World War One (Chapter 13)

Introduction

World War One proved to be an important part of global society. Between the growth of militarism, nationalism, imperialism and alliances such as the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance, many conflicts arose. Despite the conflicts, however, there were advances is weapon technology and attempts of long-lasting peace were made, such as Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. The results of the war were devastating in Europe. Although new nations were formed, the costs of war were EXTREME. About 8.5 billion soldiers died, not to mention the 21 million wounded and countless civilians wounded as a result of starvation, disease and slaughter. The war cost $338 billion and destroyed homes, towns, villages, farmlands and wiped out a whole generation of Europeans. Through the blog, my objective is to accomplish a full understanding of World War One and its time period. I hope to not only learn the basic information, but the extraneous and little-known information as well.