"Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?- This was a chilling comment made by Germany's Nazi leader Adolf Hitler referring to the Armenian Genocide (Apsel). With a rich, tragic yet triumphant history, Armenians trace their history back to the sixth century B.C. During the past thousands of years, Armenia has been a battlefield for its invaders and opposing empires. However, it has also been a bridge ... on that day, in Constantinople, about 5,000 of the poorest Armenians were killed in the streets and in their homes by butcher battalions assembled by the Turkish Young ...

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... war that had been unwitnessed in the history of mankind and resulted in the deaths of millions and the subsequent downfall of the old world order. On what exactly caused the Great War or World War 1 as it is also called, has been debated by historians of the past and present. Two major causes of the war could be argued. One of which is due to the growing opposition of nationalists to imperial control. This could ... felt they were entitled too. As Kaiser Wilhelm put it as he was implementing his policy of welt-politic, a policy of German expansion home and aboard, Germany was merely sear...

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The years of 1914-1918 were a time of mass destruction for the world. The Great War that involved many European countries was one of the most violent and destructive wars in European history. There has never been another was that has attracted the attention of so many historians, journalists, and military authors. Many historians have concluded that there were numerous factors that interacted with each other so that when the Archduke of Austria ... created and this inevitably brought Europe a step closer to war. As each nationalistic nation grew stronger, the imperialistic rivalries intensifi...

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The years of 1914-1918 were a time of mass destruction for the world. The Great War that involved many European countries was one of the most violent and destructive wars in European history. There has never been another was that has attracted the attention of so many historians, journalists, and military authors. Many historians have concluded that there were numerous factors that interacted with each other so that when the Archduke of Austria ... created and this inevitably brought Europe a step closer to war. As each nationalistic nation grew stronger, the imperialistic rivalries intensifi...

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... 05th July 1914 promising 'full support' even if should mean war with Russia, the traditional protector of the Slavs, have been considered the crucial milestone that changed the human history. Germany encouraged the Austrians to send Serbia an ultimatum saying "to make use of the present moment "(2) becoming inevitable the World War I after the ultimatum's refusal by the Serbia. Austria declared war on Serbia and immediately began to bombard Belgrade on 28 ... . Both aimed at expansion in the Balkans, in which parts of it still belonged to the declining Ottoman Empire. Austria particularl...

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... that is desired. Espionage is an old ancient craft; it has been used through out history. The Bible's book of Joshua (The Old Testament) states that the leaders secretly sent out spies to reconnoiter a country. Also the Chinese Military theorist Sun Tzu's, who wrote a book The Art Of War written in 500 B.C, provides instruction for organizing an espionage system with agents and defectors also known as rebels. Homer a Greek ... philosopher who wrote "Illiad- mentions the Egyptians had a well-developed secret service and spying agents. During the middle ages Joan of Arc , the world renown...

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... . Great Britain and France, despite the fact that these two nations possessed the largest overseas empires, were distrubed lest some power might seek to obtain a "place in the sun" at their expense. Imperialism this produced conflicting national interested which made a great war a likely possibility. Relating to the conflicting clash of imperialistic programs had been the construction of numerous confusing and entangling alliances. The pattern of alliances which divided Europe made ... ranks amongst the bloodiest wars in all of humanities history. From 22 countries, sixty five million me...

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