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Key Concepts 1914-1918
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- 1The Western FrontA stretch of land 700 km long from the coast of the English Channel in Belgium to the French border with Switzerland.
- 2Allied ForcesThe armies of countries bound together by formal promises of support (main powers were Britain, France, and United States).
- 3War of AttritionA long period of conflict where each side seeks to gradually wear down the other by a series of small-scale actions.
- 4Trench WarfareA form of armed combat where two opposing groups fight one another from trenches that face each other.
- 5Schlieffen Plan 1914This was a military plan of attack of how Germany could avoid war against France and Russia on two-fronts.
- 6Chlorine gasThe first type of gas used in the trenches; this stripped away the linings of the lungs and caused victims to drown from their lungs filling with water.
- 7Gas GangreneThis is a bacterial infection that caused large numbers of deaths in the war.
- 8DuckboardsA board built from a number of wooden slats joined together, usually placed over muddy ground in a trench.
- 9TriageThis involved making an initial assessment of the wounded soldier, then sorting them into groups based on the severity of the wound itself.
- 10OrderliesSomeone who is responsible for the non-medical care of patients and maintaining order and cleanliness in a hospital.
- 11RAMCRoyal Army Medical Corps
- 12'Thomas splint'An invention from Hugh Owen Thomas that stabilised the femur when it was fractured. It reduced blood loss and infection, and more importantly the death rate from a broken femur.
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