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Germany invades belgium
Historical perspective: we all know that Germany wanted to prove it's superiority by winning the war.
so it used belgium routes, in this way they would atack france.
This was and war tactic(short cut).
cause and effect: the cause was to attack France by a surprise and capture paris.
That's why it belgium route to take France by suprise. belgium declared the war on Germany and France came to know about the German statergy. -
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the first battle of ypres
Cause and effect: Germans recorded over 134,000 casualties and about 7900 of them were killed. 29000 were wounded and 17000 went missing.
No side won the battle as there was constant hostility and fire. With poor planning Resulting in killing of generals and loss of land.
Historical significance:it was the first battle of the world war 1, with constant cross fire and use of a large number of guns for the first time. -
ottoman empire intetervene in the war
historical perspective: this was a brilliant plan by the germans because they made russia into thinking that the turks ahd attacked them, in this way ottoman started fighting against russia and became alliances with germany.
cause and effect: the effect was benificial for the germans as they had and other country added to their alliance system and now they had to pay less attention towards the russian border. While Russia now had to watch out for the both sides; german and turkish border -
trenches established
historical significrenches: this was the first time when treches were used to fight battles and defend the border. the whole western fornt had established trenches to ensure the safety of their country. cause and effect:in reslt to making trenches, many lives were saved and boders were protected. now soldiers could hide and keep a lookout for the enemy. -
cristmas truce
historical significance: this was the first time the french and german soldiers had put their guns and differnces aside and celebrated cristmas as brothers. cause and effect; this celebrationn of cristmas gave the soldiers a time out and an oppertunity to relax. gathering together for a religious celebration gave the soldiers a feeling of home and drained their stress. -
airborne attack on britain.
historical significance:this was the first time when airplanes were used to attack the british, in rult they were surprised and shocked. cause and effect: this gave britain an alarming sign to fight against germany to protect their land. besides, use of airplanes ment end trench warface and an introduction to modren war fare. -
use of poison gas (2nd battle of (ypre)
historical significance poison gas was used for the first time by germany. this was the beginning of chemical war fare. cause and effect:countries started producing ans buying poison gases causing the other team to get distracted so they could then take then by surprise -
battle of gallipoli
historical significance: germant atacked its enemies by surprise on the battle field of Gallipoli.
70,000 man are under heavy fire and severe casualties are faced. ethical dimension: first of all it was wrong to just fight a 5 year war for no actuall reasonand second off all, taking 70,000 me by surprise wasnt fair, yet its the war. -
Canadian regiments take Hill 70 at Loos
cause and effect: when british and canadian soldiers try to take hill 70, they end up getting limited success way less then their hopes.
this was because of lack of resources causing 9000 canadian casualties. continuty and change: if a sitiuation were to be seen, like this in the modern world, a country would never stop in the way of capturing an important area.
the phrase "lack of resources" is not known today. -
introduction of steel helmets
cause and effect: the biggest cause behind enventing steel helmets was that the britain was badly loosing in the war.
now that the helmets were created, britain soldiers could fight with more confidence and block/avoid more bullets to pass through their heads. historical significance: this was very important for britain asit turned the war around for them.
after the creation of the metalic helmets britain had starting winning battles. continuty and change: helmets back then were pretty weak. -
britain introduces conscription
cause an effect: when the britain passed the military service act, it forced alot men to enlist themselves.
there was lack of soldiers in war thats why britain thought it necessary to pass this act. historical significance: the introduction of this act forced many british people to sign up for the war, even if thet were not willing to. -
enlistment is made compulsion
cause and effect: the cause was that, britain had to recover the loss of soldiers it faced in the previous battles. and this effected the number of soldiers signing up for the war (the number increased) ethical dimension; although it was ethically wrong to force people into signing up but this had to be done to save the country. -
battle of somme
historical significance: 75000 man stood shoulder shoulder on a 25 mile border 6000 thousand of them go missing, die or get badly wounded for a littlle gain. cause and effect: british more soldiers then it ever could in a battle. this made them realize that now they have to step up the game and come with a brilliant plan. -
tanks were invented
historical significance: tanks were used for the first time on the battle field. it was used in the battle of somme for the first time, scaring and killing 100's of troops cause and effect: the tanks caused alot of deaths on the germans side. bisedes when a soldier looked at a giant armed machine moving towards him,he would automatically tremble with fear.
this fear from tanks caused alot of soldiers to retaliate. -
submarine war fare contineus
historical significance: this would allow attacking the enemy from below the water.
and by surprise as well -
US declares war on Germany
historical significance: U.S entering the war against germany meant support for britain and france. germany now had to look out for bunch of enemies. cause and effect: germany was on the top of the hitlist.
it had more enemies than the alliances suppoting it.
britain and france had ore chances of winning. -
germany starts heavy bombing over london
historical significance: this would make britain realize that germans arenot so far behind in the war as others think they are.
this was also the first heavy air bombing cause and effect: about 162 people died because of this bombs.
a small part of the city of London was destroyed it self. -
battle of cambrai
historical significanc: tanks were used on alrge scale
427 tanks were deployed by britain.
in one day britain took over 6 miles of land owned by germany, moving back all the three trenches. -
Peace treaty between Germany and Russia
Historical significance: thiseantvthat war would end and there would be less hostility between the two countries and less blood shed Cause and effect: many soldiers were happy as now they didn't have to loose their lives. -
the greatest air battle
historical significance: it was the first battle in which airplanes were used on a large scale, (fought on the somme line)
7 planes in one combat from both sides.
causing men in trenches to take cover. cause and effect: this caused use of trenches to decrease.
aiplanes were now becoming a threat -
war is ending, Canadians going back
historical significance: (Armistice Day) Canadian Private George Lawrence Price is killed while on patrol in Canal du Centre. He is the last soldier to die in action on the Western front. this shows that the war is finally ending. cause and effect: the is coming to an end.
hostility levels are decreasing. -
germany attacks London again
historical significance: The German Air Force strickes its biggest and last raid on London. 33 aircraft were used , out of which, 6 were lost, while 49 civilians were killed and 177 were wounded. ethicall dimension: this was ethically wrong to kill innocent people living in London, but it was a war. -
100 days offensive on western front
Historical significance: British took 188700 prisoners and captured 2840 guns. French captured 139700 prisoners and 1880 guns. American took 44142 prisoners and captured 1880 guns. This showed how much Germany was behind -
treaty of versallies, league of nations established
historical significance: the league of nations hoped to prevent future wars
it did accoplish in its mission but only for 30 years.
after that ww2 was fought. cause and effect: its mission was to prevent future wars
and stop deadly battles -
Peace treaty betwee
