Document Analysis Questions - World War I
The Experience of World War I
1. What was the mood at the outset of the war, and what caused it?
At the outset of the war was that all of the people were excited, they wanted action therefore praising the army, the people were very nationalistic. The war was caused by a buildup of nationalist ideas and growing tensions between countries. The people were bored and nationalism inspired the people to start wars.
2. What were the main· features of trench warfare for the troops involved? What would happen to people who managed to live through this experience?
The troops had little food, lick grass for water, had to bear the sight of other’s deaths, as well as live under the thought that they could
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Hitler’s ideas would appeal to Germans because they knew the results of poor leadership with democratic rights. Due to the results of democracy and large casualties, the veterans didn’t want to go through that again.
3. What kind of state, with what purposes, did the Nazis seek?
There weren’t any representation for people, the people had no say, they could only advise the selected leader.
4. What changes in state functions did the Beveridge Report advocate?
The Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services, known commonly as the Beveridge Report was an influential document in the founding of the Welfare State in the United Kingdom. It changed the state function by expanding National Insurance and with the creation of the National Health Service.
5. What were the main differences between Nazi and welfare-state political definitions?
The Nazi political definitions placed emphasis on no majority control, they wanted a dictatorship in which that the whole country would follow him. Welfare state political definition emphasized cooperation between the government and the people, therefore giving some power to the people.
6. Why did the 20th century see a growth in state claims, albeit under various systems, in Western society?
They wanted to see a more organized countries as well as trying to gain more control so that they could continue to be a world power and compete
Men were living outside for days or weeks on end, with limited shelter from cold, wind, rain and snow in the winter or from the heat and sun in summer. Artillery destroyed the familiar landscape, reducing trees and buildings to desolate rubble and churning up endless mud in some areas. The incredible noise of artillery and machine gun fire, both enemy and friendly, was often incessant. Yet soldiers spent a great deal of time waiting around, and in some quiet sectors there was little real fighting and a kind of informal truce could develop between the two sides. Even in more active parts of the front, battle was rarely continuous and boredom was common among troops, with little of the heroism and excitement many had imagined before the war. The Italian infantry officer Emilio Lussu wrote that life in the trenches was ‘grim and monotonous’ and that ‘if there were no attacks, there was no war, only hard work’.[1] The order to attack – or news of an enemy assault – changed
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Political – democracy – industrialists and power – communism – unions – empires (seeking new land and new resources)
2) Do you think that after this war there could be any resentment from any of the parties? Why?
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