- ORCA
... them. During the First World War - as before and since - there was no single, unquestioned social view o f the “natural order o f things”. While many conceptions held almost universal sway, considerable scope for debate appeared on some issues and within virtually every element o f society. For exam ...
... them. During the First World War - as before and since - there was no single, unquestioned social view o f the “natural order o f things”. While many conceptions held almost universal sway, considerable scope for debate appeared on some issues and within virtually every element o f society. For exam ...
First World War Military Sites: Infrastructure and Support
... billeting for soldiers in training and the provision of accommodation to Belgian refugees, both of which involved using existing civic and private buildings. Remembering conscientious objectors in histories of the First World War is often dif¿cult and the themes used for this project seem almost sp ...
... billeting for soldiers in training and the provision of accommodation to Belgian refugees, both of which involved using existing civic and private buildings. Remembering conscientious objectors in histories of the First World War is often dif¿cult and the themes used for this project seem almost sp ...
Page from `The Graphic` of 1917
... Other historiography has focussed on the issue of protective legislation for women and the role of the women inspectors in enforcing this. Here the development and enforcement of health and safety regulations during the period has been considered as an aspect of genderbased power relationships which ...
... Other historiography has focussed on the issue of protective legislation for women and the role of the women inspectors in enforcing this. Here the development and enforcement of health and safety regulations during the period has been considered as an aspect of genderbased power relationships which ...
Causes of WWI
... pounded as we edged towards one of the bodies. His helmet had rolled off. The man displayed a grimacing face, stripped of flesh; the skull bare, the eyes devoured and from the yawning mouth leapt a rat." ...
... pounded as we edged towards one of the bodies. His helmet had rolled off. The man displayed a grimacing face, stripped of flesh; the skull bare, the eyes devoured and from the yawning mouth leapt a rat." ...
World War I - Wright State University
... Government in WWI • During WWI the United States Congress passes several acts and formed a number of committees in support of the war. • Acts passed to keep the public in support of the war were the Selective Service, Espionage, Immigration, and Seditions Act between the years of 1917 and 1918. • T ...
... Government in WWI • During WWI the United States Congress passes several acts and formed a number of committees in support of the war. • Acts passed to keep the public in support of the war were the Selective Service, Espionage, Immigration, and Seditions Act between the years of 1917 and 1918. • T ...
League of Nations
... bloody stalemate along the Western Front. The American entry into the war would play a key role in the Allied victory. ...
... bloody stalemate along the Western Front. The American entry into the war would play a key role in the Allied victory. ...
AHON Chapter 21 Section 1 Lecture Notes
... So many European countries were entangled in alliances that Europe became a “powder keg,” ready to explode with the smallest spark. ...
... So many European countries were entangled in alliances that Europe became a “powder keg,” ready to explode with the smallest spark. ...
AHON Chapter 21 Section 3 Lecture Notes
... The terms of the armistice were harsh. Germany was forced to: ...
... The terms of the armistice were harsh. Germany was forced to: ...
WWI PowerPoint
... Europe’s alliance system caused the conflict to spread quickly, creating two main combatants. The Allied Powers included Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia. The Central Powers included Germany and Austria-Hungary. ...
... Europe’s alliance system caused the conflict to spread quickly, creating two main combatants. The Allied Powers included Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia. The Central Powers included Germany and Austria-Hungary. ...
Wilson and the Great War
... bloody stalemate along the Western Front. The American entry into the war would play a key role in the Allied victory. ...
... bloody stalemate along the Western Front. The American entry into the war would play a key role in the Allied victory. ...
Newsreels and World War I
... In Britain the official powers were initially contemptuous of cinema. They saw no value in using the film medium for their own purposes or allowing film companies to film at the various war fronts. Gradually there was recognition of the growing popularity of the cinema and its potential for reaching ...
... In Britain the official powers were initially contemptuous of cinema. They saw no value in using the film medium for their own purposes or allowing film companies to film at the various war fronts. Gradually there was recognition of the growing popularity of the cinema and its potential for reaching ...
July Crisis 1914 - 1914-1918-Online. International Encyclopedia of
... Bethmann Hollweg would entirely agree with him. This was especially so regarding an action on our part against Serbia. But it was his (Kaiser Wilhelm’s) opinion that this action must not be delayed. Russia’s attitude would in any case be hostile, but for this he had been prepared for years, and eve ...
... Bethmann Hollweg would entirely agree with him. This was especially so regarding an action on our part against Serbia. But it was his (Kaiser Wilhelm’s) opinion that this action must not be delayed. Russia’s attitude would in any case be hostile, but for this he had been prepared for years, and eve ...
Mobilizing Public Support for War: An Analysis of American
... an American declaration of war against Germany two and one half years later. There were many factors present in 1914 that should have mitigated against the eventual military involvement by the United States in the European war. Indeed, what is fascinating about the period of neutrality is the degree ...
... an American declaration of war against Germany two and one half years later. There were many factors present in 1914 that should have mitigated against the eventual military involvement by the United States in the European war. Indeed, what is fascinating about the period of neutrality is the degree ...
The failure of peace by negotiation in 1917
... The First World War was launched in the belief that force could be an effective instrument of policy. Underlying the decisions of July and August 1914 was a hard core of calculation, based on the advice to governments that the fighting would be fierce but short, and that its political and economic r ...
... The First World War was launched in the belief that force could be an effective instrument of policy. Underlying the decisions of July and August 1914 was a hard core of calculation, based on the advice to governments that the fighting would be fierce but short, and that its political and economic r ...
American Propaganda and the First World War: Megaphone or
... on Germany, joining the Allies against Germany and Austro-Hungaria on the Western Front in the First World War, which had been on-going in Europe since 1914. 1 This was despite President Woodrow Wilson’s successful re-election campaign slogan of 1916: ‘He Kept Us Out Of War’. Almost immediately afte ...
... on Germany, joining the Allies against Germany and Austro-Hungaria on the Western Front in the First World War, which had been on-going in Europe since 1914. 1 This was despite President Woodrow Wilson’s successful re-election campaign slogan of 1916: ‘He Kept Us Out Of War’. Almost immediately afte ...
Bulletin Vol 63-2 - Essex County Museum
... received the Distinguished Service Cross. This award, established by President Woodrow Wilson on January 2nd, 1918, is the second highest, after the Medal of Honor, that can be given to a member of the United States Army for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy for ...
... received the Distinguished Service Cross. This award, established by President Woodrow Wilson on January 2nd, 1918, is the second highest, after the Medal of Honor, that can be given to a member of the United States Army for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy for ...
Cooee, a call to war - NSW Department of Education
... October 1917. This asset is a scene taken after the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front following the Allies' attempt to take Passchendaele Ridge from the Germans – after heavy rains the ground was waterlogged, fighting took place in appalling mud, in which many men drowned or died when their ...
... October 1917. This asset is a scene taken after the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front following the Allies' attempt to take Passchendaele Ridge from the Germans – after heavy rains the ground was waterlogged, fighting took place in appalling mud, in which many men drowned or died when their ...
Palmer Raids - 1914-1918-Online. International Encyclopedia of the
... In June 1919, the Justice Department agents raided the offices of a radical organization in Buffalo, New York. The raid resulted in three arrests; however, all three members were released as they were found to be disseminating socialist material, not engaging in violent protests of government policy ...
... In June 1919, the Justice Department agents raided the offices of a radical organization in Buffalo, New York. The raid resulted in three arrests; however, all three members were released as they were found to be disseminating socialist material, not engaging in violent protests of government policy ...
WWI Archival Collections List
... The second were written while she was working as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) during the First World War, 1916 to 1918. Almost all letters were written to her parents. There are also two diaries kept by Sybil, one while she was in Germany, 1906 to 1908, and one while at the 1st Western General M ...
... The second were written while she was working as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) during the First World War, 1916 to 1918. Almost all letters were written to her parents. There are also two diaries kept by Sybil, one while she was in Germany, 1906 to 1908, and one while at the 1st Western General M ...
War Industries Board - 1914-1918
... structure of the army. A Council on National Defense (CND), consisting of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Labor, Navy, and War, was established in 1916 to study major industries in the United States, to analyze the relationships of these industries to military needs, and to coord ...
... structure of the army. A Council on National Defense (CND), consisting of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Labor, Navy, and War, was established in 1916 to study major industries in the United States, to analyze the relationships of these industries to military needs, and to coord ...
Battle of the Somme: 100 Years Anniversary
... In December 1915, Allied commanders met at the French military headquarters at Chantilly. The meeting was presided over by the Supreme Commander of the French forces, General Joffre, and attended by representatives of the other Allied armies: Britain, Russia and Italy.4 The principal British figures ...
... In December 1915, Allied commanders met at the French military headquarters at Chantilly. The meeting was presided over by the Supreme Commander of the French forces, General Joffre, and attended by representatives of the other Allied armies: Britain, Russia and Italy.4 The principal British figures ...
French series brochure - French Embassy in Ireland
... genial Erik Satie in happier times, had announced a cycle of ‘Six Sonatas for diverse instruments’, also projected to combine a harpsichord, an oboe, a bassoon and a horn. At his death in 1918, only three had been completed which he ...
... genial Erik Satie in happier times, had announced a cycle of ‘Six Sonatas for diverse instruments’, also projected to combine a harpsichord, an oboe, a bassoon and a horn. At his death in 1918, only three had been completed which he ...
Practices of World War One - Australian International School
... • Defeat at Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes by the Germans meant many Russian soldiers were slaughtered • Russians were driven back – Germans and Austro-Hungarians advanced • Stalemate developed on the Eastern Front. Placed severe strain on Russia – food shortages for civilians as the food was supplie ...
... • Defeat at Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes by the Germans meant many Russian soldiers were slaughtered • Russians were driven back – Germans and Austro-Hungarians advanced • Stalemate developed on the Eastern Front. Placed severe strain on Russia – food shortages for civilians as the food was supplie ...
Click here - Walkington News
... declared war on Austria and Germany and the British Expeditionary Force went into battle on the 23rd August at Mons. Germany had a long standing strategic plan which had been developed by Alfred von Schlieffen, known as the Schlieffen Plan. (The Schlieffen Plan was the German Army’s plan for war aga ...
... declared war on Austria and Germany and the British Expeditionary Force went into battle on the 23rd August at Mons. Germany had a long standing strategic plan which had been developed by Alfred von Schlieffen, known as the Schlieffen Plan. (The Schlieffen Plan was the German Army’s plan for war aga ...
Organization of War Economies (Austria-Hungary) - 1914
... law.[5] The specific prescriptions for the economy were based on the Ordinance of War Economy (Kriegswirtschaftliche Ermächtigungsverordnung) in October 1914, which was altered into a law by the newly convoked parliament in May 1917 and which gained great importance with the destruction of the Austr ...
... law.[5] The specific prescriptions for the economy were based on the Ordinance of War Economy (Kriegswirtschaftliche Ermächtigungsverordnung) in October 1914, which was altered into a law by the newly convoked parliament in May 1917 and which gained great importance with the destruction of the Austr ...