Comparing and contrasting the nature of Australian
... this manoeuvre has not been recognised for what it was. Whether this was clearly understood at the time is a moot point. It is possible that Haig and his senior generals did understand this, but that British politicians did not. In his book, The Great War Generals on the Western Front, Robin Neillan ...
... this manoeuvre has not been recognised for what it was. Whether this was clearly understood at the time is a moot point. It is possible that Haig and his senior generals did understand this, but that British politicians did not. In his book, The Great War Generals on the Western Front, Robin Neillan ...
Home Front Revision - Walton High School
... Propaganda and Censorship Under DORA the government could control the information the people were allowed to see. This was a valuable way of keeping people behind the War. There were lots of ways of using these powers, Controlling the News: The government controlled what the newspapers told the peo ...
... Propaganda and Censorship Under DORA the government could control the information the people were allowed to see. This was a valuable way of keeping people behind the War. There were lots of ways of using these powers, Controlling the News: The government controlled what the newspapers told the peo ...
World War One
... was replaced by a coalition led by David Lloyd George. Command of the French army was ...
... was replaced by a coalition led by David Lloyd George. Command of the French army was ...
The Battle
... France and Belgium to the Atlantic Ocean. • Italian Front- Austria- Hungary fights Italy along the northern border, they break through Italian lines late 1917• Battle of Caporetto- but are pushed back with the help of the Allies • Balkan Front-Austria- Hungary overruns Serbia and fights the Allies a ...
... France and Belgium to the Atlantic Ocean. • Italian Front- Austria- Hungary fights Italy along the northern border, they break through Italian lines late 1917• Battle of Caporetto- but are pushed back with the help of the Allies • Balkan Front-Austria- Hungary overruns Serbia and fights the Allies a ...
Ch 13 Section 2 War Consumes Europe WWI
... twisted by shells and disfigured by dead horses, cattle, sheep and goats, scattered in every attitude of repulsive distortion and dismemberment. VALENTINE FLEMING, quoted in The First World War ...
... twisted by shells and disfigured by dead horses, cattle, sheep and goats, scattered in every attitude of repulsive distortion and dismemberment. VALENTINE FLEMING, quoted in The First World War ...
The United States in World War I
... supported the Allies, as a large number of German immigrants lived throughout the United States. On August 4, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation of American neutrality in the war. From American Neutrality to Intervention Even though many Americans were sympathetic to the cause of th ...
... supported the Allies, as a large number of German immigrants lived throughout the United States. On August 4, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation of American neutrality in the war. From American Neutrality to Intervention Even though many Americans were sympathetic to the cause of th ...
WSBCTC 1 Additional Reading - The Treaty of Versailles and the
... Espionage and Sedition Acts) Watch this video (7:10) for a general overview of the conflicts that have arisen throughout American history between civil liberties and wartime policy. The World War I-era Espionage and Sedition Acts are covered between the 4:50 and 5:50 mark. The internment of Japanese ...
... Espionage and Sedition Acts) Watch this video (7:10) for a general overview of the conflicts that have arisen throughout American history between civil liberties and wartime policy. The World War I-era Espionage and Sedition Acts are covered between the 4:50 and 5:50 mark. The internment of Japanese ...
The Road to World War I
... • British policy was to have its fleet larger than the combined fleets of any two rival nations • 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm II began expansion of German navy to protect a growing international trade and colonialism • By World War I, both Britain and Germany ...
... • British policy was to have its fleet larger than the combined fleets of any two rival nations • 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm II began expansion of German navy to protect a growing international trade and colonialism • By World War I, both Britain and Germany ...
Canada and Latin America in WWI
... Canada United The war united Canada at first. The Liberal opposition urged Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden’s Conservative government to take power under the new War Measures Act. Minister of Militia, Sam Hughes summoned 25,000 volunteers to train at Camp Valcartier and some 33,000 appeared. ...
... Canada United The war united Canada at first. The Liberal opposition urged Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden’s Conservative government to take power under the new War Measures Act. Minister of Militia, Sam Hughes summoned 25,000 volunteers to train at Camp Valcartier and some 33,000 appeared. ...
Review Slides: Lessons 1-10
... These slides are provided here to help you identify the key topics covered in the lectures. They will assist you in understanding the material but should not be your only review source. Of equal importance are the slides leading up to these summaries. Study these preliminary slides will help you und ...
... These slides are provided here to help you identify the key topics covered in the lectures. They will assist you in understanding the material but should not be your only review source. Of equal importance are the slides leading up to these summaries. Study these preliminary slides will help you und ...
Date: 2/9/15
... soldiers in the Allied forces • He didn’t agree with Allied strategy of defensive war from the trenches • If the AEF did well as a separate army they would have a bigger role in the ...
... soldiers in the Allied forces • He didn’t agree with Allied strategy of defensive war from the trenches • If the AEF did well as a separate army they would have a bigger role in the ...
Reading Essentials and Study Guide World War I and the Russian
... GUIDING QUESTION How did the war on the Eastern Front differ from war on the Western Front? Before 1914 many political leaders thought war was not a real possibility because it involved so many political and economic risks. Others thought diplomats could easily prevent war. Both ideas were proven wr ...
... GUIDING QUESTION How did the war on the Eastern Front differ from war on the Western Front? Before 1914 many political leaders thought war was not a real possibility because it involved so many political and economic risks. Others thought diplomats could easily prevent war. Both ideas were proven wr ...
Transport, Communications and the Changing Nature of Land
... relying on a limited number of reliable models. The German army fared no better than the French had done 130 years earlier. The Second World War also saw great strides in amphibious warfare, with the USA and Britain developing landing craft to make possible the unprecedented D-Day operation on the N ...
... relying on a limited number of reliable models. The German army fared no better than the French had done 130 years earlier. The Second World War also saw great strides in amphibious warfare, with the USA and Britain developing landing craft to make possible the unprecedented D-Day operation on the N ...
powerpoint slides
... The War 1916-1917: The Great Slaughter Trench warfare “No-man’s land” “Softening up” the enemy Battle of Verdun, 70,000 lost (German offensive) Battle of the Somme, 1916 (Allied offensive) • Heaviest one-day loss in World War I • 300,000 lost • To draw German soldiers from Verdun ...
... The War 1916-1917: The Great Slaughter Trench warfare “No-man’s land” “Softening up” the enemy Battle of Verdun, 70,000 lost (German offensive) Battle of the Somme, 1916 (Allied offensive) • Heaviest one-day loss in World War I • 300,000 lost • To draw German soldiers from Verdun ...
World war I
... strategy which he hoped would end British naval superiority. Admiral Hipper, with part of the German fleet, would sail ahead of Scheer and draw the impetuous British Admiral David Beatty, in charge of the Battle Cruiser Squadron now stationed at Rosyth. Once Beatty had sighted the Germans, Hipper wa ...
... strategy which he hoped would end British naval superiority. Admiral Hipper, with part of the German fleet, would sail ahead of Scheer and draw the impetuous British Admiral David Beatty, in charge of the Battle Cruiser Squadron now stationed at Rosyth. Once Beatty had sighted the Germans, Hipper wa ...
World War I
... • Selective Service Act (May 18, 1917) • Goal was to raise an Army • Requires all males aged roughly 21-31 to register for service in the US Army. They are randomly selected to serve. This act changes and evolves greatly over time. ...
... • Selective Service Act (May 18, 1917) • Goal was to raise an Army • Requires all males aged roughly 21-31 to register for service in the US Army. They are randomly selected to serve. This act changes and evolves greatly over time. ...
America joins the fight
... The armistice took effect at 11 A.M. on November 11, 1918. The war had ended. Soldiers could hardly believe it. ...
... The armistice took effect at 11 A.M. on November 11, 1918. The war had ended. Soldiers could hardly believe it. ...
WW2 Track List
... Russia: Spring 1942: Germans Advance on Russian Ukraine and Meet Fierce Resistan (01:44) Nazi Strategy in Russia (00:26) 1942: The North African Front (00:21) 1942: The Pacific Front (01:02) June 3, 1942: The Battle of Midway (04:06) August, 1942; Battle at El Alamein (01:13) September 1942: Battle ...
... Russia: Spring 1942: Germans Advance on Russian Ukraine and Meet Fierce Resistan (01:44) Nazi Strategy in Russia (00:26) 1942: The North African Front (00:21) 1942: The Pacific Front (01:02) June 3, 1942: The Battle of Midway (04:06) August, 1942; Battle at El Alamein (01:13) September 1942: Battle ...
- Riverside Secondary School
... • Wilfrid Laurier • Union Government • Armistice – Nov. 11th, 1918 • Paris Peace Conference • Treaty of Versailles • League of Nations • Collective security • Triple Alliance/Central Powers • Triple Entente/Allies • British declaration of war • Aboriginal enlistment • Canadian Expeditionary Force (C ...
... • Wilfrid Laurier • Union Government • Armistice – Nov. 11th, 1918 • Paris Peace Conference • Treaty of Versailles • League of Nations • Collective security • Triple Alliance/Central Powers • Triple Entente/Allies • British declaration of war • Aboriginal enlistment • Canadian Expeditionary Force (C ...
File
... The German Spring Offensive The 1918 Spring Offensive was the final series of German attacks along the Western Front. German military leaders realized that their only remaining chance of victory was to win the war before the Americans arrived. They also had the advantage of nearly 50 divisions free ...
... The German Spring Offensive The 1918 Spring Offensive was the final series of German attacks along the Western Front. German military leaders realized that their only remaining chance of victory was to win the war before the Americans arrived. They also had the advantage of nearly 50 divisions free ...
(technically the Third Battle of Ypres, of which Passchendaele was
... Swiss frontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war. ...
... Swiss frontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war. ...
Chapter 23.1 Lecture Station - Waverly
... – The First Battle of Marne marked the first major battle of the war. – French and German forces faced each other along a long battle line known as the western front. ...
... – The First Battle of Marne marked the first major battle of the war. – French and German forces faced each other along a long battle line known as the western front. ...
WH2 13.2 File - Columbus Academy Intranet
... Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (SHLEE•fuhn). The plan called for attacking and defeating France in the west and then rushing east to fight Russia. The Germans felt they could carry out such a plan because Russia lagged behind the rest of Europe in its railroad system and thus would take longer to supply ...
... Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (SHLEE•fuhn). The plan called for attacking and defeating France in the west and then rushing east to fight Russia. The Germans felt they could carry out such a plan because Russia lagged behind the rest of Europe in its railroad system and thus would take longer to supply ...
WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION - Alnwick
... few months of the war represented a steep & costly learning curve – by the end of 1914 the British had lost over 18,000 men killed; almost 100,000 wounded or missing, & about 17,000 prisoners of war, effectively the whole of the British Expeditionary Force despatched to France in August 1914. Howeve ...
... few months of the war represented a steep & costly learning curve – by the end of 1914 the British had lost over 18,000 men killed; almost 100,000 wounded or missing, & about 17,000 prisoners of war, effectively the whole of the British Expeditionary Force despatched to France in August 1914. Howeve ...