Diagnosis of a Global

Epidemic During WW1

War Cancer

A Warning from Dr. Ilkka and Dr. Dominik

Symptom: Militarism

Germany:

• The militaristic culture was one of the strongest in the world.

• Militarism was a very important factor for the nation.

• The german empire was very powerful and brought the continent closer to war.

• Germany was one of the nations to start the war, they had modernised weapons making their chances higher

to succeed.

England:

• Decades before the start of WW1 saw the development of frightful new weapons.

• Including: machine guns, heavy artillery, biochemical weapons and trench warfare.

• Great Powers were dominated or influenced by military elites.

• The war marked the creation of the Royal Air Force.

• It brought the first conscription army in the UK’s history and a volunteer army of more than 2 million men.

Symptom: Alliances

Germany

• German troops invaded Belgium in 1914, which was a violation of the treaty of London between England and

Prussia.

• In a dual alliance Germany, Austria and Hungary formed together so they could have power if Russia tried to

attack any of the three.

• Three years later Italy joined this alliance, although Italy were the weakest in the alliance they would still

help against an attack from France.

• The french then seeked mines in Russia to make extra money for weapons.

• Finally the triple alliance which consisted of Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy were the central powers.

England

• England were a part of the Triple Entente with France and Russia. This was a three way agreement made

secretly, which cause suspicion among all of Europe.

• Volunteers from the British Empire included India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland and the

Union of South Africa flocked to the aid of the British Empire.

• America was a welcome addition to the Allies as they joined the war in 1917.

Symptom: Imperialism Political

Germany

• Germany’s leader or so called kaiser was the main outbreak of the war.

• The control of Germany was controlled by the military who only put effort into war this had dire effects

• All the control was put into the war making labourers a part of soldiers

• Germany had seized control over modern day Tanzania, Namibia, Cameroon in Africa, German New Guinea

and concessions in China.

England

• England and it’s allies faced competition with the triple alliance to take over the remaining countries in Asia

and Africa to strengthen their motherlands.

• England along with other European nations conquered Africa, which built up suspension.

• The British Empire took in India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of North

Africa, islands in the Pacific and Caribbean and concessions in China.

• England used the colonies ruled by the British Empire to help fight in the war.

Symptom: Imperialism Economic

Germany

• By 1900 Germany had the largest economy in europe. this played a major factor in WW1.

• Also by 1900 the output for coal mines rose by 280,000.

• The coal making rose by 20 million tons in just 50 years.

• Germany was therefore announced most efficient agricultural producer as of 1914, the outbreak of WW1.

England • The British Empire was called to arms

• England used it’s control over India to get raw materials and troops.

• Total British production in industry fell by 10% over the course of the war.

• However some industries like steel and munitions rose.

• The munitions industry was a huge success because before only 2 million shells had been sent to France, but by the

end, almost 190 million shells were sent.

Symptom: Cultural Imperialism

Germany

• The main language in Germany was obviously German.

• They made their language clear to be German in Austria.

• Africa was wanted by many powerful countries like Germany, france, and Britain.

• The motto for the “Deutsches Reich” in WW1 was “Gott mit uns” God with us.

England

• Many Social changes occurred during WW1.

• Women started taking the jobs that the men had left behind as they went off to fight the war.

• Women took work in the munitions factories and manufactured all the weapons used by Britain.

• They also took Civil Service jobs that released the male workers to fight.

• An estimated 7.3 million women were employed during the war.

• Propaganda posters started appearing telling men to remember previous victories and to stop the horrible Germans.

Symptom: Abuse of Human rights

Germany

• Germany abused people in prison and also used their military against them.

• The freedom of speech and press were taken away

• There was a driving force of the modern human rights instruments.

• Many countries went to Africa for slaves and food.

England

• The freedom of speech and and press were taken away as well.

• The English sunk German U-Boats and executed all the survivors.

• After Germany started using poisonous gases, England subsequently employed chemical warfare to keep up with them.

• England abused their power in the British Empire’s colonies such as India and African nations.

• War crimes were committed before and during the war such as the murder of civilians, murder of prisoners of war,

plunder, rape, destruction of villages/towns and infliction of devastation not justified by military necessity.

Treatment/Cure

Historical terms: The treaty of Versailles really punished Germany asking them

to pay 6,600 million pounds. This made them bankrupt and only had an army

of 100,000 men without tanks or an air force, only 6 navy ships.

We think that the Treaty of Versailles failed, because it punished Germany too

much. To cure the disease of War Cancer we ideally would need empathy. As

doctors we are working on an empathy drug that shoots a vital dose of

empathy into the user. Along with and empathy drug, we are experimenting

with a -vengeful drug. This drug clears the body of all the feelings of

vengefulness. With these two drugs the cure for WW1 is simple. Hopefully the

medical community agrees with us.

From Dr Ilkka and Dr Dominik