Throughout the war the British fleets were superior. This was probably due to its large empire. 1914 The first naval battle was on August 28 when the British raided Heligoland Bight. British destroyers entered this German naval base and fired torpedoes but the Germans sent out cruiser ships‚ which were bigger and stronger. The destroyers retreated to open sea whilst being chased by the Germans and shot at by Battle ships. In September‚ submarine warfare began when German submarine U-9‚ sank 3 British
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Fitzsimons 1 How were the United States goals in World War I similar or different to the United States goals for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? The United States goals in World War I and Iraq and Afghanistan are very different‚ and this is partly because they are in totally different time periods and the technology is very different. World War I took place from 1914-1918 (Strachan 1)‚ whereas the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan started in 2003 and are still going (Deese 1)‚ although many of
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Impact of World War 1 on Germans and African Americans In the year 1790‚ the United Sates Census counted approximately 375 thousand people of the German origin. The number of the Germans immigration later increased after the year 1815. The occurrence of World War 1 during this period led to the increase in anti-German sentiments causing the German community to become invisible (Fiebig-von 33). The Germans were often met with accusations of being sympathetic about the German Empire. The war turned out
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root causes are much deeper. The causes of World War 1 were alliance system‚ imperialism‚ militarism and nationalism. I will be going into detail of these details of these matters to explain the events that triggered the world war. Countries throughout Europe made defense agreements that would pull them into battle‚ meaning‚ if one country was attacked‚ allied countries were bound to defend them. This was called Alliances. At the start of World War 1‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary allied and became
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Bell March12th 2013 World History In Europe around the late 1800s to early 1900s World War 1 took place in many European countries. This essay will explain how alliance was the cause of World War 1. The four factors that made alliances the cause of World War 1 are political‚ geography‚ economics‚ and social factors. The first factor in why alliances caused World War 1 is political reasons. Some examples of political are the treaties that were made before and during the war to help protect alliances
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World War I was primarily the result of "-isms"‚ most notably: * Imperialism * Militarism * Nationalism Imperialism In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century the world saw a lot of colonization of Africa and Asia by European powers. Each trying to fulfill its own version of a manifest rule. This caused land and empire rivalries. In short all countries wanted to be strong therefore they competed over: land and empire‚ navies and armies‚ power and influence. This
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World War 1 Causes WW1 left roughly 10 million soldiers dead‚ 21 million soldiers wounded and 8 million soldiers missing. It was a conflict between the Allied Powers‚ and the Central Powers. The three main causes of the war were the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ widespread militarism and economic imperialism. I will explain why these where the three reasons in the following paragraphs. The first cause of WW1 took place on June 28‚ 1914. Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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World War I (1914-1918) In late June 1914‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident‚ leading by mid-August to the outbreak of World War I‚ which pitted Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers). The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States. The four
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Causes for World War I Many things led up to the start of World War I. There was much tension between the countries of Europe for more than fifty years. There were immediate causes‚ and long-term causes. Some immediate causes were the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungry‚ Germany declaring war on Russia‚ Germany declaring war on France‚ and Great Britain declaring war on Germany. Some long-term causes or basic causes were imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and the arms race. The assassination of
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THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1 World War 1 was fought between the allied and the central powers from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between the central powers consisted of Germany‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Turkey and Italy and the allies consisting of U.K ‚ France‚ Russia and U.S.A. The war in itself is considered a notable example of a total war as all the belligerents used every means of warfare including chemical warfare to try to win. The war ended with an allied victory after the armistice in 1918
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