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    World War 1 is known as the Great War. Starting on July 28, 1914 the Great War sent over seventy million troops into the trenches that decorated most of Central Europe. With the invention of new weapons changing the battlefield this war caused destruction unseen by Europe. Germany was the first to attack, using the Schlieffen plan to take out France. Excepting to be home by Christmas then go over to Russia, Germany was very wrong. This Great War ended on November 11, 1918. The causes of world war

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    The effect of weapon technology had a big impact on World War One. World World I was the most important turning point of the 20th century. It destroyed most of Europe and destroyed four empires while also creating many new nations. It triggered the Russian Revolution and set the bases for Balkan Middle Eastern conflicts that remain unresolved. World War I was the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies. World War I occurred on July 28, 1914 and ended

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    important to Australia’s national identity because it was the first time Australian’s fought overseas. World War 1 has shaped the way Australia’s now lives as we grow to know, and respect the Anzac legend as we understand what the soldiers did for our nation. The ANZAC legend will always live on as the stories are passed through family, to family. Anzac Day is celebrated to ensured the campaign will never be forgotten. Gallipoli Assignment references: Gallipoli. 2015. Gallipoli. [ONLINE] Available

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    The only obstacle in Churchill’s way following the signing of the Franco-German armistice was convincing France of his prediction of impending doom. It might have seemed as though Churchill’s determination to prevent Germany from having the French Fleet would have declined after the signing of the armistice between France and Germany. However, Churchill and British officials’ commitment to stopping a potential seizure of the French Fleet by Germany did not fade. The armistice between France and Germany

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    equipment, spread of disease and destruction landmarks. Even tough there was more dysfunction than function Americans were able to recover from war which lead to better development of the country. For example, war helped to fix the problems between nations, people came together as one to support it society from collapsing, and lead to the development and advancement. For example, Civil war ended slavery, WW1 ended Holocaust

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    World War I brought forth unprecedented warfare in European history, leading to some sixty million active troops across Europe and millions of causalities. Understandably, the goals behind the Treaty of Versailles aimed to restore European stability and create international peace. However, these goals results in treaties that were “poisonous spirit of revenge” and “overlooked the really important issues of economic recovery.” On 11 November 1918, an armistice, based on Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen

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    World War 1 Technology

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    World War 1 has become known as one of the bloodiest wars in recent history and a main factor that contributed to the gruesomeness of this war was the emerging technology during the course of the war. From machine guns, to aircrafts, and chemical weapons each of these technologies contributed to the perpetuation of World War 1 (WW1). One of the most notorious weapons during WW1 was the rapid firing machine gun that required many military commanders to rethink their battle tactics. This fast firing

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    Refugees are people that are forced to flee their homes because they can no longer suffer staying in their home country, yet they are still everyday people. When refugees flee their home, they have to leave what they once loved, their family members, their home, friends and jobs.When people flee their home and try to resettle, their life can be turned inside out. In the novel “ Inside Out and Back Again” by Thanhha Lai, Ha and her family live in a country at war.When Ha’s mother decides to flee their

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    internationalists3. While the 1920s are often said to have been dominated by the isolationists, perhaps American leadership through economic manipulation played larger role than it has been given credit4. The United States was not an isolationist nation after WWI, and its economic foreign policy decisions had global consequences.

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    With the construction of international organizations, such as the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), humanitarian aid has reached the most desperate of people and developing nations have been enabled to grow their domestic economies at a greater rate. However peace in volatile countries has remained difficult to achieve due to the slow reaction timing of UN member states. With the Genocide in Rwanda, the international community didn’t recognize the crimes against humanity

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