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British sector of the Western Front 1914-1918 Context From 1914-1919, British and French forces fought a war against Germany. This war involved very little movement of troops on a large scale, however, it was fought over a small restrained piece of land. Generals...
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History- Home Front WW1 RationingEmergency powersAir RaidsRecruitment WomenIndustryNo strike deal unionsDORA
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Western Front - Treatment and Care for the Wounded Treatment and Care for the Wounded Depending on the day, there could be a few hundred wounded British soldiers on the Western Front or a few thousand. With the conditions of the trenches and battlefield transport...
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History revision :0 The shooting of Archduke Prince Ferdinand On the 28th of June 1914, at 10:45, the Archduke Prince Ferdinand was shot by a Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. The Prince was shot on a visit to Bosnia. He famously said: ...
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World War I WORLD WAR I KEY FACTSDate: 28.07.1914 – 11.11.1918Location: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off the coast of South and North AmericaResult: Allied victory End of the German, Russian, Ot...
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The Treaty of Versailles What is the treaty of VersaillesThe treaty of Versailles was a treaty written by *** in 1919. This was to create peace in Europe. There were a number of things that happened because of it. North Schleswig goes to Denm...
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WWI Part 2 Another Guest to the Party Italy: To proud to fight until the spring of 1915 (Sacred Egoism). Entered the war after the break down of the Schieffen/Moltke Plan and the Miracle at the Marne. Italy feared the war would ...
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World War One Between 1914 and 1918, Britain was involved in a conflict which was called at the time 'the Great War', but which you know as 'the First World War'. Causes Historians disagree about what 'caused' the First World War, ...
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The peace treaties after the first world war. The Paris peace conference. Treaty of Versailles 28th june 1919. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson and Clemenceau drew up the treaty in paris without Germany. France an...
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World War One TIMELINE 1914 June 28th Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo July 5th Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria in war against Serbia July 28th Austria declared war on Serbia August 1...
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World War One BBC News Report BBC 2014 report where they cover the Archduke's assassination as they would if it happened today PHOTOGRAPHS OF WAR
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Lead up to war World War 1 was the result of short term causes but were fuelled by long term tensions. Militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalist rivalry between the five great powers of Europe, France, Russia, Germany, Aust...
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History Notes ASSASSINATION, EVENTS LEADING TO WAR, SCHLEIFFEN PLANVisit of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand & his wife Sophie. Visiting Sarajevo – capital city of Bosnia. Franz Ferdinand – heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire. Visits Sarajevo ...
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Long and Short term causes WW1 (quicknotes) FIRST WORLD WAR Long-term causes: 1) Alliance System (might be a factor not a cause) - Dual Alliance 1879 – Germany – Austro-Hungary – originally secret – each state was to help the other in case of an attack by...
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Was Germany to blame for the First World War? (Controversy essay plan) Intro – widely debated. Not sure if just German aggression meant for war or trying to break encirclement or even if it were all powers (naval race, 1906 eg) Point 1 – Aggression. Fischer’s claims of Germany pushing to...
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The Failure of The Schlieffen Plan Failure of The Schlieffen Plan Von Moltke assumed four things: Russia would take at least 6 weeks to mobilise. It only took Russia 10 days to mobilise so when Germany thought it would be able to defeat France and then...
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General Haig - the Battle of the Somme How important was the role of General Haig in the failure of the British to win the Battle of the Somme?A key reason why General Haig's role was important to the failure to win the Battle of the Somme is because he wa...
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History Revision Alliances The Triple Alliance Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879 Triple Alliance formed in 1882 with Italy Made Russia and France nervous Triple Entente France...
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The Schliefflen Plan Germany had been preparing for war long before 1914. In fact, Germany had started drawing up a plan for war - the Schlieffen Plan - in 1897. It took nine years to finalise, but it was based on the theory that Germany ...
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Treaty of Versailles The treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 by the major powers. It was handed to the German Government who were forced to sign under threat of further war and had no rights to negotiate. In total Germany lost 10...
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WIP: Causes of WW1 – Event summary The Bosnian Crisis (1908) Topic: Annexation. Broken agreements.1 sentence: Austria annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina – which angers Serbia – without moving her warships, thus breaking an agreement with Russia. Involved: Aust...
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world war 1 History quiz: world war 1 By 1850 Britain's industry had made her rich and she was increasing her navy to protect the sea routes to her great empire. In 1871 Germany became a new nation after her massive army beat Fra...
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Treaty of Versailles - created from Mind Map The Terms of the Treaty Territorial Military Financial and Economic Rhineland was demilitarised Alsace-Lorraine returned to France Saar given to France for 15 years All Germany's colonies taken and given to Britain an...
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The First World War: How did it start? The Cause World War 1 was before known as 'The Great War' and 'The War to End All Wars'. This was obviously a very important event for many countries, but this war wasn't meaningless. However, the outcome was a little...
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Gallipoli notes What was Gallipoli?Gallipoli was an attempted invasion through the Dardanelles to knock Turkey out of the war and to connect with Russia to resupply and to break the stalemate on the Western Front Who was involved?Tur...
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History Lecture, 9/19+20 , early 1900s Germans were itching for a war When war starts, US declares neutrality Stories got back to US of the carnage because the generals didn't know how to fight with all the new weapons created in the industrial revolution ...
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Treaty of Versailles MILITARY TERMSTERRITORIAL LOSSWAR GUILTREPARATIONSANSCHLUSS GERMAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINEGermany's pride shrinks to 100,000Germany split in two by loss of East Prussia to GermanyWe alone are not responsible for outbreak o...
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Causes of WW1 Militarism-Britain had largest Navy to protect empire-Germany wanted Navy too, to acquire colonies and protect them-Britain saw Germany's naval growth as a direct threat Imperialism- The act of empire building. -Brita...
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Russian Campaigns and Battles The Battle of Tannenberg Worst Russian defeat Over 30,000 Russian casualties more than 95,000 Russian soldiers taken prisoner 500 Russian artillery guns captured The Brusilov Offensive
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Humanities Study Notes World War 1 Basic Information The 5 main reasons World War 1 occurred can be classified into 5 categories: M A I N S Militarism - policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war. Alliances - agreements...
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Notes for Schlieffen Plan One word notes. One word notes is basically me just taking quick notes of websites or books of paragraphs that is needed. It's a non publicize website that is descriptive. *First Paragraph: How It came to be **Second ...
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STC AND LTC Long Term Causes (LTC):Nationalism - pride for one's country while showing disdain or hate for other countries. Nationalists believe their way of doing things is the best and prove it by defeating rivals.Militarism - ...
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ww1 notes good to know 1. An explosion on the battlefield in France was heard in London.While the war raged on in the mud and trenches, a very different war was taking place beneath the soldiers' feet. A group of miners, operating in total ...
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IMPACT OF WW1(Chap 1) Questions to ask yourself: 1. Why did WW1 happen? 2. What are the impacts of WW1? The four main reasons that lead to World War 1: 1. Competition for colonies More colonies= larger empire=countries prestige enha...
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Global context The 19th century has been referred to as the "Long 19th Century", but some historians. The years 1789-1914 being more meaningful than the unpredictable period of 1800-1900.Dominate forces in European history can be se...
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Balkan Crisis Five Countries wanted to have the Balkans for different reasons RussiaIntrested because of economic and cultural reasons. They wanted a warm water port to protect her trades 50% of all and all of grain exports. ...
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international relations - created from Mind Map the big three aims Georges clemenceau french security - germany had invaded france twice in 50 years, germany also had a larger population than france, more natural resources and industry. and as there was no fighting...
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Total war Total war What total war include- -Increasing power for government-domestic scene- restrictions for civilians- women employed in traditionally male jobs- food, fuel and consumer good shortages.- all resources to war e...
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WW1 - Most effective weapon Students will write a paragraph on the most effective weapon used in WW1 Give reasons for the answer, Use PEEL structure. Machine Guns: During WW1, the machine gun was the most effective weapon. Machine guns co...
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History Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Impact of World War I in Europe To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles a fair Treaty? What was the main reason for the weakness of the League of Nations? Causes of WWI: Competi...
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