world war 1?

Question

i need to know why people enlisted for world war 1 ALL REASONS and also where they went to enlist! i need as much detail and description as possible, those which give enough detail and description will get 10 points!
Thank you:)

Answer 1

In the early 20th century there was a raising scence of nationalism so imagrants signed up to fight for their new country. Another example of this is how imagrants were only teaching their children English instead of their native languages.

Answer 2

World War 1: 1)Franc Ferdinand Asassinated by Serbian Sparking World War 1 2)Germany march into Belgium, Britain declare war on Germany 3)German's U-2 submarines sink U.S.S Lusitania 4)Zimmerman notes Brought the U.S into war 5)Treaty of Versaille ended World War 1 World War 2: 1)Germany invade Poland sparking World War 2 2)Japan attack Pearl Harbor bringing the U.S into WW2 3)Japanese Internment camp, All Japanese in America were sent to camp during the war 4)D-Day Allies break into Europe 5)Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki completely destroying the citys.

Answer 3

Patriotic fervour is one, and for the upper class a belief in service to the country in all those countries. As well war was still thought of as something normal, manly, where courage, panache and enthusiasm counted. The killing fields of WW1 came as a big surprise to everyone, noone had ever expected what the mechanisation of war could do. And when the massacres became the norm extremely tight censorship hid the worst from the back and propaganda did its best to keep the enthusiasm up.

For the French it was as well a way to get back at the Prussians who had invaded them in 1870, ruined their country and took 2 provinces (Alsace and Lorraine). That had been drilled into them since that defeat so they were ready to fight when the Germans declared war. And do not forget that they had a mandatory three years military service at that time for the 20 years old and could be called back to military service until their 40's by the government, which is what happened.

For the Germans... well, patriotism and the certainty that they were going to win as easily as forty years ago, after all they had worked hard at keeping France weak and surrounded by enemies, and they had twice the population the French had. It was a very bad surprise when they failed.

Answer 4

I believe it was called blind patriotism. The recruiting office would bus in farm boys from all over to local cities with the recruiting office. Sgt York was one such person. Some people joined because the Government asked them to join, Others joined because the economy was stagnant. , and they needed work. Adventure would have been a reason for a few. Three square meals a day meant something in those day.

Answer 5

well some people enlisted in WW1 to become fighter pilots but there were only biplanes in that time
I think that if you wanted to join the army you had to go to a recruit office and give them your age and your father had to approve it before the milatary would let you join thats about all i know

Answer 6

In Britain there was a huge rise in patriotic fervour, especially since the Germans had tried to create their own Empire and build a navy that would compete with the Royal Navy (and THAT was not to be stomached).

Many of the young men of enlisting age (and even those who weren't) thought it would be a great adventure and were encouraged in this by the government allowing companies of "pals" whereby friends, work colleagues, family members were permitted to serve in the same company; thus you would have the "Islington Pals", "Accrington Pals" "Cambridge Pals" etc..

There were many places to enlist from church halls to local pubs or anywhere the recruiting sergeant happened to be. On a number of occasions a theatre or music hall was used with the dancing girls calling men up from the audience to sign up onstage and "take the Kings Shilling" (payment for soldiers in the Napoleonic period) to the cheers and applause of other audience members.