Britain's Role In World War I

“BANG” “POW” “BOOM” That's the sound of guns being fired at you. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have been in World War I. Read this to learn more about World War I. In World War I there was leaders for both sides some of them from the Allied Powers are Robert Neville, Philippe Petain, George Milne, John Jellicoe, Sir David Henderson, Douglas Haig, The Red Baron and many more, some of the Central Powers leaders are Mehmed II, Ferdinand II, Prince Max von Baden, and Franz Joseph.
In this war they used lots of tools, vehicles, and weapons. The tools they used were shovels, cordsaw, knives, and axes. The vehicles are Tank Projects, Self-propelled Artillery, Armored Recovery Cars, Armored Cars, Armored Personnel Carriers, Support
Britain had a huge empire and ruling this empire was its priority. The key to Britain's power was India with its vast resources of manpower. Britain relied heavily on Indian troops to control the empire. The highest priority for Britain was protecting the trade routes between Britain and India. Britain’s large navy protected the trade links with India and the rest of the world. Despite this focus on the empire, Britain was interested in events in Europe. To start with, other European countries had rival empires. Belgium and France both had large empires in Africa. There was strong rivalry between Britain and France over possessions in North Africa. By the early 1900s, Germany also had colonies in Africa and was beginning to show an interest in Another concern was Russia. For much of the 19th century, Russia wanted to take control of the Dardanelles, the area where the Black Sea opened out into the Mediterranean Sea. This would allow Russian warships and trading ships to sail easily around Europe. Russia had other ports in the north, but these tended to freeze over in winter. The problem was that the Dardanelles were owned by Turkey. Turkey and Russia had long been enemies. Britain supported Turkey against Russia. This was because Britain did not want Russian ships in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean was part of Britain's most important trade route to India. World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). Thanks to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. By the time the war was over and the Allied