Ok so this weekend I watched the the rest of the movie Galipolli and it was a pretty good movie. I liked it a lot, however I would have liked to see some more fighting scenes but thats ok. After watching the rest of the movie i found out how good of friends the two were in the movie. The ending was very depressing because it just ended with him being killed. We never found out about what happened to Mel Gibs. Do you think he lives through the war or is killed? What would his reaction be if he found out that his best friend was killed?

Germany's attempts to destroy the British Empire

One of the biggest reasons the Germans wanted to attack the British colonies was to spread out Britain's  forces so that there would be fewer men fighting on the western front. The Germans even hoped that they would give up the fight on the western front entirely to protect the colonies. In oder to accomplish this the Germans tried to take the Suez  Canal from the British. However, they were crushed because they had underestimated the the strength of the British force occupying the canal.

How Was WWI A "Global War?"

First of all WWI became a global war because of all of the imperialism that had occurred in the previous century. All of the colonies that belonged to Britain and Germany had to fight each other throughout the war allowing the war to extend to all conners of the world. Also the Germans had plans of destroying the British resources from other nations, and there was even plans to invade the US now. Can you imagine someone wanting to invade New York today?

Propaganda

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What if the Generals had not found out about the Christmas Truce?

During the movie I began to think of some interesting questions about what could have happened with this remarkable instance. Imagine if the Germans and the Allies had been able to continue their truce past Christmas because the commanding officers hadn't read the letters and found out. Would they have been able to stop the fighting throughout the war and lives would have been spared? Is it possible that the Generals would never have found out? Even more important could the war have ended earlier if the Generals hadn't discovered the Christmas Truce. I think that it is possible for the peace to have lasted a while and it would have prevented a lot of death. Maybe if it had continued for a little longer over a few more front lines the men would have refused to fight and bring an end to the war.

The Gun Big Bertha, used by the Germans for destroying forts, was the biggest gun of World War I. It fired a 42 cm wide shell up to 15KM away!!!!! That doesn't sound that big but once you actually think about how wide of a bullet that is you can really can understand its power. But my question to all you is, was all that money and man power to move and fire it worth it? How come we don't build guns that big today?

We Three Kings (the tzar king and kieser) Check out the article

There are the twins on the left (not really) and the other guy who looks nothing like them on the right! 

Can you imagine being king of an entire country or empire, now add to that you have two cousins who also rule an empire? Well that how things were in the early 20th century Europe. The three cousins ruled in their own empire and seemed to be happy with each other for the most part. What would make them turn against on one another and go to war. Do you think they really wanted to fight or was inevitable that the nations would go to war against the will of their leaders?