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journalists risked their lives to report about the war
The government tried to make sure that there were no people reporting on the war. The government considered that journalist that made reports on the war were helping the enemy. The journalists that were caught reporting on the war were punished with a death penalty. People knew that they would get a harsh punishment but they still would reported on the war. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
on June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot dead by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. Franz was killed during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. His death was a spark for a chain of events that lead to the start of world war 1. on July 28, Austria and Hungary declared war on Serbia. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
one month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed war was declared on Serbia by Austria-Hungary. Austria- Hungary determined that war was the best response for a assassination so they prepared for a possible military invasion of Serbia. Austria gave Serbia an option to let artist do their own investigation to find the assassin. The Austrian government broke diplomatic relations with other countries on July 25 and went ahead with getting ready for war. -
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blood banks
The first use of blood transfusion was used to treat wounded soldiers. The blood was transferred directly from one person to another. Captain Oswald Johnson, a US Army doctor established the first blood bank in 1917. He used sodium cit rate to prevent the blood from coagulating and becoming unusable. The doctors would keep the blood on ice for has long has 28 days and was transported when need to casualty clearing stations. The first blood transfusion was on October 16, 1914. -
Mustard Gas
Mustard gas was first used in 1915 it was a chemical weapon that does not affect you immediately. some people said that it smells like garlic, gasoline, and dead horses. Hours after being exposed to the person's eyes their eyes become bloodshot, start watering, and become increasingly painful. The gas makes your skin blister, particularly in moist areas such as armpits and genitals. Mustard gas caused about 120,000 deaths but it caused few direct deaths. -
Lusitania sinks
The ship was the largest ship during this time it was 787 feet in length and weighed about 31,550 tons. In May 1915 the ship was coming back from New York to Liverpool with 1,959 passengers and crew on board. The captain was told about the submarine activity so they would change the ships course every few minutes. On may 7th the ship was attacked by a torpedo that exploded on the starboard. The ship sank within 20 minutes of the attack. 1,198 people drowned including 128 U.S citizens. -
plastic surgery
Plastic surgery was started to be a way to help with all the injuries. Harold Delft Gillies found a way to reconstruct wounded men faces so that they could have normal lives. Gillies set up a special ward for facial wounds at the Cambridge military hospital. Gillies steps for plastic surgery was that healthy tissue needed to be moved back to its normal position. Than he was able to fill any gap with tissue from elsewhere on the body. -
Young British Soldiers
There were over 250,000 of soldiers that were underage and were allowed to fight. The youngest was a 12 year old boy named Sidney Lewis who lied about his age to join the war. The underage boys had to lie about their ages to be able to enlist. Some of the kids just wanted to fight because they loved their country. There were also some kids that just wanted to get off of the streets because they were poor. -
The Explosion in France that England heard
There was a battle going on in France and the soldiers were fighting from trenches. One of the sides had a group of miners make tunnels to the other side. The group of miners decided to detonate 900,000 pounds of explosives at the same time. The explosion destroyed the German's front line. The explosion was so loud that it was heard by British Prime Minister David Lloyd while he was 140 miles away.
