did not die in the trenches‚ like the Spanish flue‚ typhus etc. The British were used to having an advantage of numbers (slaves mainly) but these proved useless when the tanks ‘got in the game’. Armistice 11th of November 1918 THE COST OF WW1 TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE Weakening of the Empire (trade disrupted‚ demands for self-govt.) Economy – geared to war‚ so complete restructuring needed -> Est. loss of ¼ of total British wealth (not imperial) - Lives (heyck): 750‚000 (mostly military;
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The Warfare and Strategy of World War One: Birth of Modern Warfare The European summer 1914 was a very productive one before the onset of World War One. International exchange and co-operation fueled the belief that war was impossible to come. In 1910 the author of The Great Illusion‚ Norman Angell‚ demonstrated that the breaking of international credit caused by war would either deter its outbreak or bring it to a quick close (the first world war‚ ebook location 272). However‚ the assassination
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Rheanne Ulanday Thursday‚ July 11‚ 2013 Philosophy 103 4.1 The Components of Categorical Propositions EX I. 1. quantifier: some subject term: executive pay packages copula: are predicate term: insults to ordinary workers 2. quantifier: no subject term: stressful jobs copula: are predicate term: occupations conductive to a healthy lifestyle 3. quantifier: all subject term: oil-based paints copula: are predicate term: products that
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Sam Cummings Civics and Economics (Honors) Period 2A 12/16/11 Congress to Parliament Congress of the United States and the British Parliament have many similarities and quite a few differences as well. The foundation for Congress is derived from Parliament yet the differences reflect our country’s formation of independence from England. Traditions and ceremony are rich in both countries and the legislatures formed to govern them. Despite the differences‚ the Congress of the United States
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from them. The whole idea of the trenches was to gain and to give protection from enemy lines who would want to attack their enemies once seen‚ so trenches were a good hiding spot hence other various reasons as well. September 1914 was when trench warfare began and ended in August 1918. In the area of the River Somme on the Western Front‚ the ground is deathly and is easily tunnelled. The trench sides would dissolve easily after rain so the ideas would have to be changed and wood‚ sandbags or any other
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creating peace. WWII came around and no one expected what was to come from the evil Germany. Who knew that various lives would be taken and many would not go home to see their families ever again. Everyone in Europe and Africa thought the trench warfare from WWI was bad‚ but the sprout of WWII would be far more devastating. Why did WWI occur? One could say the true trigger was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand the prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife‚ by Serbian Black
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blot rifles‚ grenades‚ pistols and heavy machine guns. In World War 2 had blot action or semi-automatic rifles‚ submachine guns‚ grenades‚ pistols‚ machine. Also‚ pistols‚ lighter‚ machine guns and automatic rifles. In ww1 soldiers walked everywhere by feet or sometimes horse. The ww2 soldiers walked considerably less and usually ride a truck to the combat zone. The alliance system help cause world war 1 by the number that is expanded of countries. The countries would involve in any
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The World Wars were in some ways similar but also‚ different. The World Wars had similarities in the way the wars were caused‚ how the wars ended‚ in regards to who lost‚ and propaganda. The casualties‚ the cost‚ and the military tactics however‚ were some of their differences. World War I was caused by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914. However‚ World War II was caused by the political and economic instability in Germany‚ along with the bad conditions of
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reasons why that the World War II was bloodier. They surprisingly attacked the Pearl Harbor at 7: 48 a.m. 2‚403 people died and most of them were US navy. Then it led to the revenge by the USA. On the August 6‚ President Harry Truman commanded the US air force to drop atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Within the first 4 months about 166‚000 people in Hiroshima and 80‚000 in Nagasaki. About 16.5 million people died in World War I and about 50-70 million people died in World War II. The similarities
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British Air Warfare The use of the airplanes changed greatly during WWI. People started to realize that they could be used not only for entertainment and sports but also in wars as powerful weapons. Air warfare was all about planning and looking at the few key factors of the flight and looking at the opponent’s weakness. Strategories and tactics‚ civilian population‚ Development of Aircraft and lastly weather were key factors in the development and expansion of Air Warfare. The British Air Force
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