numbers of German divisions engaged‚ the numbers of prisoners and guns captured‚ the importance of the stakes and the toughness of the enemy‚ the 1918 ’Hundred Days’ campaign rates as the greatest series of victories in British history. Even the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele
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Independence. Frongoch Interment Camp was situated in Frongoch in Merionethshire‚ Wales. It was a makeshift place of imprisonment during World War 1. It housed German prisoners of war in an abandoned distillery and crude huts up until 1916‚ but in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ the German prisoners were moved and it was used as a place of internment for approximately 1‚800 Irish. Notable prisoners included Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. They were accorded the status of
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and can either be written or spoken. Often times we become part of the literature in a way to try to understand what the message is that the author is trying to provide to us. The literary work that I have chosen was a poem written by Robert Frost in 1916 titled‚ The Road Not Taken. There were a few reasons why this piece of literary work captured by interest and the first was that in High School we spent a week provided our analysis on this piece. It caught my interest based on the genre. Poetry is
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Irish History Assignment (a) What did this proclamation offer the people of Ireland? The Proclamation of Poblacht Na hEireann was read by Patrick Pearse outside the GPO during the 1916 rising. The document itself was issued by the Irish Volunteers and The Irish Citizen Army. The Irish Republican brotherhood calling itself “The Provisional Government” proclaimed Ireland’s independence from Britain. The proclamation was read out to the Irish people‚ it begins by addressing The “Irishmen and Irishwomen”
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in France‚ and regarded as a vital national industry. He was little known outside France until the late 1940s when Constance Storrs published her translation of Fayol’s 1916 work Administration Industrielle et Generale. Fayol’s contributions were first published in book titled "Administration Industrielle et Generale"‚ in 1916. He looked at the problems of managing an organisation from top management point of view. He has used the term ’administration’ instead of ’management’. His contributions
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The referendum was however defeated with 1‚087‚557 in favour and 1‚160‚033 against. Following this there was another referendum in 1917 because Britain wanted a sixth Australian division for active service. Unlike the previous referendum in 1916 Britain now wanted Australian to to provide 7000 men per month to meet their request. As like the previous referendum they continued to lag in recruitment and on the 20 of December 1917 Prime Minister Hughes put a another referendum to the people of
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building trenches ➢ Give four differences of the tactics of the First World War from earlier battles? Trench warfare Artillery and guns more powerful Cavalry became less important Infantry became more important Poison gas Tanks emerged after 1916 ➢ What was the main tactic followed by the generals to win the war? To take over the enemy’s trenches and drive their forces back until they surrendered ➢ Describe the course of the above attack? Each attack would begin with heavy bombardment
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reflect these changes are ’September 1913 ’‚ ’Easter 1916 ’ and ’Under Ben Bulben ’. These poems show a transpositions in political thought. In ’September 1913 ’ Yeats shows his aversion to democracy and capitalism‚ and expresses his belief in an aristocratic society preferably governed by elite Protestants‚ as they had supremacy over Catholics in his view (Chaudhry‚ 33). The events of the Rising initiated a metamorphosis in Yeats. ’Easter 1916 ’ shows how Yeats (usually not supportive of violence
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David Lloyd George: David Lloyd George‚ 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor‚ (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945)‚ was a British Liberal politician and statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led a Wartime Coalition Government between 1916 and 1922 and was the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1926 to 1931. During a long tenure of office‚ mainly as Chancellor of the Exchequer‚ he was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state
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War on the Western Front Reasons for the Stalemate: The failure of the Schlieffen Plan – Russia mobilized faster than expected‚ forcing Germany to redirect some troops from France. The resistance of Belgium meant that the Germans were unable to pass through. Britain quickly entered the war in support of Belgium and sending the BEF. Germany experienced supply problems and failed to realise that once off the railways‚ the speed of the army was determined by foot‚ making the deadline of 42 days unrealistic
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