in the war. Before they began to attack a countries artillery would bombard the enemy. What this means is attacking a fortified place with explosives like grenades‚ rockets‚ shells etc. What would happen was they would attack the trenches to rip holes in the barbed wire and destroy the enemy’s communication trenches and the front line. After 1914 the tactics were changed so that poisonous gas was released against the enemy and tanks and aircraft would attack the enemy‚ tanks could break through
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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about World War 1 Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about World War 1‚ trivia and information‚ including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults. Interesting Facts about World War 1 are as follows: Fact 1 - Definition: World War 1 was a military conflict lasting from 1914 to 1918 which involved nearly all the biggest powers
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EMPATHY TASK. WW1 BY Manon Collins The fog still clung to the ground. We could barely see two feet in front of us. The men’s voices were loud and projected off into the fog were they became lost and tangled in ‘No Man’s Land’ The grey sun seemed to be making it’s way up over the broken backs of the hills. The silhouettes of the men suddenly became clear. Faces dirty with mud‚ blood or anything that could be found in the trenches. Shoes without soles‚ shirts without sleeves
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Many people say that alliances were the most important cause and I agree with this statement. Alliances led to it being such a big war and they also created lots of tension between the two sides. I think Alliances are the most important cause of WW1 because it led too the war being larger as the countries in the alliances had to be involved as well. Also it made countries nervous that the other countries were preparing for war. The main alliances were the triple alliance and the triple entente
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others for an exceptional good time. All it would take is for one terrorist attack to change all that in the matter of minutes. The amount of mass confusion and mass injuries that could happen would be completely on the terrorist’s side but just how easy would this be to complete? However‚ there is a plan in place for incidents like this and many more and I will be taking a look at one in particular‚ a chemical attack at the Super Bowl. The scenario is Hydrogen Cyanide is released into the venting
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The Arms Race leading up to WW1 The great war of 1914 was one of the bloodiest conflicts modern man has yet experienced. Its consequences reached far from the battlefield and into the towns‚ homes and families of the soldiers. There are many arguable points one could debate regarding the origins of WW1 but much guilt resides on the part of the arms race. An arms race can best be described as one country adding a portion to its military then a neighboring country
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European scenario was a complicated one. For this reason‚ he maintained America’s neutrality‚ as he did not believe that any of America’s interests should be threatened by a European war announcing on August 4th 1914‚ that America would be neutral in WW1. That neutrality was also extended to American bankers who could then lend money to both sides in the war. However with the mounting probability
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What do you need to revise? 1. Causes of World War 1 a) What were the two alliances in Europe in 1914? b) What effect did the Moroccan Crises of 1905 and 1911 and the Bosnian Crisis 1908–1909 have on the on the alliances? c) Why was there an arms race at the start of the 20th Century? d) Why was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in 1914? e) How did this shooting trigger a World War? f) What was the Schieffen plan and how did this lead to War? g) Who was to blame for World War
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conducting the first trench raid. At about the same time‚ the Canadian 1st Division arrived and‚ during the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915‚ it too made a name for itself. There‚ the Canadians twice stemmed a German onslaught during the first gas attacks. There was no glory in the division’s two subsequent offensive actions‚ however. At Festubert in May and at Givenchy in June‚ the division suffered heavy casualties and gained none of its objectives. Still‚ through these costly actions‚ the
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artillery. Artillery was used a lot throughout the war. Artillery claimed many lives in no man’s land. Artillery were very accurate for their time. Most men died from either machine guns or artillery. The last weapon used for massacre is poins gas. The gas would be fired from artillery and dropped on to the enemy at any
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