Why did WW1 last for so long? WW1 was thought to be a quick battle with hardly any resistance offered to the Germans. But something went wrong‚ very wrong for the fight that was thought to be over in 43 days on the western front ended up as a shoot out for four long years. There were many reasons for this‚ mainly the failure of the Schlieffen Plan Also new technology and barley any supplies on the front line. All these things lead to the stalemate that was formed and the main reason the war went
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fight. There was a social cry for war‚ many people hopped on the bandwagon to help out anyway they could. The United states had to quickly mobilize their forces deploying‚ a draft and creating many pop up training camps throughout the country as well as converting factories from commercials goods to munitions. Many men flocked to enlist after the U.S joined the war. However the number on men that volunteered did not merely meet the number of men required to fight.
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In World War One the weapons that they used were machine guns‚ poison gas‚ and tanks. BOOM! BAM! The dreadful sounds of the dangerous guns in WW1. Those sounds are the scariest things anyone has ever heard! It was never different back then because when people heard those shots they were terrified. Most likely if you were out in the open you were the first to be killed. Then the houses‚ and more. The last place they would need to check is underground. It would take days even weeks to hunt down every
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that an aggressive foreign policy demonstrating that Austria was still a force to be reckoned with would eliminate any trouble against their government. However during the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913‚ Serbia had won in both wars and won more land out of them. This success rate in Serbia had annoyed Austria-Hungary and they were now convinced that they need to crush Serbia. The Serbian success rate and winnings from the Balkan Wars threatened Austria-Hungary because of how much land they have and
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help was England and Italy. Germans sunk few of the American ships that were on their way to Britain. President Wilson sent out Americans to British liner Lusitania. The Germans sunk the liner and killed over hundred twenty- eight Americans. After the sinking of Lusitania America cut ties with Germany. Two years after‚ the president decides to send out Americans to help out Italy. The Germans attacked an Italian ship and killed twenty-seven Americans. The Germans ended up using submarine warfare
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Term One: Napoleon was successful against British soldiers in the Siege of Toulon. In 1793‚ a surge of anti-republicanism had begun in Toulon‚ and the royalists were being supported by the British. Napoleon was a young officer at this time. In the end‚ it was he who successfully fought off the British. “By late afternoon of December 18 the guns in the fort were turned inward to fire on the British fleet. Lord Hood immediately evacuated the inner harbour… When the latter took possession of the city
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Germany was constantly called in to help out the Austrians and Bulgarians‚ who were battling with nationalists that were unwilling to fight for the Empire. On top of having to help out a lot of the time‚ Germany lost most of its allies. Italy‚ originally a German ally‚ managed to change sides in 1915 at the Treaty of London. In September 1918‚ Serbia and Bulgaria
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Augustus insisted on restoring temples‚reviving ancient Roman cults‚ reformed priesthoods‚ and even encouraged attendance of public religious festivals. His man focus was restoration of the relationship between God and Roman destiny. Not only did he make reformation towards religion but towards the restoration of traditional Roman virtues within the family structure. Marriage was being strongly encouraged and procreation to have large families were greatly rewarded by Augustus. He actually penalized
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WHY DID STALEMATE DEVELOP ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN 1914? By 1914‚ stalemate had developed on the Western Front‚ caused by the failure of the Schlieffen Plan‚ the French Plan 17 and the use of modern technology. Stalemate was inevitable due to these factors. The Schlieffen Plan was implemented by the German General Staff‚ who prepared German troops to attempt to attack France by advancing through neutral Belgium‚ before travelling southwards to encircle Paris. This plan was inflexible and unpredictable
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The U.S entered WW1 for several reasons. The U.S entered for two main reasons: one was that the Germans had declared unlimited German submarine warfare and the Zimmermann note. The German had totally disregarded the international laws protecting neutral nation’s ships by sinking neutral ships. We warned the Germans one too many times and they did not take us seriously so in 1917 we finally had enough and we joined the war. The Germans had decided that they would sink any ship they wanted without
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