Britain in the First world war ➢ When did World war One start? August 1914 ➢ Which country did Britain enter the war for? Belgium ➢ What was the BEF? British Expeditionary Force ➢ Why did the Schlieffen Plan not work? The resistance of the Belgians‚ BEF‚ and French stopped the Germans ➢ Why was it so important for the English to secure the channel ports in November 1914? The British were able to transport troops and supplies to France through these ports ➢ What was stalemate
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The First Punic War In time because of the competitive nature of trade within the Mediterranean which included the Carthaginians‚ the Greeks and Rome‚ conflict arose. The First Punic War was a conflict between Carthage (in Africa) and Rome (in Europe). The source of the initial conflict was that Carthage had attempted to set up a garrison on the island of Sicily in the City of Messina. A garrison is a place where troops are stationed to defend a city or fortress. A war between the two great powers
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the owner of Bradley Oil Company; met at a local restaurant for a morning coffee break and conversation. During one these coffee breaks‚ the contemplative men considered the relative virtues of gas and electric cooking ranges. Dave’s spouse used a modern gas range in her kitchen and Ron recently purchased an electric range for his wife. Each man thought that he had made the wisest acquisition and each refused to concede his stance. Consequently‚ the obstinate opponents pressed for proof. The assembly
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World War 1. Some background information: -Fought from 1914-1918 and between Germany and England/France/Belgium and other Allied countries. -World War 1 saw a complete change in the way wars were fought and the attitudes towards them. More advanced technology saw death on a huge scale and there were nearly a million British casualties. This in turn created a new breed of poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon‚ who wrote in protest of the war and its dire conditions. They argued that
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Impacts of WW1 on America Impacts of World War one on America The total number of casualties in WW1 which lasted only from 1914 to 1919 came to a terrifying height of 37‚508‚686 of that number only 323‚018 belonged to the U.S. World war one had many effects on the United States including weapons advancement‚ change in the workforce and economy‚ and women’s rights. The first and one of the most important impacts of ww1 on America is the
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international relations The Thirty Years’ War was the first Pan-European war of modern times‚ it was a conflict which started in Bohemia (Holy Roman Empire) and took place from 1618 to 1648‚ ending with the well-known Peace of Westphalia. This war started as a religious conflict between the Protestants and the Catholic Church in Germany‚ but latter on it developed into a Franco-Habsburg war involving most of the European continent and having a decisive impact on all the European states and nations
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Emperors’ long lives Until 1784 with the White Lotus Rebellion‚ there was no rebellion. There is a productivity ceiling in pre-modern China‚ and with overpopulation a problem comes when they don’t have enough food for everyone. But you can get out of it by increasing the productivity and this leads to industrialization. During the 1780‚ 90 around the 1800 the first famines arrived and in the 1780’s the environment went crazy and the conditions were very bad at that time. TERMS TO KNOW * Lay-Osborn
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World War one‚ an unexpected slaughter of men that seemed to have started by an assassination and unfortunate alliances.This was quite the contrary. The four year long war that spanned from 1914-1918 was caused by long standing and unspoken alliances and tensions that dated back to 1880. The first main alliance was the Triple alliance composed of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy. The second association was made up by France‚ Great Britain‚ and Russia and were known as the Triple entente. These
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The First World War began in August 1914. It was directly triggered by the assassination of the Austrian archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ on June 28‚ 1914 by Serbian revolutionary‚ Gavrilo Princip. This event was‚ however‚ simply the trigger that set off many declarations of war. The actual causes of the war are more complicated and are still debated by historians today. But there were two important causes that are truly believed to be the factors of World War One. The two underlying causes
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World War One‚ the global conflict that resulted in over 10 million deaths‚ the change of power in world politics and the collapse of European Empires‚ has numerous causes to it. The three main causes of the First Great War were the widespread idea of militarism‚ the start of a system of economic imperialism around the world‚ and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. All these causes were significant and contributed to the increase of tension between countries‚ which built up over time and
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