officer. His first 3 years at the school were humdrum. Princip was a well-behaved student, and a rapacious reader. He graduated in 1911. But it was the actions preceding to this that situated the
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World War I There are a number of famous poets in Britain who wrote war poetry, and a number of different reactions to war. Some poets approve of war, or find it honourable, and others disapprove of war or find it futile and pointless, WWI originally know as the Great War, they fought in northern France: the western front between Great Britain and Germany and fought in Hungary and Russia: the eastern front between Russia and Germany. They fought since 1914 to 1918; Europe was divided into great alliances Great Britain, France and Russia (Entente Cordiale) and Germany, Australia and Italy (triple Alliance).In the war Pals didn't want to lose each other so they served alongside each other. The two poets I am going to focus on are Jessie pope and Wilfred Owen. Jessie pope is a female writer and a journalist she didn't fight in the war because at the time women's didn't have equal right, so she didn't know anything about the war and described the war as a game. Wilfred Owen he had fought in the war and wrote his poem in a hospital; he was an English teacher so he knew how to describe the things he saw really well. Briefly Jessie pope didn't know anything about the war and Wilfred Owen knew about the war because he was in war. There are two different attitudes between the two poets Jessie Pope describes the war as a game of football, she says "who's for the game" this show that
World War 1
By Riad Introduction In 1914 many countries were involved in the war most commonly known as the First World War. The countries mainly involved are Britain, France and Russia which are acknowledged as the Triple Entente, and Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, which are known as the Triple Alliance who were formed in 1882. The three countries agreed to support each other if attacked by either France or Russia. France felt threatened by this alliance. Britain was also concerned by the growth in the German Navy and in 1904 the two countries signed the Entente Cordiale (friendly understanding). The objective of the alliance was to encourage co-operation against the perceived threat of Germany. Three years later, Russia, who feared the growth in the German Army, joined Britain and France to form the Triple Entente. The Event that Sparked the War off between these countries was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. He was a man aged 51, and was heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was married to Sophie Chotek von Chotvoka and had three children. Franz Ferdinand was, however, very unpopular because he had made it clear that once he became Emperor he would make changes. Franz Ferdinand decided to visit Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to make an inspection of the Austro-Hungarian troops there. The inspection was scheduled for 28th June 1914. It was planned
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Hannah's Monologue I, Mattie's widow, Hannah. Regret the fact that I let him go on war. He lost his life. He lost his family. He lost everything. He lost everything, when his life was flourishing, when it was the time of his life, the prime time. He never met his son, John and... John never met his father, a brave and courageous warrior. He will never know his father and how much his father sacrificed. But, when I look at John, I see Mattie. The blond-red hair, nice clean skin and green eyes like fiery emeralds. Sometimes I think John's a clone of Mattie. He has Mattie's good habits and bad. John is my last memory of Mattie. So I can't let go of him because he's the only person I have in life. I don't want my son to grow up because I know he will want to follow his father's footsteps. When I think about Mattie, I just imagine him in the clouds during the day, following us... shadowing us. During the night, I imagine him in a gleaming and glistening star seeing us. I know for sure that he's always there for us in a state of euphoria because me and John have moved on and have been strong and brave like him (a brave, fearless and valiant warrior). However, I'm really angry and livid with Mattie because he didn't listen to me. He ignored me. He was so stubborn. The outcome of him being as stubborn as a mule was that he lost his life. This is what he got for standing by his
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Unit 10: World War 1 0.1: The Causes of World War 1 > 1862- King William I (Prussian king) appoints Otto van Bismarck as Prime Minister > Otto van Bismarck dominated German and European politics > Conservative junker- (eunker) land owning aristocracy > Practitioners of Realpolitik > "Blood and Iron" > Sees advantages of war do not justify the risks involved > 1862-1866- ruled by ignoring Prussian legislature who does nothing for fear of political and social unrest that would occur as a result > Ultimate Goal: Unify Germany (does so by starting 3 wars) > Danish War of 1864 > Fought with Denmark over 2 duchies: Holstein and Schleswig > Bismarck wanted the 2 duchies to be a part of Prussia > Prussia is aided by Austria > The fight was unfair and the Danish quickly lose > The 2 duckies are now ruled by Prussia and Austria-Hungary > Austria-Hungary controls Holstein (southern duchy) > Prussia controls Schleswig (northern duchy) > Problem: Bismarck wanted both duchies to be unified under Prussia, so Bismarck starts a fight with Austria > 1866 Prussia versus Austria-Hungary > Prussia had advantages of an existing railroad in place and breach loading guns (fired faster) > Prussia wins and Bismarck does not make Austria-Hungary pay for war damages. Treats them nicely in comparison to normalcy. > Northern German states are ruled by Prussia, but Southern
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a) Explain how the Schlieffen Plan was meant to work? Germany had been preparing for war since 1914 because they assumed that France and Russia would attack them; therefore they draw up the Schlieffen Plan so they would avoid fighting a war on two fronts. The German army's chief of staff Alfred von Schlieffen designed the plan, which took nine years to devise. It was started in 1897, presented in 1905 and tested out in 1914, during the First World War. The plan imagined a huge hammer blow at Paris, using 90 per cent of the German army, swinging down through Belgium and the Benelux countries, to take out France in a quick and decisive campaign. They chose to go through the Benelux countries and not France; this was because France would have their army on the border on put up more resistance. By going through the Benelux countries they could catch France unprepared and take over the capital Paris. The other 10 per cent would stay on Germany's eastern border to protect them against Russia. The plan assumed that France was weak and could be beaten in six weeks, and that Russia was much stronger, but would take longer to mobilise its army however by the time Russia would have mobilised the Germans would have defeated France and marched up to the eastern front to face Russia on the 9th week. However, in 1905 Alfred von Schlieffen died and Von Moltke became the new German chief
World War 1 Promises
World War One Promises During World War One Britain made several promises in the forms of letters to various people. The first was the McMahon letter. This was written to Sherif Hussein, the leader of the Arabs in the Middles east, by Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt. It pleaded the British cause to the Arabs saying that is the Arabs supported Britain against Turkey in WW1 the British would give their support for the freedom of the Arabs peoples as a nation. The letter also stated that the area to the left of Damascus, which includes Palestine, was excluded from the agreement. The letter was written in 1915 The second promise was to the general Jewish community. The letter was actually sent to Lord Rothschild, a leading member of the Jewish community. The letter was called the Balfour Declaration after the man who wrote it, Sir Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary. This declared support for the Jews in Palestine. This also had a catch and this was that the letter stated that no harm should come to the existing communities in Palestine. This letter was written in 1917 and some say designed to pull the USA into the war hoping that the Jews there could swing their government's policy. The third agreement Britain made was with France. This was known as the Sykes-picot agreement after the prime ministers that discussed it. This contradicted the
World war 1 poetry
During the First World War it is estimated that a total of 10 million people were killed and twice that number were wounded. The war lasted from 1914 to 1918. The war was fought between Britain and her allies and Germany and her allies. Most of the fighting took place in France and Belgium. At first, British people thought that Britain would win very quickly and the soldiers were lucky to be able to fight the Germans. Men were eager to join up because they wanted to impress their families and girlfriends. However, as the war progressed, people realised that it was not going to be that easy. British and French soldiers faced the Germans in their trenches and both sides used bombs and guns to kill each other. When the British side tried to advance by sending men over the top of the trenches, they suffered huge casualties. Altogether 750,000 British soldiers were killed, 2,500,000 were wounded and many were permanently disabled. By the time the war had ended the British people were fed up with the fighting and just wanted to get back to normal. The returned soldiers who were wounded were an unwelcome reminder of the war. During the war writers and poets were beginning to write about the horrors of war rather than the glory. Two important poets of the war were Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen was born in 1893 in Shropshire. He signed up in 1915, but by 1917 he
World War 1 Poem
World War 1 Poem He walks along story yet untold, To his gun his hand finds and holds, He seeks the truth for all to see, What a terrible time war can be. His misconception made him this man, Bitter, twisted, of killing a fan, He thought war would be easy and war would be fun, At that time he knew not how to hold a gun. Thrown in at the deep end, not taught how to kill, He thought out of this he would get a thrill, But what this man found was beyond human conception, He wanted to turn, run in the opposite direction, Corpses rotting, lying all over the ground, That was what this man had found, The look in men's eyes as they went over the top, The sound of the rain going: drip, drop, drip, drop. As if this wasn't enough to drive you crazy, He was taunted, called fat and lazy, But who needs friends when you're stuck in a trench? Where the corpses let out an unbearable stench, And when finally, no-mans lands awaits you, You know what you must do, But this is hard when fighting with fools along side, Whose inner emotions they try to hide, But still you trudge on, across no-mans land, Your feet stick fast, as if in sinking sand, Onto the floor you fall, one leg twisted, You're on your own, you can't be assisted. Wailing you hear as bullets hit flesh, Plunging deep into organs, a bloody mess, Still on the floor, you stay and lye, To the dead you
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Germany world war 1 When asked to discuss the origins of the first world war, there is generally little debate. Most would site the growth of Germany as an economic, military and naval power, and the rise in nationalism and an arms race throughout Europe. All of which was characterized by the growing occurrence of political disruptions, culminated by the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand in Serbia. This is, of course true, but many historians tend to neglect the effect of demographic change on a society. During the late 1800's and up to 1914, most European nations were undergoing fundamental changes in the makeup of their societies. Some countries experienced dramatic rises in population, while others were stagnating or even in decline. The changes in population in Europe greatly affected the balance of power. This had effects on nationalism, militarism and influenced the popular attitudes toward war across Europe. Demographic changes in Europe made "The Great War" inevitable. Europe has always been politically turbulent. Conquerors and revolutionaries have traded power with rulers and dictators, back and forth, for centuries. Prior to the nineteenth century, Great Britain and France were the two major players. With the conquest of Napoleon, the First and later the Third, it seemed the rivalry was over in Europe. (Taylor, 65) In the late nineteenth century, Europe had a
