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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was visiting sarajevo with his wife, and was planning to make a trip to city hall. Mean while a gang known as the Balck hand attempted to throw a bomb at his car, but his driver had doged it and they survived the attack. terroist wer trained in bomb throwing, but they missed and hit cilvians instead. The Archduke was unharmed, he felt bad and wanted to go to the hospital to see the wounded from the attack. Driver made the wrong turn and he was shot by a member of the black hand. -
Trench
A trench is a long, narrow ditch that was used in the war with the Western front and the Eastern front. The trenches were used for cover and as basese and typically had 3 different sections. -
Trench foot
Trench foot, also known as immersion foot, occurs when the feet are wet for long periods of time. Trench foot typically happened when a soilders feet were exposed to mud or cold waters. Some of the symptoms were swelling, red/blue feet. -
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Militarism
Militarism is when a nations increases theirer military force. Europe had felt threatened, so they had made their military stronger and increased it. Germany had declared war on Serbia, Russia, France, and Britain at the beginning or the war. -
The Machine Gun
A Machine gun is a mounted gun that fires a rapid countinoues stream of bullets. Machine Guns made it possible for solider to kill and attack more enemies quicker. The frist machine gun was made by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884. It was brought into the war in 1914. -
The Battle of Marne
The Battle of Marne was a offensive during WWI, the French army and the British Expeditionary Force against the Germans who had invaded Belgium and northeastern France and were within 30 miles of Paris. -
The Tank
The frist tank was made in 1915 by Lancelot de Mole and William Tritton. The Tank was first designed as a armored vechicle that traveled useing tire on a tread. It was frist used at the battle of 1916. It wa suded to get through fields of barbed wire. -
Lusitania
During the year 1915 the German had launched a u-boat(Submarine) that had show torpedos at a ship. The ship wasn't a war ship, it was a cruse ship carring 128 americans which causes the U.S. to go into the world war. -
Germany attack Verdun
WW1 engagement in which the French repulsed a major German offensive. It was one of the most bloodiest and most-ferocious battles of the war. French casualties amounted to about 400,000, German ones to about 350,000. -
The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was one fo the alrgest sea battle of the first World War. The battle consisted of 151 Britsih ships v.s. 99 German ships. It was the firts time the two differnt fleets had fought each other. -
The Battle of the Somme
Allied offensive in World War I. British and French forces launched a frontal attack against an entrenched German army north of the Somme River in France. The artillery bombardment was followed by a British infantry assault on the German positions. -
Gas Masks
The Gas Mask was invented by Garrett Morgan in 1915. It was brought to the war in December 6th 1916. It was used to get through fields with mustand gas or poison gas. -
Poison gas
The fist type of Poison gas was known as Mustard Gas.The first synthesis of mustard gas is often credited to Frederick Guthrie in 1860. But, the germans fist introduced it into the war in 1917. -
Propaganda
Propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. It was used for recruitment, chaning public opinons, Blaming enemies, Nationalism etc. Name calling was on of the main techquinies used to verbally attck some enemines -
The Submarine
A submarine is a water decive that could travel underwanted, it was capable of lauching torpedoes or under water bombs. A torpedoes is a a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target. -
The Treaty of Versailes
The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most important armistice treaties in the world. The treaty's so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. Germany had to give land back to who orginality owned it.