Known as “The Great War,” World War I (WWI) began in July 1914 and officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France on June 28, 1919. However, seven months earlier the Allied nations and Germany had agreed to a temporary cease fire–or armistice–at 11:00 AM on ...
300K What was the Treaty of Versailles? In this lesson, learn the terms of the treaty that ended WWI and see if the U.S. joined the League of Nations. What did they include in the treaty and what was left out? Related to this QuestionWhy...
Explain why World War One began in Europe and why it became a global conflict. Why didn't the Crimeans help with the Battle of Vienna? Why did Franz Joseph's attempts to reform Austria-Hungary fail? Why did the Treaty of Versailles blame Germany for WWI? Why did the Ottoman Empire ally...
Canada and the First World War There are currently 6,200,000 people living in the UK who have served in the armed forces (the army, the navy or the airforce). 16,000,000 died in World. Propaganda Posters of World War One World War One facts WW1 began because the heir to the Austr...
People began joining to show off their bikes as well as their steel nerves and extreme operating proficiency. Harley-Davidson became part of the racing scene in 1914. It quickly progressed to the front of the pack even though WWI put a crimp in manufacturing and hampered attention for the ...
Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, did not. Kaiser was the son of German immigrants and began working at age 13 as an errand boy at a dry goods store in Utica, New York, honing a work ethic that would serve him well. In 1914, he founded a paving company that advanced the use of heavy ...
1914 and 1989 are "hinge moments", decisive points of history on which subsequent events turn. How nations both great and small behave at such hinge moments determine the future course of war and peace. I participated directly and personally in the events of 1989, and saw this lesson in pla...
Dilemma #2: The Trenches.WWI saw all armies from all nations entering the war with the notion of “being home by Christmasâ€. The French had Plan XVII and the Germans had the Schlieffen Plan. The Germans struck first on the Western Front, advancing to the outskirts of Paris...
2.Whichofthefollowingisnotoneofthefourgreatinventions oftheChinese?A.GunPowder D:Thefourgreatinventionsshould B.PaperC.CompassD.Clock be:Gunpowder,compass,paperandprinting.ChineseHistoryQuiz 3.HowmanyfemalemonarchswerethereinChineseHistory?A.OneB.ZeroC.Two A:WuZe-TianwastheonlyEmpressinChineseHistory.
creating a hegemonic Germany and breaking the status quo that had prevailed in Europe since the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. The seeds were now planted for another colossal and deadly conflict, as France prepared for the next war and Germany began to rapidly expand its sphere of influe...