after 2 years of stalemate on the Western Front however after the first day of fighting at the Somme‚ it became very clear that the artillery bombardment had fail to smash German defences and barbed wire and so there were 60000 casualties on the 1/7/1916. General Haig had the authority to stop the battle; however he didn’t resulting in huge losses over the next 4 months at the Somme. He prolonged the battle unnecessarily when failure became obvious and therefore deserves his name as ‘butcher of the
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Battle of Verdun Speech Good afternoon‚ I am Cadet Smith‚ and today I plan to further educate you all on the Battle of Verdun. The Battle of Verdun lasted from February 21st‚ 1916 to December 19th‚ 1916; it was known as one of the lengthiest battles in world history. The battle was fought in Verdun-sur-Meuse‚ France‚ a small city located in North-Eastern France. The battle was fought between France and Germany. The Commanders in the battle for France was General Philippe Pétain and a French artillery
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Discuss: “Despite the unifying results of WWI in relation to its identity‚ the overall result was a divided society.” The experience of World War I consolidated Australians’ pride in themselves‚ with the emergence of the ANZAC legend bringing ideas of Australian identity into focus. The war opened up deep divisions in Australia‚ a main division being religious; between the Protestants and Roman Catholics. The conscription issue also deeply divided Australia‚ with many people both for and against
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was also a celebrated commander of the Boer war‚ but the Africans were weaker and were poorer equipped. The Battle of Somme started in July 1st 1916. It was planned as a joint French and British operation. The idea originally came from the French Commander-in-Chief called Joseph Joffre and Haig accepted it. The battle was launched on the 1st July 1916. The French achieved there objective but whilst doing this there were 7000 casualties however the British weren’t successful and on the first day
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The first Total War also known as the bloodiest’ war of the century‚ WWI proved to have a great impact upon all of Europe. Politically‚ there is a clear scene of what impact the War had on the main powers in Europe: for some countries‚ such as France and Britain‚ the change in regime was merely slight‚ in Germany rather significant‚ whereas in Russia it proved drastic and sparked off two revolutions. Hence‚ there were several common aspects of political impacts‚ both direct and indirect. One
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Conscription is the compulsory military service for young men. When world war one first broke out‚ a number of people enlisted‚ in 1914 it was a rate at 10000 people per month. By the end of 1916 Australians realised World war one wasn’t going to end any time soon and gained more knowledge about battlefront conditions and the high rates of casualties. The number of men enlisting for war decreased to less then half‚ the Australian Imperial Force faced a shortage of men and consisting entirely of volunteers
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really worth all the slaughter and bloodshed? In 1916‚ General Sir Douglas Haig was enforced with chance to conduct a major offensive against the Germans‚ ‘The Big Push’ some called it. His plan was to gather thousands of troops to attack the enemy at the Somme‚ forcing the German forces to focus on the defence of the Somme and straying away from France’s primary target Verdun. The attack was originally scheduled to take place on August 1‚ 1916‚ but was moved forward to July 1‚ to divert the German
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for prey “Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone‚ / It’s with O’Leary in the grave”.- O’Leary was last bastion of man who had no sense of self-interest. He happily went into exile‚ but was not interested in making a martyr of himself as some of the Easter 1916 people may have done. Romanticism Stanza 2: suggesting that the best prayer is action: “Yet they were of a different kind / the names that stilled your childish play” - talking about great ‘heroes’ of Ireland‚ comparing them to business owners‚
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could make a difference by standing up for women’s rights‚ not only to vote‚ but to work as well. Catt explained how the United States would benefit from women’s rights not only economically‚ but socially. “The Woman’s Hour has struck‚” (Catt‚ 1916) is a perfect way to sum up what her message is trying to explain. She repeats this throughout the speech because her words pack a punch. Not only does this quote sum everything up‚ but it is also something that the women of America can remember and
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