The First and Second World War

Many wars have occurred since the beginning of humanity. Each of them always brought endless pain and sorrow to everybody living in between and proclaimed a lot of people’s lives. However, the most tragic and greatest wars of all time are the First and Second World War.

First of all, I would like to describe about World War I. How come there was World War I? The main cause that provoked the First World War was due to the conflict between new powerful countries and old powerful countries over the economic markets. The war occurred right after the death of the Hungarian royal heir in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914. There were two groups divided in this fierce war. The first one was called the Allied Powers, which included United Kingdom, France and Russia. Besides, the other group was named as the Central Powers, including the United States, Germany and Japan. The war went on and on for four years. There were lots of deaths, and this war brought Europe an enormous disaster. Homes, factories, school and other buildings were almost completely destroyed. About ten millions of soldiers were killed in this war, not including the amount of dead civilians. In 1918, in order to end this war, representatives from each country gathered together and made up the Peace Conference. This meeting was held in Paris, and there were 32 countries participated. They decided to sign on the Peace Treaty, and then the war was over.

Nevertheless, on 2nd September 1939 the Germany, under the governing of Adolf Hitler, announced a second war, known as World War II. Hitler’s ambition was to rule the entire world. Other countries that didn’t prepare for the war were attacked and defeated in the meantime by Germany. Germany went on to combat with other countries remained. Soon, the United States decided to cooperate with United Kingdom and Soviet Union so as to defeat Germany. After six years of ruthless war, the German army became weaker and weaker, and so did its partner, Japan. In 1945, the Germany and Japan were defeated completely. Meanwhile, it was also the same year the United Nation was born, on 24th of October. In this World War II, there were even more great losses than the previous one, due to advanced technology and modern weapons. Several cities were absolutely ruined and deserted…like ghost cities. Over 55 million people lost their lives!

As a result, the First World War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945) cost many people’s lives. Therefore, WAR can only bring tears to us. Only PEACE can bring the world a bright future. Only PEACE makes the whole world a beautiful place to live in.