War Essays

Historians have debated and studied for decades who or what was responsible for the start of the cold war and continue to come up different results. We can place the blame on a number of actors and events. Was it Roosevelt, Churchill, Truman, or Stalin? The majority of historians place …

Haig was appointed commander of the army on 10th of December 1915, and he had had a very successful military career. Haig decided to attack the Germans at the river Somme in 1916 to attract German soldiers from the town of Verdun where they were fighting the French and had …

A conscientious objector is a person, who has not used violence or encouraged others to do so and been imprisoned because of religious or political beliefs therefore, it would take a lot of courage to stay happy and hopeful when you are trapped in a cell without family and friends …

“All Quiet On The Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque, first published in 1929, is a novel about the experiences of a German soldier during World War One. In the novel, the author uses the themes of horror, sacrifice and waste of life to highlight the futility of war. In …

Pitch black skies, towering metallic three legged monsters makes Spielberg’s extraordinary remake of the brilliant and intriguing H G Well’s classic novel “War Of The Worlds” its a must see movie. Tom Cruise portrays the irresponsible father in his quest to Boston, while aliens are killing everyone, everywhere. So do …

The main character is a hero of the revolution by the name of Gleb Chumalov. Gleb returns to his home town where he worked as a mechanic before the war. Finding the factory he worked in devasted, and his wife distant; Gleb sets out to rebuild his life. Through Gleb’s …

The details behind the Sarajevo incident, the other reasons that built up to cause WW1, I will then go into depth about how and why these small disputes suddenly started a world war! June 28th, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Chotek Von Chotkova were visiting Bosnia Herzegovina …

In 1914, men “flocked to the colours”. Many wanted to impress sweethearts or wives, hundreds wanted to have a “crack at the Kaiser” and “fight back the Hun” like the crusaders centuries before them. Others wanted to fight for and protect their King and country and some wanted to save …

On August 4th 1914, Britain declared war on Germany and the war lasted until November 11th 1918. There were a number of complicated reasons why the war broke out. This essay will explain that some causes were due to long term factors dating back many years. One long term cause …

World War 1 or ‘the great war’ is the first war where so many people from all over the world died for their country. It is also the first war where such large scale destruction came from man made machinery. Also the trenches were put into use for one of …