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What sparked WW1?

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A Serbian group called the black hand assassinated the Archduke (soon the be king of Austria-Hungary).

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How did the army boost recruitment?

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They used propaganda (mainly leaflets) to play on men (and women’s) emotions to get them to join

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What were pals battalions?

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They were battalions made up of people who wanted to fight together. They boosted recruitment.

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Why did they stop pals battalions?

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Because whole communities’ men were dying.

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Conscription was:

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Forcing men join the army if they were fit enough and from 18-41

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When was conscription introduced?

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In the summer of 1916

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What was the use of trenches?

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For protection from fire

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What was the area between the oppositions trenches called?

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No man’s land

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Where were the soldiers of the empire from?

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Australia, India, Canada and New Zealand

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Who were the Big 3?

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Uk (David Lloyd George), France (Georges Clemenceau) & USA (Woodrow Wilson)

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What was the treaty of Versailles?

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It was the meeting that decided what punishments Germany would face

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Who wanted the harshest punishment on Germany?
And what was it?

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France
For Germany to pay back France for all the damage in France

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How much did France make Germany pay?

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£6.6billion

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What was the League of Nations?

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To talk about problems rather than fight about them and strategies to improve the world. (UN now)

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Who was allowed to join the League of Nations?

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All winning countries.
The losers would be able to join later

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When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

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June 1919

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When Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles it meant that they agreed to the punishments and that they …

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Started the war which caused embarrassment and humiliation for the Germans.

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Why was the Saar taken from Germany?

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To repay France for the destruction of mines in France

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What would happen if Germany didn’t sign?

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They would face invasion.

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The treaty of Versailles meant that Germany could have no…. (Military)

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Air force, submarines or tanks. Only a 100,000 soldier army and 6 battleships. And no German soldiers would be allowed in the Rhineland (place in Germany)

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Who didn’t join the League of Nations?

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USA

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Who was in the triple entente?

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France, Britain and Russia

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What was Britains domestic problem?

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Home rule crisis-period of intense political tension

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What does imperialism mean?

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The want to build an empire

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What is nationalism?
The love for your country and nation
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What are alliances?
Countries that you would make an agreement with to protect you in war and vice versa
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What was Russia’s home rule crisis?
Industrial unrest-more work in factories for barely any pay lead to workers striking until they got more pay reducing amount of steel and coal made
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What was Germany's domestic problem?
The rise of the SDP Political Party
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What was France’s domestic problems?
3 year law intentions (Increased the mandatory military service from 2 to 3 years)
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What were the main factors in the long-term build up to WW1?
Militarism, alliances, nationalism and imperialism
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What happened the first time that the black hand tried to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The Black Hand terrorist group threw a grenade at the car but it bounced off
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Who was helping Serbia?
Russia
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What was the rifle good for?
Range and killing power
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How were the germans portrayed in propaganda v the British and why?
As cruel savages whereas the British were made to look like heroes To encourage more people to enlist and join the army
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By January 1916, how many people had agreed to fight in the war?
2.5million
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What was the machine gun good for?
It was good for taking out large waves of enemies making it a defensive strategy ,however it had reasonably little range.
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Why, by the summer of 1916, had the number of volunteers decreased so much?
Because thousands of people had returned home injured or not at all.
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What was the Grenade/grenado good for?
It had quite high killing power, but since it is a hand held object it’s range was quite low.
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What were tanks good for?
Tanks were very effective at travelling terrain and were pretty much indestructible towards German bullets, meaning it was great for defence and attack.
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What was artillery good for?
Artillery was amazing for bombing enemy troops and trenches and by 1915 it was estimated that they had fired around 400,000 air strikes on the western front
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What were people who refused to join the army during conscription called?
Conscientious objectors
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What did the Defence of the Realm Act allow the Government to do?
It gave the government the power to do whatever the government felt necessary to do to win the war.
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What was 1 problem with artillery
It messed up Barb wire
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What was rationing
The splitting of food equally to citizens
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How did you claim your food
Punch/stamp cards
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Who was Khudaddad Khan?
A Pakistan soldier who fought for Britain who got a Victoria cross for his bravery -> he single handedly fought back a German attack with a rifle and then managed to get back to his trench after being left for dead
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When was ww1?
1914 - 1918
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Who was in the triple alliances?
Austria- Hungary, Italy, Germany
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How many people died
Around 15 million
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How many British people died
Approximately 900,000
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When did rationing start?
December 1917
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How much of each food did people get
1.1kg red meat 1.8kg of all types of bread 141g of margarine and butter per person
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How did the black hand plan to kill themselves after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
With cyanide pills
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Who killed archduke franz ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
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When Gavrilo princip took the cyanide pill why didn’t he die, and what did he do instead
The cyanide was expired and didn’t kill him but instead he threw up
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Who was the leader of Austria-Hungary when Franz Ferdinand was shot
Emperor Franz Joseph l
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When did meat stop rationing
December 1919
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When did sugar stop rationing
End of 1920
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When did butter stop rationing
May 1920

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