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IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF WWI (LIFE IN THE TRENCHES (soldiers had many problems:,…
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF WWI
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THE ASSASSINATION
10:10 A.M threw bomb at car, bounced off & injured people behind it
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19-yr-old Gravillo Princip, drank coffee in cafe
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saw car at 10:45 A.M, shot Archduke w/ revolver
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THE POWERS
THE ALLIED POWERS
B & F had alliance w/ R, joined the war
SA, NZ & AUS, British colonies, helped
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USA, neutral until ships attacked by G with torpedoes, joined Allied Powers
when AH declared war on S, R helped them
THE CENTRAL POWERS
when AH declared war, partners: G, I & Ottoman Empire, helped
LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
the command: over the top, jumped out trenches & ran straight into no man's land
dangerous, never lifted head, shot by enemy sniper
inbetween was *no man's land, covered in barbed-wire*
many chores: sentry duty, weapon cleaning, trench maintenance, refilling sandbags, emptying toilets, fetching supplies & ammo
at dawn & sunset, hate period; soldiers shot in direction of enemy 200m away
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when there was a battle, no rest in 30 days
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9 600 km of trenches, spent four days on front line, four days in support trenches, four days reserve & 14 days rest
1,2 million soldiers on Western Front