Essays on World War I

“We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike.” Hitler, Adolf. Hitler is known for after he entered the parliament. Hitler is still known as one of the...

“Peace was merely an interval between wars,” Erich Ludendorff, a Germany general who was mainly responsible for Germany’s military policy and strategy in the latter years of WWI and later became part of Nazi, once argued. As he once said, not so long after storming...

Many peace settlements are patches on a horrible wound. Sooner or later the wound reopens and the peace disperses. “Peace settlements rarely create a stable peace. ” In reference to World War I, this statement is correct. The Treaty of Versailles was heavily criticized not...

Life in the Trenches Trenches were extremely unsanitary, invested with countless amounts of rats, lice and decomposing bodies. Disease and sickness were very common inside of the trenches, due to the foul conditions inside the trenches. Trench Foot became a reoccurring disease with the soldiers;...

War is one of the calamities that have very adverse effects on the lives of citizens of a country. Some of the main causes of war between groups are power, property ownership, and money (Bonnell, Ward, and Crotty 2006). War causes a lot of confusion...

Gallipoli 1915 In the early hours of Sunday the 25th of April 1915 the first contingent of Anzacs landed at a beach North of Gaba Tebe, this was the first of many landing staged at Gallipoli. On the same day over 8 landing were staged....

ANZAC Spirit in Japanese Prisoners of War Camps The Anzac Spirit, as Australian World War One Currespondent, C.E.W. Bean: But ANZAC stood, and still stands, for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship, and endurance that will never own defeat. (Bean,...

The First World War is remembered most clearly by Australians for the public grief it caused; for the new sense of national consciousness it created among the Australian population; and most significantly, for the legend of Anzac which it generated. The Gallipoli Campaign is widely...

The League of Nations was an organization there to maintain the peace in our world by solving disputes. However, have they really achieved their aim? Were they successful? According to historical facts, the League of Nation has achieved six major successes in compromises of disputes,...

Following the end of the Great War, the peace conference that met in Paris from January 1919 to January 1920 and which produced the Treaty of Versailles was both vengeful and idealistic. Germany was stripped of its colonies and had severe restrictions on the rebuilding...

League of Nations I have a few topics that I feel that I should bring to the attention of the people of the United States. There are a few matters that feel that the people of America should be able to speak their minds about....

The Anzac Legend is the source of the Aussie Fight and bravery that will live on for future generations to understand and to acknowledge their courage and bravery. Some would say The Anzac Legend all began when Britain declared they were in need of help...

After their loss in WW1, Germany was left economically devastated. This was in part due to the Treaty of Versailles, which forced Germany to pay expensive reparations to France and Britain. In addition to this, the treaty also forced Germany to give up 13% of...

President Wilson lead to the establishment of the League of Nations but was unable to guide the United States into this general society of states. Because the International Commission for Air Navigation was originally linked with the League, it became a reason for the United...

Following the aftermath of World War I, the main superpowers of the world convened together to decide the fate of the enemy, Germany. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed and put into effect which therefore limited the power and influence of the Germans,...

America and the Great War Nationalism is mainly blamed to be the reason for the breakout of the World War I in 1914. The United States’ joined the World War I in 1917, which was a representation of the most astonishing development in the history...

After World War I, the Big Three signed a document called the Treaty of Versailles, punishing Germany for being the cause of the Great War. The Treaty of Versailles had effects on many European nations both inside and outside Europe, the effects being mostly negative...

It was a war that took the lives of ten million soldiers and seven million civilians and wounded ten million more. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey were fighting on one side and France, Italy, England, and Russia fought on the other. Peace was needed so finally...

“ The first cause of the outbreak of WWII is the Treaty of Versailles; this was signed on the 28th of June 1919. This treaty ended the war between Germany and the Allies. One main factor of the treaty required Germany to become responsible for...