Though Germany held the advantage in submarine warfare, the German navy was no match for the experienced British battleship, lord of the sea for over a century. ... Revolution in Russia (1917-1918) Summary The Great War dragged on from 1914 through 1917 with little change. ... Though out of chronological order, we will treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. ... Seeds of the Russian Revolution, however, had been sown years before. ... Resulting in the deaths of scores of Russian workers and their wives, Bloody Sunday, as it came to be called, may have been the...

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This money was sought in the Americas almost exclusively. ... Small business entrepreneurs took advantage of the good times as they began popping up all over the United States. ... Rascob, the vice-president of General Motors Corporation during the Twenties, declared that anyone that put $15 dollars a month in the stock market could make $80,000 dollars in twenty years. ... The thought of the American Dream cemented in the heads of thousands of Americans overshadowed the real risk of business in the United States. ... Hitler felt it was the right time to start a revolution. ...

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However, this redefined American image was launched by dramatic changes initiated by the conclusion of World War I, as well as the consumer ideology that began to dominate American culture. ... The term was used to describe the generation of men and women that came of age either during the war who were "lost", meaning their generation was characterized by lost values, obsolete morals, lost belief in human progress, and a mood of despair and disappointment as a result of their war experiences ("Lost Generation"). ... However, by the 1920s, there were growing fears by the Ame...

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The submarines test as a war machine would come during World War I. ... The success of Drebbel's submarine paved the way for many inventors to undertake the concept of underwater travel; but it was not until the American Revolution in 1776, that the submarine was used as a weapon of war. ... That turned out to be an advantage to the German designers. They were able to avoid many mistakes that had plagued the French and Americans. ... This superior technology paid off for the German navy during the war. ...

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