World War One: Table of Contents: What is Trench Foot?....................................pg3 Causes of Trench Foot?.................................pg4 Symptoms and Treatment……………………pg5 Why does it affect the soldiers during the world war one?...............................................pg6 Bibliography……………………………………..pg7 What is Trench Foot? Many soldiers who fought in the First World War suffered from trench foot. Trench foot is a medical condition caused by long period of time in
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HUM1020 15 November 2017 Gas Warfare Boils‚ burning‚ and blindness imagine sitting in a field hospital in agony wishing that the pain would just end. Many of these soldiers’ lives would be forever changed after heading to the battlefield and being confronted with this. We all know that warfare technology through the age’s changes and advances but even a general from five hundred years ago would say that this is just cold-blooded. That dreadful weapon is gas warfare or a specialized munition that
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Causes of WW1 While there were many causes to WW1 such as imperialism‚ nationalism‚ alliances‚ and assassination‚ one cause that primarily stands out is militarism. Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. Because militarism was so important to WW1‚ countries had to come up with a way to get people interested in war‚ which led to the use
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this made the war more deadly for the soldiers. Technological advancements had changed warfare as weapons were more efficient and had made it easier to kill the enemy. This war introduced many new weapons such as the machine gun‚ tank‚ poison gas‚ airplanes‚ and flame throwers which would later set a precedent for future wars. Artillery guns have made a huge impact on World War I as it created trench warfare. Artillery are large caliber weapons such as cannons and howitzers. Artillery guns are one
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Introduction World War 1 is one of the greatest‚ yet tragic‚ historical events that has ever taken place. It involved many of the world’s strongest and greatest countries joining together to form alliances against one another. WW1 started on the 28th July 1914. It then continued for another 4 years and finally ended on the 11th November 1918. This tragic event took the lives of 16.5 million people‚ which includes civilians and over 4 million people were wounded. There were two alliances; the
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The men that were picked to be grenadiers had to have great strength and agility. Grenadiers would be responsible for racing down the trench and throwing grenades into each dugout they passed: which helped take out enemy soldiers in trenches. Grenadiers earned higher pay‚ received special privileges‚ and were distinguished by their height‚ and dashing uniform. Later in the war‚ the
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front-line (trench rapids‚ snipers‚ shelling)‚ it is possible to distinguish major battles (or pushes) whose names have gone down in history as some of the bloodiest conflicts ever waged. There were many battles that took place during the war but the most remembered were the five major battles. Those battles are‚ The Battle of Marne (1914 and 1918)‚ The Battle of Verdun (1916)‚ The Battle of Ypres (1914‚ 1915‚ and 1917)‚ The Battle of the Somme (1916)‚ and The Battle of Cambrai (1917). This paper will
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Analyze the causes of WW1 Many historians and politicians have been trying to analyze the causes for the World War I. By the War was over‚ different opinions had already been developed. The english Prime Minister David Lloyd Georg (1863-1945) said: “None of the leading Man had wanted War‚ all of them just slid into it.” Whereas the French Prime Minister George Clemenceau blamed Germany for having the main War Guilt. Since 1961 historians are controversially questioning the War Guilt. In his
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slowly with our trenches” (Peter Stuyvesant). Trench warfare was a tactic that got nowhere while fighting. Then they started using nuclear gases that killed a lot of people. Trench warfare was an interesting thing‚ he technology changed how well it worked‚ and he attitude of leaders changed trench warfare as well. Trench warfare made the war one of the slowest in history. People got almost nowhere from it. Trench warfare is the idea where you dig a trench and many people go in them. Then they would
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For the first few years of World War I‚ the CEF relied solely on volunteers. (Valiante‚ “The Legacy of Canada’s WWI Conscription Crisis”). However‚ the longer the war progressed‚ the more casualties increased‚ and the less men volunteered. The Prime Minister at that time‚ Robert Borden‚ had seen the decline in volunteers‚ and once he had returned from a trip to the trenches he became convinced that conscription was the only way to do soldiers justice (Jones‚ “Conscription”). The Military Service
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