Germans introduced the use chemical gasses as an weapon in war. Poison gas was the most feared out of all technology weapons in WW1. The gasses could burn skin‚ blind‚ or destroy your lungs if you happen to breathed in. Back then they had crude face masks to protect people in war from the poisonous gas floating in the air. Poison gas was easier during WW1 all they had to do was throw the poisonous gas bomb. “ A poison gas attack meant soldiers having to put on crude gas masks
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It was destructive of human life‚ property‚ political‚ social‚ cultural and economic fields. For years after the war all countries were heavily burdened and advance remained impeded. However‚ the impacts of WW1 on World History had some important consequences like the evolution of capitalism‚ progress of women and some social equality. One basic change that proved to be very significant after WW1 was how it profoundly affected Capitalism. During the war economic systems were minutely controlled by
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WWI vs. WWII World War I and World War II are two battles that will haunt Germany and many other countries for years to come. When thinking about World War I‚ the Great War‚ my main thought is that it is the cause and reason for World War II occurring. Many believe that Germany was at fault for really just being in the wrong place at the wrong time during WWI. They did not want to clean up their mess of WWI and broke the Peace Treaty of Versailles which was the World’s only hope to ending
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The war was a jumping off point for the women’s movement across Britain and it showed the world that women could do the same work as the men but it was not until after the war that thing began to become more equal for white men and women‚ it would be longer for racial equality. Before the war most women stayed in the home while the men would work but when it was not possible for the men to be working as they were
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out the surrounding area to see if any Turks were nearby. No Turks were spotted; what they did find however were a group of Gypsies selling schnapps (liquor). The Hussars bought barrels of the stuff and then proceeded to get drunk. It wasn’t long after getting drunk that the Austrian infantry soldiers crossed paths with the Hussars and demanded that they share their liquor. They refused‚ in fact‚ they built forts around the barrels to prevent anybody from taking their liquor. Angry at the selfishness
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July 28‚1914 was the day Franz Ferdinand was killed by Gavrilo Princip the leader of The black hand terrorist group located and from serbia‚ Princip later on after killing Franz went into prison and rotted in a jail cell because he was not the old enough for him to be death trailed . This group assassinated Ferdinand because he was the next in line to rule the Austrian Hungarian Empire‚ However there were other cause that got the war going and started. The number one cause of the war was the
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Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy (who ended up switching sides). On the other side called the triple entente there was the British‚ French and Russians (who ending up dropping out of the war). The triple entente was commonly known as the allies especially after the Americans entered the war in 1918. Many questioned wether the Allied leadership was effective. Yes‚ the allied leadership was effective as in the end they got there job done. Firstly they demonstrated that they followed a Learning curve and
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World War I‚ also known as the Great War‚ was a global military conflict which involved the majority of the world’s great powers‚ organized into two opposing military alliances: the Triple Entente (United Kingdom‚ France‚ and Russian Empire) and the Triple Alliance (German Empire‚ Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ and Italy). World War One which broke out it 1914 was a total war‚ where all industries geared towards war. The July Crisis and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand resulted in a conflict
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population against Germany‚ leaving the attitude towards Germany rocky at best‚ though an isolationist sentiment had still been present‚ as evidenced by President Woodrow Wilson’s promise to avoid war‚ which won him his re-election. When‚ two years after the loss of the Lusitania‚ the Reichstag approved the decision to resume unrestricted submarine warfare‚ all diplomatic ties were severed. The situation had been worsened with the discovery and decryption of the Zimmermann Telegram by the British Room
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Society‚ 2004. (Web‚ 26th Oct‚ 2012). Retrieved from http://www.worldwar1.com/tgws/relairprod.htm History SparkNotes. World War I (1914–1919). SparkNotes LLC‚ 2012. (Web‚ 26th Oct 2012). Retrieved from http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/summary.html Johnson‚ Herbert A. Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I. North Carolina‚ NA: Univ of North Carolina Press‚ 2001. Tucker‚ Spencer C.‚ & Roberts‚ Priscilla Mary. World War I: A Student Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara
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