Furthermore, German politics suffered polarisation as the left and right became more extreme, divisions were caused by differing views over war aims and developing concern over the establishment of the ‘Silent Dictatorship’. The first world war definitely narrowed political divisions initially which can be shown through Burgfriede which was introduced on 4th August to symbolise the political truce between all parties, even the supposedly ’unpatriotic’ Social Democrat Party gave their support for what was presented as a defensive war. However this political unity did not last as the military was unable to deliver on the quick victory that they had promised, and as the Schlieffen Plan failed and the heavy losses in battles such as Verdunn, the unity of the parties began to fracture. Subsequently Falkenhayn failed to find alternative strategies to break the stalemate and as a result Falkenhayn was replaced with military hero Hindenburg. For this reason, one can argue how the First World War increased political divisions.
The scale of the war forced all sectors of society to change and adapt to the growing scale of the war. In 1914 the British government believed that the war would be a brief one and as a result there was little done to prepare for the eventuality of the war stretching out over as long a period of time as it did. As the war progressed and no major gains were made by either side it became clear that there would need to be a much greater war effort. In order to cope with the massive logistical effort required to keep the war going the governments introduced new laws and legislation to improve output, efficiency and control. The Defence of the Realm Act that the British government introduced gave the government almost unlimited ability to control and regulate life for the citizens of Britain.
Explain how State Control increased in Britain during world war 1 The Liberals’ policy towards State Control before the First World War was ‘laissez faire’, a policy of the government having a very limited impact on life in the country. However, the First World War forced them to scrap this policy and increase State Control in order to successfully fight the war. They did this in a number of ways, and this answer will include: Conscription, Censorship, in the protection of the working class, food rationing and DORA. It will be argued that the most extensive increase in state control was in the protection of the working class. The most extensive increase in state control was in the protection of the working class.
Until the Americans joined the War, Germany had managed to move forces into Belgium and Western France, increasing the pressure on Britain because for the first time it became apparent that the War was even closer to home than had at first been perceived. The nature of the war took a turn in 1917 when the USA joined to the aid of Britain, France and Russia, taking part in their first battle on the 28th May 1918, which proved as a success and a great boost to allied morale. Now, that the USA, the world’s strongest economic power had joined the war, Germany was forced to fight the war on two fronts; both on the East and on the West. It was because of this alliance, and fact that the Allies faced Germany and its allies on both sides that, once America had joined, the war was able to be won decisively. Linking to this fact, the alliance and geographical positions of both America and Russia were not the only two determining factors, as both nations were able to supply vast numbers of troops to the war effort, and the USA in particular was able to supply copious amounts of money to the allies, bringing new technologies to warfare.
It was not until the 4th August, where the British declaration of war was announced. Why Britain joined the Great War is debatable and historians have come up with numerous reasons such as the threat of Germany, due to public opinion and was it over the invasion of Belgium? Each of these reasons and more I will discuss in the following paragraphs. Furthermore the impending threat of Germany was seen to be a reason for Britain going to war. According to Ferro in his book 'The Great War' he suggests that England felt threatened by Germany due to the unprecedented economic strides the country made between 1880 and 1914, although Germany did not have a financial base on the same scale as Britain's economic power.
Nationalism sparked off World War One. Do you agree? World War One broke out during 1914-1918. There are several reasons for its outbreak. The extreme nationalism was driven the emergence of war, it elevate each of the conflicts before W.W.1.
So the U.S can provide coaling stations for the US Navy throughout the world. The war also revealed the growing power of the media to control public opinion in the US. Around the turn of the century and most powerfully just before and during the war, newspapermen like Hearst and Pulitzer practiced yellow journalism, sensationalizing stories and whipping the public into \frenzy for the simple purpose of increasing circulation. The role of the newspapers in this war
World War One began the 28th of June 1914 and ended on the 11th of November 1918 at 11am. There were many causes of the war, including the competition between Britain and Germany over who had the most powerful navy. Most European countries were trying to build empires around the world, leading to many small conflicts which led to Europe arranging itself into gangs known as alliances. A previous war in 1870 meant that France and Germany especially, didn’t trust each other. When the war began in 1914, people thought that it would be an easy victory and that Germany would be defeated by Christmas.
Lastly, Congress also had a problem with the spaniards clue to the facts spain did not want anyone to comw to the westward of the land because that was spains trading system.And due to congress being weak they surrendered. The main cause of the problem was the agreement that led to many conflicts. These problems harmed congress when going against Britain because they had no troops to defend them. 2. How effective was congress under the Articles of Confederation at dealing with the problem in your case study?
The USA was the most powerful and richest country in the world. The League need power and money to accomplish its aims, but the absence of the USA meant that the League had no power, which lead them to not being powerful enough to stop Mussolini occupying the Greek island, Corfu. Secondly, Russia who was another big country couldn’t join due to its communism. Therefore, the League wouldn’t be able to help Russia if it had any problems with other countries that were part of the League, and those problems could lead to another war. So, this would make the League an organisation that doesn’t bring peace.