World War One is probably the most overlooked, least explored war in American history classes. Europeans know more about WWI because many countries such as France, England and Germany were involved in conflict for a longer period of time. Ironically most historians agree that World War One, called then the Great War, and ‘ the ...
“The Treaty [of Versailles] includes no provisions for the economic rehabilitations of Europe.”[1] After World War One, Europe had broken down. The war not only had a lot of casualties but created an enormous amount of economic problems in Europe. “Europe is not self sufficient; in particular it cannot feed itself.”[2] No one was there ...
“Dreadnought” by Robert K. Massie explains how the great naval arms race between Great Britain and Germany at the dawn of the twentieth century was the biggest single root cause of the beginning of the First World War in 1914. It has been nearly 100 years now since the beginning of World War I, “the ...
This November 11th, as our serviceman battle terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, Veteran’s Day will be celebrated as it has been every November 11th for the last few decades, except for a brief time in the Seventies when the holiday was moved to October. Veteran’s Day is a national and state holiday in all fifty ...
The inevitability of a Great War was as transparent in the decades leading up to 1914 as it is to the contemporary student of modern European history. The actions of the European powers and the popular ‘invasion literature’ of the time reflected the fears and forecasts of an all-but-imminent European conflagration. As the major players, ...
What was expected to be a war over by Christmas of 1914, it actually lasted for four long years. World War I fought between the Central powers and the Triple Entente has many topics of controversy. One of these topics is why Germany and her allies lost the war in 1918. There are several reasons ...
The wristwatch was originally regarded as a passing fad for women. But, war proved the need for soldiers to wear a watch on their wrists. Watches were first worn on the wrist by soldiers at the close of the 19th century during Great Britain’s Boer War in Africa. Wearing watches on the wrist became very ...