Nurses played an important role in World War I‚ helping heal those injured on the battlefield. Over 3000 canadians served as nurses in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the first world war including Laura Gamble‚ Ruby Peterkin‚ and Anne E. Ross. One nurse who served with the Canadian military during the First World War is Laura Gamble. She was born in Wakefield‚ Quebec and worked for the Toronto General Hospital before she joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She served as a nurse in
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A sovereign state is a political organization with a centralized government that has supreme independent authority over a geographic area.[1] It has a permanent population‚ a government‚ and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states.[2] It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither dependent on nor subject to any other power or state.[3] The existence or disappearance of a state is a question of fact.[4] While according to the declaratory theory of state recognition
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World War 1 was a huge turning point in our world. “World War 1 was one of the deadliest conflicts in the history of the human race‚ in which over 16 million people died. The total number of both civilian and military casualties is estimated at around 37 million people. The war killed almost 7 million civilians and 10 million military personnel” (history on the net Staff)”. Before the war and at the beginning of the war‚ it was called “the great adventure”. “Many men left the shores of New Zealand
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and Effect on World War 1 World War One‚ a huge conflict that sparked in 1914 and lasting all the way until 1918. The war was between the world’s greatest powers as two opposing sides; the Central Powers and the Allies. It was a chain of events that had started this was which consist of key features such as imperialism‚ alliances‚ growth of militarism‚ crisis‚ and nationalism. It was the result of these accumulating factors that had eventually evoked war. The effects on World War One included
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Causes of World War One The First World War was one of the most immense conflicts of European History. As Woodrow Wilson said‚ World War 1 would be "the war to end all wars." "Between 1914 - 1918‚ over 100 countries from Africa‚ America‚ Asia‚ Australasia and Europe were part of the conflict." (Wilde) The reasons for the declaration of war were varied and related back to the uprising of different ideologies before 1914. Some historians‚ like Joachim Remak‚ say that WW1 was simply "the Third Balkan
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Horrors Of World War 1 War is a horrible phenomenon‚ war is caused by conflict which usually turns into death. All Quiet On The Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” both have many instances of Horrors Of War including what happened in the trenches with the rats and the Mustard Gas that was spread out in World War 1. In World War 1 soldiers would throw grenades full of Mustard Gas and threw the grenade across the enemy lines. During the war people would scream “GAS! Gas! Quick‚ boys!--An ecstasy
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World War 1 also known as the Great War which started in 1914 as was fought in Europe. World War 1 had a huge impact on Australia and it society this was because of the Enemy Aliens‚ Middle and Working class women and the labour force. Australia’s ally was Britain so they supported the Triple Entente. As a result of the their involvement in World War 1‚ tensions began to develop between groups of people on the Australian home front. In world war one there was a lot of work available because all
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Research World War 1 Gases Questions: What sorts of gases were used in World War 1? Who was the first to use chemical weapons? What are the long term effects towards gas exposure? Are these gases used today? Research: What sorts of gases were used in World War 1? I found that there were a variety of gases used in World War 1. Although in effective. Pepper gas: This gas blinded soldiers and made them cough and choke. But most of the time it wasn’t deadly‚ it just stunned them. general‚ there
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People believe that one of the ’major’ causes of world war one was the assassination of Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist‚ by the name of Garvilo Princip. but that is not the case‚ while there was a different chain of events that directly lead to the fighting‚ the actual root causes are much deeper. These are the major reasons that are cited as the root causes of world war 1. Alliances: Over time‚ countries throughout Europe made mutual defense agreements that would pull them into
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become involved in World War I. Woodrow Wilson tried his best to stay out of conflict and remain neutral. Woodrow felt that neutrality was the best thing for them. When the war began Woodrow remained in isolation. It soon became inevitable for them to be involved in the war. With no choice‚ the United States had to make use of their small army and train more people who were drafted into the war. The sinking of a ship carrying Americans caused Woodrow to become furious. As World War I was taking place
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