The inevitability of a great war was so clear in the decades leading up to 1914 to the modern student of European history. The actions of the European powers and the popular literature of the time reflected the fear and premonition of the imminent conflagration of Europe. As the major players, feeling the threat of […]
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“The Treaty [of Versailles] includes no provisions for the economic rehabilitation of Europe.” [1] After the First World War, Europe was devastated. The war not only had a lot to do with it, but it created immense economic problems in Europe. “Europe is not self-sufficient, especially it cannot feed itself.” [2] No one was present […]
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“Dreadnought” by Robert K. Massie explains how the large naval arms race between Great Britain and Germany at the beginning of the 20th century was the single biggest root cause of the start of the First World War in 1914. The war at the beginning of World War I was almost from the beginning “the […]
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 […]
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 […]