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the empire
The Ottoman Empire
Late in 1914, the Ottoman Empire was brought into the fray as well, after Germany tricked Russia into thinking that Turkey had attacked it. As a result, much of 1915 was dominated by Allied actions against the Ottomans in the Mediterranean. First, Britain and France launched a failed attack on the Dardanelles. This campaign was followed by the British invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Britain also launched a separate campaign against the Turks in Mesopotamia.
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Assassinated
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frank_Baer#World_War 1914 June 28th Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo -
promised
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/timeline_of_world_war_one.htm July 5th Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia -
events
World War I began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. s seemingly small conflict between two countries spread rapidly: soon, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France were all drawn into the war, largely because they were involved in treaties that obligated them to defend certain other nations. Western and eastern fronts quickly opened along the borders of Germany and Austria-Hungary.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/timeline_of_world_war_one.htm -
declared
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/timeline_of_world_war_one.htm July 28th Austria declared war on Serbia -
month of combat
The first month of combat consisted of bold attacks and rapid troop movements on both fronts. In the west, Germany attacked first Belgium and then France. In the east, Russia attacked both Germany and Austria-Hungary. In the south, Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia. Following the Battle of the Marne (September 5–9, 1914), the western front became entrenched in central France and remained that way for the rest of the war. The fronts in the east also gradually locked into place.
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the ride
ttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/prisoners_of_war.htm#at_pco=smlrebh-1.0&at_si=5 January 19th The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place February 19th Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles April 25th Allied troops landed in Gallipoli May 7th The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat May 23rd Italy declared war on Germany and Austria August 5th The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians September 25th Start of the Battle of Loos -
middel part of war
Trench Warfare The middle part of the war, 1916 and 1917, was dominated by continued trench warfare in both the east and the west. Soldiers fought from dug-in positions, striking at each other with machine guns, heavy artillery, and chemical weapons. Though soldiers died by the millions in brutal conditions, neither side had any .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frank_Baer#World_War_I_service -
continuned to score
He continued to score; on 22 May, he brought down his ninth victim to lead all American pilots.[3] However, he was shot down during this victory, and fell into German hands. He would remain a prisoner of war until after the armistice. If his seven unconfirmed wins had been verified, he would have been one of the leading American aces.[1] -
the entrance and exit
The United States’ Entrance and Russia’s Exit Despite the stalemate on both fronts in Europe, two important developments in the war occurred in 1917. In early April, the United States, angered by attacks upon its ships in the Atlantic, declared war on Germany. Then, in November, the Bolshevik Revolution prompted Russia to pull out of the war. -
the major offensive
1917 February 1st Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started April 6th USA declared war on Germany April 16th France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front July 31st Start of the Third Battle at Ypres October 24th Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated November 6th Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front -
world war
Though his career in World War I was brief – 1917-1918 in the French Aeronautique and then US Army Air Service from 1918-1919, Baer managed nine confirmed aerial victories and seven unconfirmed. On May 22, 1918, Baer made his ninth score (making him the leading American ace). During this flight, however, he was shot down and taken prisoner by the Germans. He remained a POW until after the armistice – the agreement between the Allies and Germany to end the fighting of WW1. -
air service
He scored his first aerial victory for the 103rd, on 11 March 1918; it was the first triumph of an Air Service unit. Stephen W. Thompson of the 1st Aero Squadron shot down an Albatros on 5 February 1918. Baer is second on the official chronological list. Baer scored his fifth kill on 23 April 1918, making him the first Air Service ace.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frank_Baer#World_War_I_service -
The End of the War and Armistice
Although both sides launched renewed offensives in 1918 in an all-or-nothing effort to win the war, both efforts failed. The fighting between exhausted, demoralized troops continued to plod along until the Germans lost a number of individual battles and very gradually began to fall back. A deadly outbreak of influenza, meanwhile, took heavy tolls on soldiers of both sides. Eventually, the governments of both Germany and Austria-Hungary began to lose control as both countries experienced multiple -
the war ending
The war ended in the late fall of 1918, after the member countries of the Central Powers signed armistice agreements one by one. Germany was the last, signing its armistice on November 11, 1918. As a result of these agreements, Austria-Hungary was broken up into several smaller countries. Germany.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frank_Baer#World_War_I_service -
Germany After War
Germany After the War Many historians, in hindsight, believe that the Allies were excessive in their punishment of Germany and that the harsh Treaty of Versailles actually planted the seeds of World War II, rather than foster peace. The treaty’s declaration that Germany was entirely to blame for the war was a blatant untruth that humiliated the German people. Furthermore, the treaty imposed steep war reparations
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Nazi
Although Germany ended up paying only a small percentage of the reparations it was supposed to make, it was already stretched financially thin by the war, and the additional economic burden caused enormous resentment. Ultimately, extremist groups, such as the Nazi Party, were able to exploit this humiliation and resentment and take political control of the country in the decades following. -
returning home
In February of 1919, Paul Baer returned to his hometown – Fort Wayne, IN – where he received a hero’s welcome. His post service adventures included a position as a test pilot for an aeronautical lab, inspector for the Department of Commerce and later he flew to South America and assisted in establishing an air mail service. On December 9, 1930, Paul Frank Bear – the WWI individual who made the first American Military Aviation score .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frank_Baer#World_War_I_ser -
ace polit
On March 11, 1918, WWI ace polit Paul Frank Baer scored the first American military aviation score. Born on January 29, 1894 in Ft. Wayne, IN, Baer developed an early desire for aviation and after enlisting in the Franco-American Lafayette Flying Corp in 1917; he soon discovered the thrill of flight stating in letters home he often found his heart in his mouth during flight lessons.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frank_Baer#World_War_I_service -
P.O.W
Prisoners of war are a product of any war. By the end of World War Two, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, airman and sailors had been held as prisoners of war in all the theatres of war - Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Far East, Asia and North Africa. There were rules that governed the treatment of prisoners of war (the Geneva Convention) - though a document formulated in Switzerland in times of world peace was always going to be hard pushed to be accepted by all those involved in World Wa
