... In the time before the war's outbreak (before 1914-in the beginning of the century) the world was separated into big empires that had colonies around the world (European countries ruled most of Africa). There were fights and disagreements between the major empires. Usually, when there are many arguments ... the largest navy. The navy was so big and strong because the Britons needed to protect their empire and maintain the sea routes between the different colonies. The Kaiser William 2 of Germany hated and envied Britain for having a stronger navy than his. He increased the German navy a...

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... necessary to the stability of imperial rule." She supports this argument through many points. The First World War's size and duration required Britain to utilize the strength of all her colonies to protect her land, therefore troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa were imported to defend the crown. "In addition to the 1.3 million colonial soldiers from the ... fought for the British and over 20,000 South African blacks served in the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC)." Britain also formed smaller forces on the Gold Coast, in Southern Rhodesia, Nig...

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... so on the territorial conditions of the secret treaty of London in 1915. This stated that with an allied victory Italy would receive South Tyrol, Trentino, Istria, Dalmatia and several colonies. This was the main reason for Italy's involvement in the conflict but in 1919 it became clear that these conditions clashed with Wilson's policies for self-determination. This clash resulted ... due to the ambitions and dreams of 19th centaury intellectuals a resurgence took place to unite Italy between 1859 - 1870. This movement was known as Risorgimento and was led by the southern state of Pied...

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