World War I

World War One broke out in 1914. As a loyal ally to Great Britain, Canada became involved instantly. Prime Minister Robert Borden declared that “when Great Britain is at war, Canada is at war, and there is no difference at all.” (Historica). Some nations had more soldiers than Canada. Volunteers were becoming harder to find….

The Pirenne Thesis The Pirenne Thesis was proposed by Henri Pierenne while he was a prisoner of war during WW1. His idea was primarily that the shape and control of Medieval land was determined by the control of waterways. He said that these waterways created trading hubs that dominated economic and political power in itself….

The First World War 1914-1918 Entente Powers British Empire France Russian Empire Japan Italy United States (1917) Central Alliance Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria The War started when Archduke Frans Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. The War spread via the empires and therefore became so ‘large’. The common perception of imperial wars in Britain…

The US entered the war for a variety of reasons. Here are some summaries of explanations. There were unauthorized German submarines along the US East coast. Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in the spring of 1917 provided the final straw for US politicians, and America declared war. The first and foremost answer would be…

During his visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Sunday 28th of June, 1914, the Archduke and heir to the throne of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, was killed in company of his wife, Sophie. The one to blame was Princip, member of a terrorist group, which planned the assassination. For this, the Austrian government blamed Serbia and sent…

The Great War, or The First World War, occurred from 1914 to 1918 and led to notable progress in war strategies and weaponry. It included a greater number of nations than any prior conflict. World War I was characterized by the mobilization of entire nations, transforming it into a “total war” (Clare 6). Despite ongoing…

What Was the Underlying Cause of World War One? 30 million solders sprinkled their blood all over the Europe land, we heard the crying, heard the yelling, we feel pity for those who lost their lives in the war—- World War One. This war was start in1914 with an assassination of the Archduke of Austria…

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Versailles, Treaty of, 1919. This was the treaty between Germany and the victorious Allied nations (including Canada ) which brought the World War to a formal…

Why was the war on the Western Front so dreadful for British Soldiers? Introduction: In this project, my primary focus is on answering the question ‘Why was the war on the Western Front so dreadful for British Soldiers? In my project I will discuss the New Technologies, How awful daily life was for a soldiers…

The causes of World War I, which began in central Europe in early July 1914, included many intertwined factors, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. However, the immediate origins of the war lay…