World War I Essay Examples Page 2

During the 1920s, tension arose between a new generation, with liberal and progressive ideas, and a more traditional peer group, who favored conventional values and sentimentalism. This social tension was caused by technological advancements, a revolution in society in the period of and directly following World War I, a revolution of morals and rapid urbanization….

During World War One, the role of airplanes and how theywere used changed greatly. At first planes were only usedfor sport, but people started realize that not only couldairplanes be useful but they could even influence an outcomeof the war greatly. Soon the war was filled with blimps,planes, and tethered balloons. By the end of…

Penicillin1. Penicillin is an antibiotic drug used to treat infection. Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist, discovered it in 1928. However, it was not brought to widespread medical use because there was not a way to produce large amounts of it. Twelve years later, British scientists Howard Florey and Ernest Chain discovered a way to…

d ride during Hitlers rise to power. The entire world didnt think that he would become as powerful as he became. Hitlerachieved his power by relying on the nerviness of the world to sit back and allow him todo what he wanted. The world was too concerned about the political, economic andmilitant to busy worrying…

After gaining power, Hitler aggresively built up the German military and in 1936, occupied the Rhineland, a formerly German area designated as a buffer zone to protect France. Britain and France were preoccupied with Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia and made little protest. By 1938, Germany had the most powerful military force in the world. In…

“All Quiet on the Western Front” was written in a first person style. The story was told by Paul Bamer, a nineteen year old student, convinced to enlist with the German army by his schoolmaster, Kantorek. Along with many of his friends from school, he is trained under Corporal Himmelstoss, a strictly disciplined commander who…

onflict, chiefly inEurope, among most of the world’s great powers. On one side were the Allies(chiefly France, Britain, Russia, and the U. S. ); on the other were theCentral Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey). Prominent among thewar’s causes were the imperialist, territorial, and economic rivalries ofthe great powers. The German empire in particular was determined…

I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of lifebut despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrowAll Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a vividly horrific verification of what went on at the front of World War I. It goes deep…

The Destructiveness of War is a major theme that affects not only lives and property, but also the human spirit. Men are subjected to physical torment, with eyes being blinded, limbs blown off, blood flowing everywhere, and innocent men dying in agony. Soldiers take shelter in graveyards, where bombs explode all around them. The living…

On August 1, 1914 one of the worlds greatest tragedies took place. In Harry F. Youngs article entitled, the Misunderstanding of August 1, 1914, Young tries to make sense of the days that took place before the Great War began. In his twenty-one-page article, Young uses many sources to explain the story that had so…