World War I was the "war to end all wars." It had major consequences on Americans both at home and abroad.
Log in arnaud.alain 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to arnaud.alain's post “It says: "World War I was...” It says: "World War I was the deadliest conflict in human history." Wasn't WWII the deadliest one? • (20 votes) Appfaninmarion 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Appfaninmarion's post “World War II was more of ...” World War II was more of a "total war" than WW I, in that millions of civilians were killed in WW II by bombing of cities and industrial locations, while in WW I most of the deaths were related to direct combat. Total casualties were greater in WW II, but there were more direct combat related deaths in WW I. (62 votes) nmmendoza 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to nmmendoza's post “why did the Mexicans refu...” why did the Mexicans refused the germans telegram • (11 votes) Alexis 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Alexis's post “The Zimmermann Telegram i...” The Zimmermann Telegram is "proven" to be real and sent to Mexico, but then again all this proof was discovered by the British, and other proof of the letter was found in the UK. Arthur Zimmermann publicly confirmed the telegram, but if you think about it, that could be bogus, too. The truth is, we just will never know the true legitimacy of the telegram, no matter how much you want to argue it. Technically, Mexico has never been that strong or prominent of a nation, and I'm guessing that they knew that a war with the U.S. would lead to more damage for them (and increase in racism from part of the whites). Why Germany would chose to contact Mexico is open to question, and a very arguable matter. Some people believe that the ZImmermann Telegram was just an excuse for the U.S. to enter into the war, while others argue that it is what we are told it is. Mexicans could have refused the telegram for 2 reasons. If it was fake, there was nothing to agree to in the first place (Even if they didn't know that. They might or might not have been told, more likely not). And the second reason is that the U.S. already fully occupied the lands Mexico would "get back", and that the U.S. was a lot more powerful (in military, population, government, etc.) than them. This leads us to the original prospect as to why might the telegram be fake. Germany knows very well that Mexico is unable to compete with the U.S. and get their lands back. It may just have been that they wanted more people on their side, and thought this to be an effective form of bribery to get Mexico to fight alongside them. Then again, it may have been made only to anger U.S. and get them to join the war (something Germany would not have wanted, and thus would not have made themselves). Either way, both sides are reasonably arguable. One thing that is pretty obvious however, is that joining the war would more than likely not have benefited Mexico whatsoever, and is why they didn't join. RyanTCHGao 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to RyanTCHGao's post “Why did the assassination...” Why did the assassination of Archiduke Franz Ferdinard effect the war that much? • (3 votes) Jude 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Jude's post “I forget exactly how it g...” I forget exactly how it goes, but basically, everyone is allied with somenone else (except America) and that someone is allied with another somone, and so on and so forth. So, if one attacks a country, one is attacking many countries. (17 votes) Zob Rombie 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Zob Rombie's post “Looking at the map highli...” Looking at the map highlighting the Allied Powers and the Central Powers, its not hard to notice that the German colonies of Cameroon, East and West Africa, Togoland, and Somoa are all far from Germany herself and were surrounded by Allied nations. Not to mention that Kiautschou Bay was located deep in Chinese territory. With the exception of the Somoas that span the Pacific, which even they were within Allied reach, all of Germany’s territories outside of the mainland were practically defenseless against the Allies. How long did those colonies remain in German claim during the war? And did they have any support from the mainland? • (8 votes) purlscoutk1d2 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to purlscoutk1d2's post “what was world war 1's ef...” what was world war 1's effect on Americas government? • (9 votes) shriyans neelapu 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to shriyans neelapu's post “More soldiers in the army...” More soldiers in the army.It was ended in 1918 but 21 years later 2 occured (2 votes) portere 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to portere's post “Why is WW1 called "The Wa...” Why is WW1 called "The War to End all Wars" when it did nothing BUT that considering WW2 started eh, 20, 15, years later? • (4 votes) Evan Loehr 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Evan Loehr's post “The butchery of the first...” The butchery of the first world war made people think that people would decide never to fight again. And the name is from before the second world war. (10 votes) gkyttle98 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to gkyttle98's post “What role did the U.S. pl...” What role did the U.S. play in determining the outcome of WW1? • (7 votes) Zéca 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Zéca's post “Well, U.S. troops arrived...” Well, U.S. troops arrived at the european battlefields in time to deliver decisive support on most of the fronts. Thanks to them, the war ended considerably sooner. (2 votes) EllaCinder18 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to EllaCinder18's post “Who did many Americans vi...” Who did many Americans view as their biggest enemy after World War I? • (5 votes) cheetahgirl 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to cheetahgirl's post “i would have to say germa...” i would have to say germany, not only because they were at odds when the usa sided with britan while germany sisded with other empires world wide (5 votes) Amirah Bonner 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Amirah Bonner's post “How did the US government...” How did the US government encourage Americans on the home front to support the US war effort in Europe? • (3 votes) David Alexander 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “The US government directe...” The US government directed a great deal of propaganda at the populace in the states to promote support of the war effort. There were patriotic movies, and "anti-enemy" movies, too. There were campaigns to get people to loan money to the government, and others to encourage enlistment in the armed forces and merchant marine. There were resource recovery drives and things like victory gardens. The gardens didn't support the frontline soldiers, but were considered a way that citizens, by growing their own food, could leave that which was grown commercially to be used for the military. (5 votes) abbygail j.o 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to abbygail j.o's post “what was the reaction of ...” what was the reaction of the civilians in the US, when USA entered the war? • (3 votes) PI Technology Π 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to PI Technology Π's post “It depended on the race. ...” It depended on the race. The people with British heritage or French heritage believed in supporting their country. When America joined the war on the allies side they where happy. And historically a lot of Americans fled led to support the allies because of history both of the French and British. The German-Americans felt led to support their fatherland so they were not happy when America sided with the allies. The Jewish-Americans and Polish-Americans disliked Russia so they probably were not happy when America sided with the allies. I think that also a lot of Americans in general disliked the idea of America becoming involved in a world war, as a matter fact many men resisted the draft and Eugene v. Debs was jailed for encouraging men to resist the draft. Overall I think the feelings were very mixed when America entered the war. (4 votes)Want to join the conversation?
