and technology were brought into the battlefield. Aviation‚ submarines‚ chemical warfare‚ armored vehicles‚ tanks‚ machine guns and wireless communication greatly altered the dynamics of war from those preceding it. Many of the wars technological advancements resolved
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The suffraggetes were fed up with being ignored. They decided to take there campaign directly to the politicians. The suffragettes would shout out there slogan ‘votes for woman’ while the politician was speaking‚ such actions were very unusual and gained alot of publicity. However they knew that in time they would need new tactics if they were to be successfull. How and why did they the campaign become more violent? . The prime minster promised to change the law and then didn’t do it‚ he abandoned
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In source a it is discussing the trench warfare and it tells us that soliders did such as manning the fire-step . source b supports this by showing a British solider manning the fire step‚ source b also supported source a because in source a it says ‘night was the time of major activity’ … this shown in the photograph in source b because it shows that is quite light which indicates it is daytime and a solider is sleeping during this time because in the night most of the attacks happen . Source
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How Artillery Affected World War 1 Artillery was one of the most important weapons in the First World War. The first modern state of the art artillery was invented in 1897 by a French team lead by General Deloye. The gun was called the gun of 75mm or French 75mm. This had some major improvements then older guns and became state of the art for many years. All of the artillery pieces of World War 1 were adopted from the French 75mm even improving on the ideas. The first major improvement
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how far have people seen into what truly goes in such lifestyles? What the soldiers had to tolerate‚ mentally and physically‚ is rightly astonishing. Many soldiers have told stories and written journals of their personal struggle in the heat of trench warfare‚ eventually resulting in the creation of a vivid picture telling us of the dreaded life in the trenches. First hand experiences and secondary sources have surely told us a strong and enduring story. The trenches - What they were and why they were
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War on the Western Front * THE REASONS FOR THE STALEMATE ON THE WESTERN FRONT * War began August 14th * Both sides thought it would be a rapid war‚ ‘all over by Christmas’ and that their side would be victorious -> views were unrealistic Schlieffen Plan * Based on the idea that Germany would eventually have to fight France and Russia but should avoid fighting both at once * France would expect Germany to invade from the east‚ so would not be prepared for an invasion
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The term F.U.B.A.R originated in World War Two and was used as a military acronym by United States soldiers. During World War Two‚ F.U.B.A.R was used to describe the chaos and bedlam involved with trench warfare. It is unknown what word the term originated from‚ but it is suspected that it comes from the German word Furchtbar‚ which means terrible. F.U.B.A.R can be translated into two ways‚ Fucked Up Beyond All Repair‚ and Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. Despite having slightly different connotations
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History Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has‚ and always will be seen as one‚ if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars‚’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors‚ which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system‚ Imperialism‚ The Naval Race‚ The Schlieffen Plan
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that had good business. When Haig was younger he went to a good school and in 1884 went to Royal Military Academy at Sand Hurst. He first served as a Calvary Commander; however this experience was not useful in the battle of Somme because it was trench warfare which was a new kind of war so he couldn’t use the same tactics. He 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
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can locate and report on the enemy‚ and can stalk and kill with one shot unseen. All through World War I‚ expert marksmen were regularly utilized as a part of the trenches with an end goal to take out enemy officers in the forefront of the opposing trench. It was a mode of mutual harassment between enemy fronts. Snipers have been an integral part of wars throughout history and World War I snipers are no exception. The term “Sniper” originated from the British occupation of India in the 1800’s. It
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