war were over. The troops dug trenches. ➢ When did the two sides reach stalemate? November 1914 ➢ How did military leaders believe battles were won before the First World War? Cavalry charges with infantry following behind this cavalry What was a howitzer? A large gun‚ which could fire‚ shells hundreds of yards away. What did the Germans do to maximise the impact of the machine gun? They set up machine gun posts enclosed in concrete to protect their trenches ➢ What was the only defence
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Causes‚ Practices‚ and Effects of War Guide: World War 1 Type of War: • Total War: War that includes entire resources and population of a nation used to fight. The entire population is contributing towards the war using military‚ political‚ economic and cultural. Cause of War: • Short: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia‚ Germany declares war on Russia‚ Germany declares war on France‚ Britain declares war on Germany‚ Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia. • Immediate: Assassination
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Social Changes Of WW1 “ Ready! aye‚ ready! “ the soldiers were to say as the call for war came‚ but were they really that ready? As well‚ was the rest of the world ready? “ Back by Christmas “ they promised their loved ones who were filled with such pride and watched in awe as their brave boys set off for war. Most including Henri Bourassa‚ thought that this was an opportunity to unite the Canadians‚ French‚ and English. Little did they know the battles they‚ and the whole world were about to
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Tensions pre 1914 and reasons for Outbreak of WW1: The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in late July 1914‚ included intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. The immediate origins of the war‚ however‚ lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and dictators during the Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination
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can be attacked or even be ordered to attack. I can’t promise you both my safe return‚ but I can promise you that I will do my very damn best to make it home alive‚ maybe not in one piece especially cause’ of this trench foot‚ but alive. Life in the trenches is worse than I could ever imagine. We wake
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Two Major Military Alliances By Shannai Sloan The real cause of world war one was the existence of two major military alliances. An alliance is a union or association formed for mutual benefit‚ especially between countries or organisations. As all the major European countries were apart of one of the two alliances‚ any conflict between countries could cause an outbreak in war between them all. Firstly‚ with Europe being split in half with the two alliances it caused suspicion and fear between
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Suicide in the trenches Title and Author: “Suicide in the Trenches” is a poem written by Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon wrote this poem during his First World War military service and published in his 1918 collection: “Counter-Attack and Other Poems” Form and style This poem is a lyric which contains of three stanzas each containing four lines. This is written in rhyming couplets‚ the style of the poem seems very simple and song-like War is destructive of youth and innocence. There is a change
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began to attack a countries artillery would bombard the enemy. What this means is attacking a fortified place with explosives like grenades‚ rockets‚ shells etc. What would happen was they would attack the trenches to rip holes in the barbed wire and destroy the enemy’s communication trenches and the front line. After 1914 the tactics were changed so that poisonous gas was released against the enemy and tanks and aircraft would attack the enemy‚ tanks could break through the trench system. I can
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EMPATHY TASK. WW1 BY Manon Collins The fog still clung to the ground. We could barely see two feet in front of us. The men’s voices were loud and projected off into the fog were they became lost and tangled in ‘No Man’s Land’ The grey sun seemed to be making it’s way up over the broken backs of the hills. The silhouettes of the men suddenly became clear. Faces dirty with mud‚ blood or anything that could be found in the trenches. Shoes without soles‚ shirts without sleeves
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Is Germany to blame for WW1 and to what extent? –Marya Atassi By the end of World War 1‚ during the Peace negotiation‚ everyone looked for someone to blame for the damage. Therefore fingers were pointed at Germany since it was the easiest to blame after it being defeated. In the treaty of Versailles‚ victorious countries agreed that Germany is to take responsibilty of all the "loss and damage" as Article 231 states. That is not fair though‚ because Germany was not the only country to attack
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