Ww1
Published on Dec 25, 2015
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which involved nearly all the biggest powers of the world
WORLD WAR 1 WAS A MILITARY CONFLICT LASTING FROM 1914 TO 1918
World War 1 involved 2 opposing alliances
the Allies and the Central Powers
THE COUNTRIES OF THE ALLIES INCLUDED RUSSIA, FRANCE,
Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and Montenegro
The countries of the Central Powers included Germany,
Austria,Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria
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WORLD WAR 1 WAS TRIGGERED ON 28 JUNE 1914 BY THE ASSASSINATION
OFTHE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE SOPHIE
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ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA WAS THE NEPHEW OF EMPEROR FRANZ
Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary
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THE ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE IN IN SARAJEVO, THE CAPITAL OF THE
AUSTRO HUNGARIAN PROVINCE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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ASSASSINATION WAS PLANNED BY A SERBIAN TERRORIST GROUP, CALLED
THE BLACK HAND AND THE MAN WHO SHOT FRANZ FERDINAND.
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1: THERE WAS A TANGLE OF ALLIANCES MADE
made between countries, to maintain a balance of power in Europe, which brought about the scale of the conflict
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Major Leaders of World War 1 included Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, Prince Alexander of Serbia,
Sir Edward Grey British Foreign Secretary, President Wilson U.S. President, H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George
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WW1 included the first known use of chemical weapons (mustard Gas)
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The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 bought the US into the war
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US entered the war on April 6, 1917
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21 million troops were wounded
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58,000 British soldiers were lost on the first day at the Battle of the Somme
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Other names for World War 1 include ‘The War to End All Wars’, The War of the Nations and ‘The Great War’
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By the end of the war there were 250,000 wounded British soldiers who suffered total or partial amputation
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The U.S. was in the war in actual combat for only seven and a half months during which time 116,000 were killed and 204,000 were wounded.
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During the course of the War War 1 approx 11% of Frances’s entire population was killed or wounded.
Photo by Will Cyr
Battle of Verdun, 1916, resulted in over a million casualties in ten months
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Over 200,000 men died in the trenches of WW1
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80,000 British troops suffered from shell-shock
Photo by Bert Kaufmann
