The battle of Verdun is considered the greatest battle in history. It was fought from the 21st of February 1916 until the 19th of December 1916 which is the lengthiest battle. It was fought on a tiny piece of land but it caused over 700‚000 casualties. The location of the battle was fought about 10km North-East from Verdun at a place called Fort Douaumont (Source 1). The battle of Verdun started because General Philippe Pétain wanted to become a hero in France (History Learning Site‚ 2015). There
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Timeline of W.W.1 1914 1. Assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand: (June 28‚ 1914) the archduke visited Sarajevo to audit the armed forces. While travelling through Sarajevo in an open car a Serbian nationalist threw a bomb at their car which ended up bouncing off the car and injuring an officer. The archduke later visited that officer at the hospital where he later took off again‚ unfortunately‚ the driver took a wrong turn. Gavrilo Princip (Serbian nationalist) spotted him and took a shot
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War on the Western Front * THE REASONS FOR THE STALEMATE ON THE WESTERN FRONT * War began August 14th * Both sides thought it would be a rapid war‚ ‘all over by Christmas’ and that their side would be victorious -> views were unrealistic Schlieffen Plan * Based on the idea that Germany would eventually have to fight France and Russia but should avoid fighting both at once * France would expect Germany to invade from the east‚ so would not be prepared for an invasion
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In 1916 the great migration happened‚ All african americans moved from the south to the north or sometimes even the midwest. The Great Migration was a huge impact on the blacks. Blacks moved over to the north for better job openings‚ even some got drafted for the war. Job openings were sharecroppers‚ farm laborers and tenants ( I’ll explain what these are later on in the essay). The great migration lasted till 1970 at least and was during WWI. The blacks moved to the north in 1916 for better jobs
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Yeats’ poems Easter 1916 and The Second Coming are no exception. Yeats’ poetic form‚ language and use of poetic techniques; such as juxtaposition‚ allusion‚ and extended metaphors‚ alert audiences to both the inner and physical conflict that are the foundations of both poems. It is through this treatment of conflict that supplies audiences with the ability to individualise the reading and hence engage a broad range of audiences despite their unique contexts throughout time. Easter 1916 not only gives
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dollars‚ while the Central powers only borrowed twenty-seven million dollars‚ leaving the United States at a greater risk of losing billions of dollars if the central powers were to win (notes). On top of holding most loans with the allies‚ in 1914 till 1916 American trade with the allies grew (social). The combined prospects of
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the norm: ‘Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone‚ It’s with O’Leary in the grave’ [September 1913] Death as useless sacrifice‚ Home Rule might be granted: ‘Was it needless death after all? For England may keep faith For all that is done and said’ [Easter 1916] A man in old age alienated vibrant youthfulness: ‘The young in one another’s arms‚ birds in the trees – Those dying generations – at their song’ [Sailing to Byzantium] Death of innocence: ‘The ceremony of innocence is drowned’ [Second Coming]
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Cultural Impact of Easter Rising Intro By the time the smoke cleared from the guns on that bloody Wednesday night in 1916‚ 230 British soldiers laid dead or wounded‚ while the 17 Irishmen had escaped. Our freedom is sometimes taken for granted‚ for our revolution happened over two hundred years ago‚ while Ireland’s was just over a century ago. The Easter Rising of 1916 was a battle for Irish Independence that revived Irish Nationalism In order to explain the cultural impact of Easter Rising
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Lucknow pact Lucknow Pact refers to an agreement between the Indian National Congress and theMuslim League. In 1916‚ Muhammed Ali Jinnah‚ a member of the Muslim League‚ negotiated with the Indian National Congress to reach an agreement to pressure the British government to adopt a more liberal approach to India and give Indians more authority to run their country. This was a considerable change of policy for the Muslim League‚ as its position had been that to preserve Muslim interests in India
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protect its colonial interests in the region and have a dominant role in the post-war partitioning of the Ottoman Empire among the Allied powers. France also had its interest in the region and the two countries established the Sykes-Picot agreement in 1916 that divided the Middle East into areas of influence. Palestine and Mesopotamia during World War: Britain’s two major onslaughts against the Turks took place in Mesopotamia and the Palestine. In order to protect the Anglo-Persian oil pipeline
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