Allies of World War I

All Quiet on the Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque talks about the experiences of German soldiers during the war. Remarque describes World War I as a grueling place to be that affects you physically and mentally. He also describes the brotherhood of the soldiers and how much of a patriotic idealism affected many young soldiers. We get to see Paul Baumer’s experience on this war and how many of them loss their innocence. We also get to see how much of an impact this novel created for many…

The First World War has been undisputed as being one of the most tragic events in human history. The trench warfare provided unique conditions for soldiers on the frontline which often times would lead to a condition known as shell-shock, and today is referred to as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As the name suggests, people with this condition experience serious physical and psychological damage inhibiting everyday functions of life on account of a particularly traumatic life event. Not…

aviation enthusiast once said "Aviation is proof that given the will we can do the impossible" Eddie Rickenbacker. This quote comes from a man that served our country as an American Fighter Ace in World War 1. He had twenty-six aerial victories and he earned the Medal of Honor for being the best ace in the war. We still have to give credit to the first founders of aviation because without them we wouldn 't be where were are today. Aviation still consists of some of the technologies that were…

After the Treaty of Versailles named Germany as the sole cause and loser of the First World War, the country sank into a deep economic depression as it was forced to pay off immense reparations as payment for starting the war. Of course, this destroyed the economic stability of the people as it created rampant inflation that would only worsen in the decades following. The story of The Orator is thus clearly…

diplomacy and focused on preserving peace, bringing right to the world, and extending the blessings of the democracy, but as time went on this policy was hard to stand by. Wilson felt as if it was his jobs to help less favored nations. Throughout the 1912 campaign Wilson only mentioned foreign policy when it directly affected domestic concerns. Wilson’s two terms in office were filled with one catastrophe after another, including World War I. Some…

Russia was forced to face a mass of alterations during the reign of Alexander II - economic growth, industrialization, the Crimean and Russo-Turkish wars, peasant uprisings, and, most importantly, Alexander II's Great Reforms, which culminated with the emancipation of the serfs. All of these changes contributed to an upheaval of the social structure that Russia had been operating by for centuries. There has always been an imbalance of power between the masses (peasants, serfs) and the gentry,…

Thesis: Within the endless sands crossing between, the decaying Ottoman Empire, millions of Armenians were sent on to their deaths by being forced across these sands by the Turkish government. In Chris Bohjalian, Sandcastle Girls, he creates a fictional novel that showcases these atrocities, while entwining the story into personable characters and an engaging story. The thesis of Sandcastle Girls is to create a fictional love story, which allows the reader to gain an understanding of the events…

My first remarkable fact is the resistance Jews showed against the Nazis. The story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising was something I 've never learned about before, I always thought “why didn 't the Jews fight back?” when in reality they did. The Jewish Fighting Organization was very inspiring to learn about. To fight against something so disgusting and inhuman was so brave for those last 700 Jewish teenagers. They didn 't let the daunting numbers of the Nazis scare them away nor did they let the…

As Central Asian scholars brought in influence from Eastern Europe, especially the Ottoman empire, they discovered the growing importance of education and attempted to further the idea among Central Asian elites. The Patricide by Mahmud Khoja Behbudiy is a play that exemplified the very values of those scholars, who were known as Jadidists. In the play, Behbudiy introduced two ranges of characters which represented the divided attitude in the acceptance of Jadidist beliefs. One side involved…

about the characters? In previous centuries, there were a lot of wars and a lot of people like Priestley did things such as reflect the society that time by books, play etc. The upper classes were rich and powerful, whereas the working classes were poor, they had to work really hard for the upper classes. The dramatist set the play in 1912 to let people know that if they still follow the same mistake they will suffer in pain; the war will come. In 1945, Priestley chose to perform the first…