Causes Of World War 1
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World War I took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918 and resulted in over 40 million casualties, including 20 million military and civilian deaths. The cause of World War I is primarily the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed the Archduke, who was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.More...
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United States And Japan World War II
In order to understand the Japan and the United States actions during World War II, one first has to go back a little in history to the time between the end of World War I and when Japan became an active participant in World War II.
After World War I, the economic condition in Japan worsened. The situation further deteriorated with the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 and the world wide depression in 1929. During 1930s, the military in Japan gained complete control over the government and many so-called political enemies were assassinated and the communists were persecuted. Censorship and indoctrination became common in education and media. Army and naval officers soon ended up occupying important government offices including that of the prime minister.
Like the rest of the western world, Japan forced China into unequal economic and political treaties. In addition, since the end of the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905, Japan’s influence over Manchuria had been steady increasing. This led to the Chinese Nationalists challenging Japan’s influence on Manchuria in 1931. This in turn saw the Kwantung Army, the Japanese armed forces in Manchuria, occupying Manchuria. The next year, the Japanese declared Manchuria as an independent state which was controlled by the Kwantung Army through a puppet government. The same year, Japan conducted air bombardment in Shanghai to protect the Japanese residents living there from anti-Japan protests and movements.More...
World War One Weapons
During World War One, new weapons completely revolutionized combat. Combat changed rapid passing thing into trench warfare. This primarily happened because new technology from Europe brought new types of weapons.
During World War One, weapons were divided in to 9 types. These were as follows:
- Machine Guns -- These weapons were first used during the American Civil War and had a devastating effect. However, during World War One, their effectiveness reached alarming levels when these guns could fire 600 bullets in one minute.
- Artillery -- These were upgraded versions of cannons. For nearly four years, the British had been using artillery to fire 170 million shells. However, the Germans developed the biggest artillery and it was called Big Bertha. Big Bertha was capable of firing into Paris from 120 kilometers away. Along with cannons, even the shells were improved into high explosive shells. .More...
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When America was deeply involved in World War II, baseball was at risk as the Americans did not want to see handsomely paid athletes hitting balls while their loved one were dying in foreign countries. Interest in baseball started declining, especially when young baseball players were being drafted for combat. 