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Abstract

21 million people were hurt, and 20 million people died. The total number of fatalities includes 9.7 million military personnel and nearly 10 million civilians. About 5.7 million troops were lost by the Entente Powers (generally known as the Allies), compared to 4 million by the Central Powers. The political system changed, women acquired more influence, and the government began to pay attention to issues like housing, health care, and education. Throughout the War, there was a considerable shift away from civilian consumption and toward armaments. Between 1913 and 1918, the government's share of GDP increased dramatically, from 8% to 38% (as opposed to 50% in 1943). Despite worries that 1915–16 saw a decline in ammunition production, the output ultimately proved to be more than sufficient.

Keywords: The Treaty of Berlin (1878), Intercultural Conflict, Dardanelles, Wilson's 14 Points 

Background

The Ottoman Empire was left with a fresh debt as a result of the 1877–1878 Russo–Turkish War, which would later play a significant role in the ties between Turkey and Russia. However, for a variety of reasons, this indemnification has generally been ignored throughout diplomatic and financial history. The indemnity treaty's ratification timeline is foremost among them. Four years after the San Stefano discussions and the Congress of Berlin, the actual agreement defining the process for the payment of the indemnity was drafted. Although the indemnity is mentioned in monographs about these incidents, it is not followed up on. Second, after Berlin, the Ottoman public debt's European bondholders were largely focused on gaining control over the collection and administration of taxes.

The Treaty of Berlin (1878)

The Treaty of Berlin and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, according to War and Diplomacy, were the two major events that portended the start of the end of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire. the Balkans' and the Caucasus' political landscapes. By explicitly recognizing Bulgaria's autonomy as well as the independence or de facto sovereignty of Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro, the treaty signaled the end of Ottoman rule in the Balkans.

The Ottoman Empire during the World Crisis

Between the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 and the start of the First World War, several works addressed the British stance toward the Ottoman Empire. These indicate that Britain's hesitation to back the anglophile Young Turk regime had a significant, if not entirely determinative, impact on Ottoman policy, ultimately leading the disgruntled Young Turks to turn to Germany for support and guidance and resulting in Turkish intervention in Germany's side in the First World War. She may not have supported the Young Turks because of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, which limited Britain's options and forbade her from doing so despite the latter group's clear sympathy for Britain.

The Treaty of Berlin of 1878 was signed by the Turkish government as a result of the major powers' involvement in the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina between 1875 and 1878. The administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina was placed under the control of the Austrian-Hungarian government as one of the conditions of the Treaty of Berlin. From this moment forward, the Bosnia-population, of Herzegovina particularly among Muslims, reflects the migration trend. Before the start of World War 1, Muslims from Bosnia-Herzegovina fled to other parts of the Turkish Empire due to the Treaty of Berlin's effects on these concerns. According to the report, Bosnia-migratory Herzegovina's process was significantly influenced by religious issues. After Bosnia-Herzegovina was legally declared, the migration trend accelerated.

Slavs

The neighboring country of Serbia is also influenced by Bosnia-Herzegovina because they share a Slavic culture. The Indo-European language family includes the Slavic languages. Slavs are typically split into three groups: East Slavs (mostly Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians), West Slavs (mostly Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks), and South Slavs (chiefly Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Slovenes, Macedonians, and Montenegrins).

June 28, 1914

The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were killed on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo. They were killed by Gavrilo Princip, a student from Bosnia and a member of the Serbian "Black Hand" secret organization. The Black Hand, also known as Ujedinjenje Ili Smart (Serbo-Croatian: Union or Death), was a covert Serbian organization in the early 20th century that supported the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by using terrorist tactics to free Serbs living outside of Serbia from Habsburg or Ottoman rule. On June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg. Poor Serbs were Princip's parents when he was born in western Bosnia.

First World Combat Deaths

Twenty million people died and twenty-one million were injured. 9.7 million military soldiers and almost 10 million civilians are included in the total number of fatalities. About 5.7 million men were lost by the Entente Powers (commonly known as the Allies), compared to 4 million by the Central Powers.

Intercultural Conflict

Before 1914, there was a complex combination of attraction and repulsion in the relationship between Imperial Germany and Tsarist Russia. Nearly all a reader needs to know about Dennis Showalter's approach to the issue of war in 1914 is contained in the first sentence of his innovative, ground-breaking, and enormously influential Tannenberg: Clash of Empires. It demonstrates Dennis's capacity to conceptualize conflict in the same manner that Carl von Clausewitz did, that is, as an interaction of opposites, a violent conflict not only between political and military forces but also between cultural and philosophical frameworks. From the very first remarks, it is clear that Dennis believed Tannenberg to be about far more than the catastrophic choices made by commanders at the moment. A was also mentioned.

The Participants in the First World War

Allied Powers	Central Powers
Russia	Austro-Hungarian Empire
France	Germany
Britain	Ottoman Empire
USA (1917-1918)
Japan

The Difficulty

Writing about the German Army in the First World War is difficult. We all know what happens next, therefore it's difficult to talk about the years 1914 to 1918 without debating whether or not the German Army's actions were justified.

Causes

M-Militarism

A-Alliance System

I-Imperialism

N-Nationalism

M-Militarism

Militarism is the idea or desire that a state should keep a potent military force and use it forcefully to further its own interests and/or beliefs. 

Industrial complexes in Britain and Germany that produced military equipment during World War I

A-Alliance System

A mutual agreement, expressed in a document, between at least two (or more) nations is the definition of an alliance system. A system of alliances can address political, economic, or military issues and incorporate requirements that guarantee the alliance's collective security.

I-Imperialism

Imperialism is the state's strategy, practice, or advocacy for expanding power and domination, particularly through direct territorial conquest or by seizing control of neighboring regions' politics and economies, frequently through the use of both hard power and soft power.

N-Nationalism

Affiliation with one's own country and support for its goals, especially at the expense of or in opposition to those of other countries

In Europe during the 19th century, numerous coalitions preserved the balance of power.

 Triple Alliance-1882

Garmany

Austria-Hungary

Italy

 Triple Entente-1907

France

Britain

Russia

Poetry from the First World War is a moving testament to the unimaginable catastrophes caused by human destruction. It has been the focus of a great deal of research that examined it from a variety of angles, drawing from various modern psychological, historical, and literary theories. The current study can be seen as yet another addition to the body of knowledge in this extensive and lasting topic where both literature and history are investigated. This essay seeks to revisit the war experience through a computational study of the poetry of the Great Combat and explore how soldier-poets transmitted their feelings in the face of traumatic war experiences. It is informed by the developing area of digital literary studies. With a top-down, corpus-driven methodology, we went from important semantic domains to lexical elements.

The Schlieffen Plan

Germany had been preparing invasions into every nation in Europe since Bismarck's reign. The Schlieffen Plan was one of these schemes. In essence, the strategy called for fast, encircling moves to surround and eliminate the adversary. 

This strategy was applied to both the invasion of France and smaller-scale battles like the Battle of Tannenberg. One of the main tenets of this strategy was that no soldiers should be held back in reserve and that it was imperative to use all available force in the invasion of France.

Germany hoped to hasten the end of this conflict by launching a rapid attack on France and encircling it before Russia could begin to organize. Many people believe that the Germans' failure to follow through on this plan was what ultimately cost them the war. This is a straightforward analogy to Pericles and the Peloponnesian War. He forewarned the Athenians that trying to colonize and expand would prevent them from winning the war. They violated the requirement in this example as well, losing the battle.

In any case, the strategy called for an assault on Belgium followed by a southward advance into France. Belgian resistance made it far more difficult for Germany to implement the Schlieffen Plan because they did not merely stand aside for the Germans. In addition to these war plans, Germany attempted to prevent nations from joining the conflict by igniting revolutions within them. We'll see that while it was successful in Russia, all attempts to incite a revolt in Ireland were unsuccessful.

Italy was a member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary when World War I broke out in July 1914 but chose to remain neutral. However, there was a great desire among the populace and political groups to wage war on Austria-Hungary, Italy's longtime foe.

In May 1882, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the secret Triple Alliance, which was repeatedly renewed until World War I.

In May 1882, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the secret Triple Alliance, which was repeatedly renewed until World War I. Since 1879, Germany and Austria-Hungary have maintained a close alliance. Shortly after France defeated Italy's objectives in North Africa, Italy requested their assistance against France.

The Ottoman Empire initially intended to remain neutral in World War I, but it quickly formed an alliance with Germany and joined the conflict on the side of the Central Powers in October 1914. The Ottoman Empire, which had been in a state of relative decline since the late 16th century, had initially intended to remain neutral.

Between France and Russia, a political and military alliance known as the Dual Alliance, also known as the Franco-Russian Alliance, developed from cordial relations in 1891 to a covert agreement in 1894. It was one of the main European alliances in the years leading up to World War I.

The Triple Entente, an alliance of Russia, France, and Great Britain, formed the core of the Allied Powers in World War I.

Dardanelles

The Dardanelles were used to transport 50% of Russia's exports from Black Sea ports. High stakes were involved on both sides: British dominance of the strait would provide them a direct line to the Russian navy in the Black Sea, allowing them to deliver weapons to Russian forces in the east and promoting communication between them. In order to launch an attack on Constantinople (Istanbul), the capital of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, the Allies sought to capture control of the vital Dardanelles Strait.

The Balkan Wars (1912–13) 

The Ottoman Empire lost practically all of its remaining territory in Europe as a result of two armed engagements. The Ottoman Empire was defeated by the Balkan League in the First Balkan War, and as a result of the conditions of the peace treaty (1913), it was forced to cede Macedonia and Albania.

The July Crisis was a global crisis that started on June 28, 1914, with the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and ended on August 4, 1914, with the British declaration of war against Germany. An Austrian ultimatum to Serbia resulted in war declarations from the European Great Powers. On July 5, 1914, in Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany promises his nation's unwavering support for whatever course of action Austria-Hungary chooses to take in its conflict with Serbia, a long-standing rivalry that was brought to a head the previous June 28 by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife.

On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, starting World War I. It ignored Russia and began its offensive against France on August 3, declaring war and moving its main soldiers through Belgium to seize Paris from the north, as per its war plan.

The Germans had anticipated a brief conflict. Within six weeks, Russia was to be conquered, and Great Britain would be kicked out of Europe.

 During the First World War, which lasted from 1914 to 1918, the United Kingdom was a key Allied Power. They battled the Central Powers, particularly Germany. The Royal Air Force was established during the war, and the armed forces saw significant expansion and restructuring.

The military of Germany possessed a well-trained reserve force, which offered the army a tactical edge, particularly in the early stages of the conflict.

Turkish Empire assaults Suez Canal takeover is linked to Russia link to Britain from Barsagher.

The Trenches

Really dirty, and unpleasant, and the restrooms were backed up.

The Western Front was most known in France and Belgium, but it was also in Gallipoli, the Northern Italian highlands, the Middle East, and even Africa.

Provides some cover from enemy fire while also preventing troops from moving forward quickly and lengthening the fight.

Without including sailors, Indian Labor Corps members, or the Imperial Service Troops from the Princely States, India had sent more than 1 million soldiers to fight in the War by 1918. On the Western Front, 138,608 Indian soldiers from two infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions, and four field artillery brigades took part in combat. Indian and Pakistani divisions and independent brigades were despatched to the World War II theatres of operations in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Africa under the current British role.

America Entered World War 

America entered World War One in 1917 as a result of Germany's unrestricted use of submarine warfare. The Third Battle of Ypres, better known as the Battle of Passchendaele, began in 1917. On January 11, saboteurs in New Jersey destroyed a munitions facility. With Germany, the United States severed diplomatic ties. President Woodrow Wilson's veto of the Immigration Act of 1917 is overridden by Congress and the Senate, allowing for additional immigration restrictions, including a complete ban on people from much of Asia.

October Revolution in Russia

During the October Revolution, Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks overthrew more moderate social democrats (Mensheviks) and traditionalist "Whites" to capture power. the former allies of Russia who were still engaged in World War I

Wilson's 14 Points 

In his address to Congress on January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined a 14-point plan for achieving world peace. These ideas later served as the cornerstone of peace talks after World War I.

Wilson's 14 Points were created with the intention of demoralizing the Central Powers and motivating the Allies to victory. The 14 Points were broadcast to the entire world and were rained down on the enemy's trenches by rockets and shells.

I. Open peace treaties reached openly; after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind, but diplomacy shall always proceed openly and in public view.

II. Absolute freedom of navigation on the seas, both in peace and war, except when the seas are closed in whole or in part by international action to enforce international covenants.

III. The removal, to the greatest extent possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of equal trade conditions among all nations agreeing to the peace and committing to its maintenance.

Adequate guarantees are given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.

V. A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty, the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined.

VI. The evacuation of all Russian territory and the resolution of all issues affecting Russia in such a way as to secure the best and most free cooperation of the world's nations in obtaining for her an unhindered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination of her own political development and national policy, and to assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing; and, more than a welcome, assistance. The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations in the months to come will be the acid test of their goodwill, of their understanding of her needs as distinguished from their own interests, and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy.

VII. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and restored without any attempt to limit the sovereignty that she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other single act will serve to restore confidence among nations in the laws that they have set and determined for the administration of their relations with one another. Without this healing act, the whole structure and validity of international law are forever impaired.

VIII. All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.

IX. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.

X. The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity for autonomous development.

XI. Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories should be restored; Serbia should be granted free and secure sea access, and the relations of the various Balkan states to one another should be determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political, economic, and territorial independence and territorial integrity of the various Balkan states should be entered into.

XII. The Turkish portion of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured of secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured of undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guarantees.

XIII. An independent Polish state should be erected, which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by an international covenant.

XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.

We consider ourselves to be close allies with all the governments and peoples united against the Imperialists in these fundamental rights of wrongs and assertions of right. We cannot be divided into different interests or different purposes. We will remain a unit till the very end.

War to End all Wars.

The addition of American forces and supplies to the western front in 1918 helped the Allies win the war. On November 11, 1918, Germany and the Allies agreed an armistice. Because of the immense death and destruction it brought about, World War I became regarded as the "war to end all wars."

Palace of Versailles.

It put an end to the conflict between Germany and the Allies. Exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which sparked the war, it was ratified on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles.

Germany was compelled by the treaty to give up colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, relinquish territory to other countries like France and Poland, and scale back its military. pay Allied nations war reparations and acknowledge war guilt.But the humiliating peace agreement that Germany was compelled to sign was the worst of all. The Treaty of Versailles requested 132 billion gold marks ($269 billion today) in financial reparations for the entire war, not just for Germany's role in it.The 1919 Treaty of Versailles' so-called "guilt clause" assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war and mandated payment of reparations in the amount of 132 billion German marks, or nearly $400 billion today. A cycle of hyperinflation fueled by the debt brought Germany dangerously close to financial disaster. Garmany made his final instalment in 2010.

The Russian Empire, the German, the Austro-Hungarian, and the Ottoman empires all fell in 1917, 1918, and 1922, respectively.

Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia were formed from the remains of the former Austria-Hungarian empire after its dissolution. The Ottoman Turks were forced to cede most of their territory in the Middle East and southwest Asia. They just kept Turkey as a member state of Europe.

 First world war Technology

Aerial reconnaissance cameras, heavy artillery, machine guns, tanks, motorised transport vehicles, high explosives, chemical weapons, aeroplanes, field radios and telephones, and quickly developing medical technology and science were just a few of the innovations that changed warfare in the twentieth century.

Famine and disease, however, were the main causes of death because of the terrible conditions that made fevers, parasites, and diseases common on the front lines and decimated the soldiers in the trenches. Flu, typhoid, trench foot, and trench fever were among the most prevalent infections and viruses.

Spanish Flu is to Blame

Even more staggeringly, at least 50 million people, including 675,000 Americans, perished in the 1918 pandemic. However, the outbreak was eclipsed by the legacy of World War I, rendering the extraordinary death toll from the flu nearly irrelevant.

Conclusion

The old politics were thrown aside, women had a bigger voice, and the government began to pay attention to issues like housing, health care, and education. During the War, there was a significant shift away from civilian consumption and into weapons. From 8% in 1913 to 38% in 1918 (as opposed to 50% in 1943), the government's share of GDP increased dramatically. Despite worries that ammunition production was falling behind in 1915–16, the output was more than sufficient in the long run. An economic depression resulted from damaged economic infrastructure across Germany and political unrest during the Weimar Republic.

 Henry Tandey

The most decorated private in World War One was Henry Tandey. However, in the years leading up to World War Two, claims that he had saved Adolf Hitler's life in 1918 overshadowed his valour.

There was a 20-year gap between the two occasions. Pte. Tandey received the Victoria Cross on September 28, 1918, "for most remarkable bravery and initiative," during the fifth Battle of Ypres.

Twenty years later, in a failed effort to achieve "peace for our time," British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is alleged to have visited Hitler and planted the seeds of the mythology.

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