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weapons of ww1
riffles was most used in the world war by the allies in major components.
medicine guns where one of the most destructive weapons at the time.
flamethrowers where just as destructive.
poison gas was also made however it illegal to
use in any wars now. tanks were also developed to support a fight. aircraft was also
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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Upon learning of Ferdinand’s upcoming visit, the black hand plotting to assassinate him Principe whipped out his pistol and fired two shots at the archduke from point-blank range, piercing him in the neck. -
medicine ww1
in world war one the British army started blood transfusion. a us doctor my the name of captain Oswald Robertson established the first blood bank in the western front. not to mention that the transportation of the injured to the hospitals was cut down by half. -
animals in ww1
animals where a crucial part of the war effort. Horses, donkeys, mules and camels carried food, water, ammunition and medical supplies to men at the front, and dogs and pigeons carried messages. Canaries were used to detect poisonous gas, and cats and dogs were trained to hunt rats in the trenches. though when the animals weren't working there where covered animals for soldiers. -
Edgar D. Andrews
Edgar D. Andrews he fought he world war one and served as a runner,machine gunner and section chief from 1917 to 1919. he also fought in the battle of chateau thievery. he was a corporal. he seemed to have a love for literature as he kept many poems with him as personal items. he has also in the young Christians. -
battle of Belgium
the invasion took place August 4, 1914. Before the Germans declared war on France, they needed free passage across Belgium and even sent a letter to the Belgian government for a right of free passage.Belgium was affected the most, as their neutrality was used against them With Germany occupying the country, it became an immediate threat to several countries. This is why Britain joined in to defend Belgium, not just for its neutrality, but for the impending danger of the Germans. -
plastic surgey in ww1
plastic surgery was intervened in ww1
Harold Gillies had always been an imaginative and able doctor but until 1914 he was as famous for his golf and practical joking as for his surgical talents. There he supervised the work of an untrained but creative dentist, Charles Valadier, who was experimenting successfully with skin and bone grafts to repair the severe facial wounds which often occurred in the Trenches. -
battle of amiens
The Battle of Amiens was an Allied victory that helped bring an end to World War I.Following the Second Battle of the Marne.. The offensive achieved huge gains on the first day, with Allied troops and tanks advancing eight miles and causing 27,000 casualties. Although the German resistance stiffened and the battle convinced many in the German high command that victory in the war was unattainable. -
Treaty of Versailles
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany.After strict enforcement for five years, the French assented to the modification of important provisions. Germany agreed to pay reparations under the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan, but those plans were cancelled in 1932, and Hitler’s rise to power and subsequent actions rendered moot the remaining terms of the treaty. -
Treaty of Sèvres
Treaty of Sèvres, post-World War I pact between the victorious Allied powers and representatives of the government of Ottoman Turkey. The treaty abolished the Ottoman Empire and obliged Turkey to renounce all rights over Arab Asia and North Africa. The pact also provided for an independent Armenia, for an autonomous Kurdistan, and for a Greek presence in eastern Thrace and on the Anatolian west coast, as well as Greek control over the Aegean islands commanding the Dardanelles.
