remembrance day - Bungendore Public School
... In the 1st World War over 70 million people were recruited and between 7 and 13 million people were killed at least 1 third of them with no known grave the Allied Nations chose this day to commemorate their war dead. ...
... In the 1st World War over 70 million people were recruited and between 7 and 13 million people were killed at least 1 third of them with no known grave the Allied Nations chose this day to commemorate their war dead. ...
World War I Reading Guide
... cause was the system of alliances that linked the European nations to each other. This system required member nations to come to one another's aid in case of attack. When the conflict started, these ties led to the division of Europe into two camps. Germany sided with Austria-Hungary, and they heade ...
... cause was the system of alliances that linked the European nations to each other. This system required member nations to come to one another's aid in case of attack. When the conflict started, these ties led to the division of Europe into two camps. Germany sided with Austria-Hungary, and they heade ...
AHON Chapter 21 Section 3 Lecture Notes
... year for the United States to engage in major battles. ...
... year for the United States to engage in major battles. ...
Alliance System as a cause of the War
... Britain subsequently forged alliances with both Russia and France once it became clear that Germany intended to construct a navy to match the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. Thus while the Entente Alliance was by no means a formal alliance, intertwining treaties effectively rendered it thus. The ...
... Britain subsequently forged alliances with both Russia and France once it became clear that Germany intended to construct a navy to match the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. Thus while the Entente Alliance was by no means a formal alliance, intertwining treaties effectively rendered it thus. The ...
NAME - Dr. Hartnell
... After the Franco-Prussian War, France was forced to give Germany __________________ and __________________. France, however, always wanted it back… and this would become their __________________________ at the start of WWI. Bismarck made sure the other European powers did not feel __________________ ...
... After the Franco-Prussian War, France was forced to give Germany __________________ and __________________. France, however, always wanted it back… and this would become their __________________________ at the start of WWI. Bismarck made sure the other European powers did not feel __________________ ...
Student Edition Unit 2 Chapter 5
... Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia were imperial powers. Imperialism — the policy of extending the power of one country over other countries by acquiring territory or establishing economic and political control — was a source of tension as European countries tried to expand their ...
... Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia were imperial powers. Imperialism — the policy of extending the power of one country over other countries by acquiring territory or establishing economic and political control — was a source of tension as European countries tried to expand their ...
Veiszlemlein 1 John Veiszlemlein Mr. Dovico APUSH 4 March 2009
... Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and an amazingly wide-spread set of alliances led Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire to side with AustroHungary and the United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, Greece, Montenegro, and the United States to ally with Serbia. ...
... Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and an amazingly wide-spread set of alliances led Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire to side with AustroHungary and the United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, Greece, Montenegro, and the United States to ally with Serbia. ...
Revolution, Civil War, and the `Long` First World War in Russia
... This essay has two related themes. The first is the causal link between the First World War and the Russian Revolution. The second is the periodization of Russia’s crisis; in particular the essay examines the ‘continuum’ between the First World War, the 1917 Revolution, and the Civil War of 1917-20 ...
... This essay has two related themes. The first is the causal link between the First World War and the Russian Revolution. The second is the periodization of Russia’s crisis; in particular the essay examines the ‘continuum’ between the First World War, the 1917 Revolution, and the Civil War of 1917-20 ...
New Weapons of the Great War
... of the gas cloud quickly organized a defensive line approximately 7 kilometers behind the initial front lines and stopped the Germans from advancing any further. The German troops reached their initial objective, but the wear of waiting approximately a month for favorable winds, and the sight of th ...
... of the gas cloud quickly organized a defensive line approximately 7 kilometers behind the initial front lines and stopped the Germans from advancing any further. The German troops reached their initial objective, but the wear of waiting approximately a month for favorable winds, and the sight of th ...
Issue-based Studies Exemplars Exemplar 6: Among all the
... much national grievances and hard feeling into the treaty of Versailles, the term to made Germany solely responsible for the outbreak of the First World War was unjust. The desires of European powers to enhance the international status, to expand territories and to protect the nation security urged ...
... much national grievances and hard feeling into the treaty of Versailles, the term to made Germany solely responsible for the outbreak of the First World War was unjust. The desires of European powers to enhance the international status, to expand territories and to protect the nation security urged ...
World War One - Delano Public Schools
... Believe it or not but Germany has not been a country very long. Instead it used to be a collection of little kingdoms under a loose government called the Holy Roman Empire (They were not Roman, it is just a name that came from ancient days). They all had cultural similarities and even called themsel ...
... Believe it or not but Germany has not been a country very long. Instead it used to be a collection of little kingdoms under a loose government called the Holy Roman Empire (They were not Roman, it is just a name that came from ancient days). They all had cultural similarities and even called themsel ...
Imperialism - Aff - aise
... expand the Navy which caused Britain to feel threatened. This in turn made England embark on ...
... expand the Navy which caused Britain to feel threatened. This in turn made England embark on ...
Jay Wang and Reina Wong European History Period 1 April 21
... preparations, the Germans knew of the plan ahead of time and took shelter in bunkers while the British bombarded them. Then the Germans attacked with machine guns. The result of this was a bloody slaughter and the largest battle of the war. Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started ...
... preparations, the Germans knew of the plan ahead of time and took shelter in bunkers while the British bombarded them. Then the Germans attacked with machine guns. The result of this was a bloody slaughter and the largest battle of the war. Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started ...
The war in the air
... • At the beginning of the war, the RAF was forbidden from indiscriminate bombing, and in fact both sides held back from being the first to attack cities directly in Western Europe. This policy changed when a Lutwaffe crew bombed East London by error, which was followed with a retaliatory raid by Chu ...
... • At the beginning of the war, the RAF was forbidden from indiscriminate bombing, and in fact both sides held back from being the first to attack cities directly in Western Europe. This policy changed when a Lutwaffe crew bombed East London by error, which was followed with a retaliatory raid by Chu ...
Western Front | International Encyclopedia of the First World War
... The war on the Western Front began on 3 August 1914 with Germany aggressively marching into Belgium and Luxembourg. (France had already mobilised, but was waiting within her borders for Germany to make the first move through the Low Countries). The next day Britain declared war on Germany, setting ...
... The war on the Western Front began on 3 August 1914 with Germany aggressively marching into Belgium and Luxembourg. (France had already mobilised, but was waiting within her borders for Germany to make the first move through the Low Countries). The next day Britain declared war on Germany, setting ...
Data Packet
... “The present condition of American foreign trade resulting from the frequent seizures and detentions of American cargoes destined to neutral European ports has become so serious as to require a candid statement of the views of this Government in order that the British Government may be fully informe ...
... “The present condition of American foreign trade resulting from the frequent seizures and detentions of American cargoes destined to neutral European ports has become so serious as to require a candid statement of the views of this Government in order that the British Government may be fully informe ...
Key Issue 1: Q1 …the reasons why so many Scots
... war industries, those who would cause serious hardship for their families such as a single parent, or conscientious objectors. In 1914 Clifford Allen and Fenner Brockway had started an organisation called the No Conscription Fellowship (NCF). Public opinion had little sympathy for conchies and n ...
... war industries, those who would cause serious hardship for their families such as a single parent, or conscientious objectors. In 1914 Clifford Allen and Fenner Brockway had started an organisation called the No Conscription Fellowship (NCF). Public opinion had little sympathy for conchies and n ...
NOTEBOOK - WWI
... thus available for all the rats in France and Belgium in hundreds of miles of trenches. During brief moments of quiet at night, one could hear a continuous rattle of tins moving against each other. The rats were turning them over. What happened to the rats under heavy shell-fire was a mystery, but t ...
... thus available for all the rats in France and Belgium in hundreds of miles of trenches. During brief moments of quiet at night, one could hear a continuous rattle of tins moving against each other. The rats were turning them over. What happened to the rats under heavy shell-fire was a mystery, but t ...
Treaty of Versailles
... The Treaty of Versailles On May 7, 1919, the Versailles Treaty was handed over to Germany with the instructions that they had only three weeks to accept the Treaty. Considering that in many ways the Versailles Treaty was meant to punish Germany, Germany of course found much fault with the Treaty ...
... The Treaty of Versailles On May 7, 1919, the Versailles Treaty was handed over to Germany with the instructions that they had only three weeks to accept the Treaty. Considering that in many ways the Versailles Treaty was meant to punish Germany, Germany of course found much fault with the Treaty ...
End of War/Treaty of Versailles
... details of the Versailles Treaty had been debated and finalized at the Paris Peace Conference, which opened on January 18, 1919 - just over two months after the fighting on the Western Front ended. ...
... details of the Versailles Treaty had been debated and finalized at the Paris Peace Conference, which opened on January 18, 1919 - just over two months after the fighting on the Western Front ended. ...