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Alfred Carpenter
Alfred Carpenter was born on september 17th 1881. -
Alfred Carpenters service started
Alfred Carpenter started serving for the british royal navy in 1898. -
WWI Journalist
The government wanted to control all of the information that was getting out, and being published about WWI. Being a journalist at this time was dangerous because if you let out too much or (information they did not want to be out to the public ), Journalist could face the death penalty. The government did not want anyone to criticize them at this time because they wanted everyone to being on their side, and agree on going to war. -
Lives Lost
In WWI between 1914-1918 over 15 million men and women lost their lives due to the war. -
"Shell Shock"
Many soldiers that fought in WWI suffered from a condition they called “shell shock”. “Shell shock” is a mental conditions many veteran have from seeing so much trauma. Its now known as posttraumatic stress disorder. -
WWI Trenches
The invention of trenches were created during WWI. Trenches were created to help stop bullets. Trenches are basically when someone dug a huge area or tunnel underground to shield them from being shot and to be where no one could see them. -
Allies
The war grew involving 23 countries. The allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy,& the United States. These countries fought against Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. -
Starting WWI
WWI was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a royal prince of Hungary. -
WWI Aircraft
WWI was the first war to to fought with any type of aircraft. This brought up air force . -
Weponary
Many new weapons were created during WWI. One of them was "big Beartha", it was an enormous and very powerful gun the Germans created. -
Lusitania was sunk
The RMS Lusitania was sunk on may 7th 1915. the Germany used submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. The ship was torpedoed by the German U-boat and sank the ship in less than an hour. more than 1000 died. -
Veteran Alfred Carpenter
Alfred was promoted commander and served on a battleship until 1917. -
The Battle Of Verdun
The battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of WWI. The battle started February 1916 and ended december 1916. -
Russia in WWI
Russia left the war in 1917. The war was to much for their country to handle. They had an enormous amount of casualities, & were very poor and running very low on materials. The war was very hard on their country so they had to leave the war and let germany take over. -
WWI Men & Women
WWI was the first war that women could serve in. The military needed more people serving. By the end of 1917 over 11,000 women had served with the Navy. -
Declaring war for United States
Woodrow Wilson was the president of the United States at the time WWI broke out. Woodrow Wilson tried his best to stay out of the war at all cost but later he asked congress to declare war on Germany on April 2nd 1917. -
Veteran Alfred Carpenter
A couple weeks after the first attack on zeebrugge carpenter made a second attempt, intentionally sinking his own ship to block german access to submarine pens. -
Alfred Carpenter
Alfred was named commander of HMS vindictive in british plan to close the german ports of zeebrugge and ostend. -
Sedition Act
On May 16th 1918 the United States Congress passed a sedition act that was designed to protect Americans Part in WWI. -
Alfred Carpenter teaching.
After the armistice Carpenter taught a course for naval officers at Cambridge for a year. -
Treaty Of Versaillies
At the end of WWI the treaty of versailles ended the war between Germany and the other allied countries. It was signed in June of 1919. -
The League Of Nations
The League Of Nations was an intergovernmental group formed in January of 1920 as a result of the
Paris Peace conference that ended WWI. (This is also known as the 14 points.) This organization is like a agree ment to help try to keep the peace between nations. -
Veteran Alfred Carpenter
Alfred was promoted to rear- admiral in 1929 & retired 5 years later. -
Home Guard Alfred Carpenter
Alfred worked as a commander of the home guard during WWII. -
Alfred Carpenter died
Alfred Carpenter died on Decomber 27th 1955.
