Blog #14

1. What are the most interesting aspects of World Wars 1 and 2?
In my opinion, the most interesting aspect of World Wars 1 and 2 is that they were so close together. The world had just been devastated by the first World War (or, as it was known then, The Great War), and yet the instability caused by it provoked the second one to erupt and begin. I also find it interesting that the wars both had similar causes - that is, instability among alliances and countries, as well as chaos involved in the relationships between them, albeit for different reasons for either war.

2. What do you hope to learn about these wars?
Well, to be completely honest, I don't really hope to learn much, since I learned a lot about World Wars 1 and 2 last year in Lori's class. Something I would like to learn, though, are the kinds of tactics that were used on the battlefields, and how things like spy operations were done, and what sort of honor soldiers had regarding the other side. (I heard somewhere that soldiers would give people on the other side funerals and things out of respect.)

3. How/Why are these wars important today? How do they impact and/or inform our world today?
The wars held importance in the sense that they were so devastating that it's unlikely that anyone would ever want to be involved in such a large-scale conflict again. They also held importance in the sense that they helped countries do a lot of developing- quite a bit of technology developed during that time is still used today. Weaponry, planes... heck, even nuclear weaponry came about because of the second world war. Not that it wouldn't have if it weren't for the war, but during times of crisis people become desperate and tend to work faster than they normally do on such things so that it can help them overcome said crisis.