Weapons in WW1 Water cooled - via a jacket around the barrel which held approximately one gallon - the Vickers was loaded from a 250-round fabric belt mounted on a tripod. A rubber hose leading to a container condensed steam from the jacket as a means of minimising water wastage. Although the predominant British machine gun in 1914 and for much of 1915 - it remained so for British imperial troops sited on far-flung battlefields‚ innovations in machine gun design invariably showing up first on the
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they called it Diktat as they were being told to do this or hostilities would resume. Of the many provisions in the treaty‚ one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and‚ under the terms of articles 231-248 (later known as the War Guilt clauses)‚ to disarm‚ make substantial territorial concessions and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers. The total cost of these reparations was assessed at 132 billion
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Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and Austria-Hungary. The war predominantly took place in Europe. What we want to know is‚ what was the hidden cause of WWI. Of the three most important causes of WW1‚ the main cause was militarism. Imperialism is not polite‚ nor should it be taken lightly into consideration as an important cause of World War 1. According to document D‚ Germans were not a fan of taking over another country‚ but everyone else has begun to Imperialize‚ “...the French have
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How the European Alliance Helped Cause World War 1Historians have spent many years analyzing the origins of World War 1. Many factors are considered by historians when asked this question; nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ etc. However all of these factors are influenced and tied together by the alliance system in place at the time tensions in the Balkans erupted. In this time period the Ottoman Empire had lost much of its control and power in the corridor to Europe. Many of the leading nations
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sided with one another against each other. There were many causes to this conflict that started all the fighting between the nations. Each country has their own view on who’s fault it was and if it was handled correctly. This war only caused many casualties and economic problems for countries which could of easily been avoided. 1st paragraph - Alliances were a major cause of the conflicts between countries in WW1 The original disagreement was between Serbia and Austria-Hungry
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In 1881‚ Germany came up with an alliance with Austria-Hungary and Russia called the “Three Emperors’ League”. During their alliances‚ both Germany and Russia had many disputes over Bosnia and Serbia because both were greedy for that land. This alliance went on until a Wilhelm II became the new emperor of Germany and fired of Bismarck who came with the alliance‚ and kicked Russia of the league. In 1908‚ France signed an alliance treaty with Russia and later on with Britain called The Triple Entente
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INTRO - Replace william with wilhelm On August 28‚ 1914 the final straw was broken and WWI began. The war itself was the culmination of failed treaties‚ promisses and misguided leadership. Hard to choose what caused the war to start‚ but if anything i belive the Russian’s have the most impact on the war. In order to come to this conclusion we have to assesses the trials and tribulations each nation took to get the big stage in 1914. The 19th centry marked the age of the rise and fall of great eurpean
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Factors of WW1 The First World War‚ was a war centred in Europe that began on 28 July‚ 1914 and lasted until and ended on 11 November‚ 1918. One of the major event in the human history which was fought mostly by soldiers in trenches but later introduced the machine gun‚ poison gas‚ tanks and other weapons into battle which also helped humans to advance the technology for destruction of each other. Human curiosity and creatives ideas that helped us to be more civilized like industrialization
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whole family. Children are affected by poverty‚ too‚ believe it or not. Children raised in poverty-filled families will experience several short-term effects as well as long-term effects. One short-term effect that poverty has on children is sicknesses. Poverty can impact a household in the quality of the water
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the presence of nicotine in the cartridges and the fact that studies are inconclusive so the long-term effects are
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