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History Revision WW1
murder in Sarajevo
28th june 1914, Serb Student, Gavrilo Princip shoots Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
28th July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
29th July 1914, Russia mobilises to support Serbia.
1st August 1914, Due to Alliances, Germany declared war on Russia.
3rd August 1914, Germany declared war on France.
4th August 1914, Germany invaded Belgium using the Schlieffen plan. Britain declared war on Germany.
5th August 1914, Austro-Hungary declared war on France.
by 12th August 1914, France and Britain declare war on Austria-Hungary.
Alliances
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The triple Entente
Great biritain, france and russia
The triple alliance
Germany, austria- hungary and italy
Neutral
Spain/ portugal , Switerland and
Trenches
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on top of the trenches thier would be Barbed wire as an attempt to keep people out and then the feild between the trenches of the enimies would be callled no mans- land as many people would die and not make it through without being shot at
the trenches would not be straight in case of a soilder jumping in and being able to shoot a lot of the men, they would also we curvy to protect them from the blast of a bomb
The trenches would be connected by a telephone signal and all the trenches could communicate in case of an emergancy or a requirement
they would have a duck board to hide the telephone signals and the duckboards to help get rid of the water, the firestep so the soilders have a place to shoot and be tall enough. An ammunition shelf to store the bullets, Dugout for shelter where they sleep and extra storage. A parapet would be used to put on to help protect the soilders from bullets and them barbed wire at the top near no mans land
Hygine
The trenches where unhigenic and the reeked, Many soilder would get desiseaes such as trench foot because the floor would be drenched in water. The soilders would not be able to shower or wash them self and they woud have to wear gas masks as the opossing side would oftern use poisoness gas
Conscription
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Palls batllion
The goverment would use properganda and speeches to intrege soilders, the pal batalion is when soilders would go to war together ith their friends they would fight together and most likely die togther.
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in january 1926 parliment passsed the act that introduced conscription it was compulsory for single men aged between 18 and 41 to join up later this year it was extended to maried men aswell, many people lied about their ages to join the war
The battle of the Somme
Successes
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The methods General Haig used at the Somme were in line with the military ideas of the time attririon (wearing the ememy down) was the method all sides used to achieve victory.
The courage and bravery of the troops was never in question. Back in Britain, stories of individual heroism were spread with great enthusiasm.
disasters
After five months of battle, the Allies had won only a small strip of land just 25km long and 6km wide.
General Sir Douglas Haig (the commander of the British Army) always warned that casualities would be heavy but politicians didnt listen.
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the somme made many people realise what kind of war this was - a long, grim, war of attrition (where the enemy is gradually worn down)
many people found it hard to justify the 88,000 Allied men lost for very one mile gained in advance.
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general haig had too much faith in the artillary (weapons) would destroy German trenches, when it did not.
by the end of the battle, the British army had suffered 420,000 casualties including 57,470 on the first day alone.
eye-witness reports filtered back to Britain and for the first time families came face to face with the anger of some of the soldiers having to fight this war.
general haig was criticised after the battle by his own soldiers, by politicians and in the newspapers. he gained the unwanted title of 'The Butcher of the Somme'
the army suffered 420 000 casulties including nearly 60 000 on the first day of the war, french lost 200000 men and german lost 500000 men.
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