World War I broke out essentially over a disagreement between the empire of Austria-Hungary and the tiny state of Serbia. When Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist named Gavrilo Princip in the summer of 1914, Austria-Hungary believed the Serbian government was behind it...
What was the Allies' purpose in invading Italy and France?Question:What was the Allies' purpose in invading Italy and France?Defeating Nazi GermanyBy the middle of World War II, the Nazi armies had taken over much of Europe while the Allied armies had removed them from Northern Africa an...
Imperialism is defined as the governing of one people by another country, which was a recurring dilemma prior to WW1 due to the industrialist movement. Although not all events that fall into the imperialistic category were about controlling another country, they contributed to the war, and ...
World war 1 brought catastrophe to countries around the world. Leading to the economic depression, the rise of authoritarian leaders, problems with Germany due to the Versailles treaty, and many other outcomes that in fact eventually led to WW2. As you may or may not know WW1 was the 1st ...
Question: What were war bonds during WW2? World War II: The financial cost of the Second World War was staggering. In the United States alone, it is estimated that the country spent about $341 billion dollars on the war effort. The government struggled to find ways to raise the necessary...
What side was Norway on in WWII? Fighting Fjords: The second world war involved nearly every country on earth. The Nazis tried to invade and take over western Europe, and they were met with resistance in nearly every country they wanted to invade. Some of the leaders of these countries wer...
On May 7, 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies in Reims, France, ending World War II and the Third Reich. Who was the best German general? Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Mellenthin. And he was in a position to know: as a general staff officer during the war, Mellenthin ha...
Even if USAFFE had held out longer I think 1MARDIV (at least) would have ended up in SWPA. The combination of their relative readiness and availability, the change of strategic initiative in favor of the Allies following Guadalcanal, and the relative paucity of troops trained for opposed amph...
“Sergeant Goldie” in the summer and fall of 1918 fed doughboys on the front lines of Saint-Mihiel and in the decisive American-led campaign on the Argonne Forest that earned the Allies victory inWorld War I. World War I, Interior of an American barracks at Lux (Côte-d’Or, France...