riassunto su world war I, Sintesi del corso di Inglese

Scarica riassunto su world war I e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! World War I The war broke out when the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, in 1914. Germany marched through Belgium, a neutral territory, to attack France. The war involved between the Central European Powers and the Triple Entente (or Allies). Germany and Austria-Hungary Britain, France and Russia, later also Italy and United States In August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. because Britain was a signatory of an agreement to respecting Belgium’s neutrality In Britain there was an increase in patriotism, from Ireland and the Dominions. as well as other Europeans countries Germany almost defeat the Allies in a short time because Germany had better equipment, better-trained soldiers and a clear plan to attack Britain was unprepared for new technologies used during the attacks. ‘Shell shock’ was the psychological effect of shell explosions, frequent among soldiers. The United States joined the war on 2nd April 1917. American participation accelerated the German defeat on 11th November 1918, Allied and German signed an armistice In 1919, the peace treaty was signed at Versailles by victorious Powers. President Wilson proposed ‘Fourteen Points’, to prevent future occasion of war. He devise a plan to set up the ‘League of Nations’ an organisation in which the nations would try to discuss and settle their differences However, United States never joined the League of Nations. The war caused the death of 9 million people. It caused the crisis of great empires, made possible a Communist revolution in Russia and paved the way for dictators like Mussolini and Hitler.