WHY DID GERMANY LOSE WW1 Germany lost WW1 due to a variety of military‚ socio-economic & political‚ and strategic reasons. The war itself continued for 4 years‚ inflicting various casualties and economic hardships on Germany. The most important reason why Germany lost WW1 were its incompetence to carry out it’s various strategies – originating from the first strategic failure‚ the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. The military incompetence of Germany on land and in sea was also an important
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French and Germans both had a system of compulsory military service. This meant all men served about 2 years in the army and gained some basic training and experience. Britain had no such system. Once war began‚ the British Army recruited furiously. By 1916‚ the army was about 1.5 million strong‚ but there were problems. The expansion was done at breakneck speed using enthusiastic but raw recruits. They had a little over a year’s training and virtually no combat experience. Worse still‚ they were desperately
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The battle of the Somme began in the summer of 1916. The British saw their opportunity to look good and be the saviour of the moment. However‚ this did not occur. A four hundred and fifty mile trench network‚ stretching from the Swiss border up and into Belgium‚ was opened up and the battle had truly started. The battle soon deteriorated into trench warfare causing no progress to either side. The Generals decided to forge an all-out offensive on the weaker points of the German lines and started
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and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). In 1916‚ Garvey moved to Harlem in New York where UNIA thrived. By now a formidable public speaker‚ Garvey spoke across America. He urged African-Americans to be proud of their race and return to Africa‚ their ancestral homeland and attracted thousands of supporters. He returned to Jamaica in 1914 and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). In 1916‚ Garvey moved to Harlem in New York where UNIA thrived. By now a formidable
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The Battle of the Somme was also known as the Somme Offensive. The British and French faced off against the Germans‚ resulting in one of the most bloodiest battles of WWI history. It took place between July 1st and November 1st in 1916‚ at the Somme River‚ which runs through most of Europe. It’s known for being one of the bloodiest military battles in history‚ taking the lives of more than 1.5 million men in both Ally and Central Powers. On the first day alone‚ the British had more than 57‚000 casualties
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The 1916 Zoning Ordinance‚ the first of its kind in the United States‚ regulated building use‚ area‚ and height of new buildings. It imposed height and setback limits and distinguished between residential and industrial districts. The Hugh Ferriss drawings
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Micah Kelley Mr. Richardson 6th Period US History 18 December 2012 1. Reasons for the Outbreak of WWI * The Alliance System: The formation of the German States/Empire‚ the Triple Alliance‚ the Franco-Russian Alliance‚ and the Triple Entente proved that war amongst these countries was eminent. * The Naval Race: In 1898‚ the Germans began building a navy that challenged Britain’s dominance over naval affairs. These two countries engaged in an arms race in the early 1900’s building
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paint him as a devout nationalist in the vein of Arthur Griffith would be a disservice. Yeats’s own beliefs regarding Ireland is quite complex which is seen in his obsession with the Ascendency. Complex still is his reaction to the Easter Rising of 1916. What I intend to prove in this essay is that Yeats is a deeply political poet. Indeed‚ Yeats himself writes about politics not as an observer but as a participant. I will show how the Romantic Nationalism Yeats subscribed to in his early years is
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The battle of Fromelles took place on the 19th of July 1916‚ being one of the many battles on the Western Front involving the Australians during World War 1. This battle was 19 days after the start of battle of the Somme. Established upon the previous French agricultural fields of Flanders‚ the battle was considered as one of the darkest nights in Australian history‚ with the Australian diggers fatality rate numbering 5533 and death rate almost 2000. Through this essay‚ an account of the happenings
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Descriptions of the battles of Verdun and Somme The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest battle of World War One‚ which yielded many casualties and was the catalyst for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. The objective of the Battle of Somme was to help alleviate the pressure on the British that the Germans had been exerting at the battle Verdun. “The attack on Verdun (the Germans code-named it ’Judgment’) came about because of a plan by the German Chief of General
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