Paper 1, Question 2 Style Respond

Question: Compare and Contrast the views expressed about German warfare in World War I from the two documents.
Source A: Captain von Spiegel's Account
Source B: Zimmerman Telegram

In the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany was afraid to go to war with America. They wanted America to stay out of the war. Germany recogized that America was in an advance position, where their methods of war and weapons were more developed. Therefore, they wanted the United State to remain nuetral. Neverthelast, in Captain von Speigel's Account he intended that the war had to be fought, and they should not be backing off. He was not afraid of what comes after the unrestricted submarin warfare, or the haphazard firing and killings.

Another cotradiction between the two documents would be the tone. Captian von Spiegel's Acount showed a sense of involvment and compassion towards the war. Von Spiegel mentioned about the horses used as England's fighting power and he sympathies them." 'Oh heavens, horses! What a pity, those lovely beasts!' 'But it cannot be helped,' I went on thinking.' His care and cosideration towards the horse defined his character. He did not gain pleasure from the war or the sufferings. On the other hand, The Zimmerman Telegram showed little compassion or feelings toward the sacrificed lives. Instead, they focused fully on gaining their victory and power. The Germany wanted the war to be a catastrophe with a lot of bloodshed and unrestricted killings.

Eventhough there might be different motives between the two documents, but they both agreed on gaining more. In Captian von Spiegel's Account, he used descriptions like, "Then a frightful explosion followed, and we were all thrown against one another by the concussion, and then, like Vulcan, huge and majestic, a column of water two hundred metres high and fifty metres broad, terrible in its beauty and power, shot up to the heavens." Although von Spiegel was describing a horrifying explosion, but he described it in such enthusiasm, it revealed his yearning for more power. In the Zimmerman Notes it stated "We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarin warfare." the Germany were desperate on starting war so that they could gain more teritorries. In conclusion, the movtivation and perspective were different from the two documents, but they both aimed the same goal.

Chapter 23; Sec: 1,2,3

1) How did the Great War change America (USA) internally?
2) How did the Great War change the way war was fought, in general?


A1) The Great War changed American internally by being the "first" war. By first war, it meant that America experiented many different war method that was never used. Moreover, there was a sense of motivation that all Americans should be doing something for their country. ' And there was an irresistible feeling that one should do something . . . I said to myself, if there's never going to be another war, this is the only opportunity to see it."American wanted this war. Therefore, American government sent large number of troops and threw them into the bloody killing field. This was a change for America because they started to build their army force stronger. The Selective Service Act was created, and soldiers were being well trained. There was one significant positive influence, it was The all-black 396th Regiment, black men were still not fully accepted during the time of the Great War. However, black soldiers from the Regiment performed great suceeds. They were nicknamed the "Hell Fighters" and recieved the highest military honors from France. This brought elimination of racism one step forward.

A2) The Great War change the way war was fought in general by developing new technologies. It was no longer a face-to-face nor hand-to-hand battles, it became a more impersonal war and a deadlier one. Killing machines were developed with more advance technologies, this created an overwhemling amount of deaths. Weapons were not it, chemical weapons were in used, and soldiers suffered from long painful deaths, eventhough some may have survived but they all suffered from lifetime internal body damages. More methods were developed to fight wars. For examples trench warfares, sky warfares (Airplanes), sea warfares (U-boats), and land warfares (Tanks). These newly developed method changed the way war were fought and introduced a more severe and deadly battlefield.