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Nationalism
In the late 1800's nationalism became a big deal with the countries thinking they have more pride than the others. Each of the nation's looked at the others as "competitors" and many nations were willing to go to war over it. Each nation's wanted to be the "best" or the "strongest" at the time. In 1890 Germany was said to be the mightiest nation on the mainland of Europe due to rapid industrialization. -
Edith Cavell's early nursing career
Edith Cavell was born in 1865 in Swardeston, she was the oldest out of all of her siblings. Cavell moved to Belgium and worked as a Governess, she spoke fluent in French. She then moved back to Swardeston once her father was ill and Edith assisted nursing him back to health. At that moment it was said to be where Edith decided she wanted to continue nursing as a career. -
Edith's nursing career growing
Edith began her training to start her new career in 1896 at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. She then finished her training in 1898 and soon started working at more hospitals. Edith worked a number of different roles in British hospitals, she then got called back to “Brussels” hospital as she took care of an ill child. Later Edith was invited to be Matron for the first Nursing School in Belgium. -
Alliances forming
In 1907 the three countries France, Britain, and Russia partnered up and formed an alliance called the "allies." Another group called the "triple alliance" then formed which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. This alliance was then renamed the "central powers" later on. The alliance system was forced so other nations had to take sides, this then spiraled out of control and was the cause of WWI.
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The assassination
In June of 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife sophie were assassinated by Gavrila principe while they were visiting Sarajevo. Franz liked to write down what he was doing at times in a journal. It was then published in Archduke of Sarajevo, he was inspecting the army before he had died. -
The spark that led to the first World War
In July of 1914 Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Later on Germany declared war on Russia, then two days later they declared war on France. Germany declared war on France because they knew France would want to go to war with Russia. Germany then had a massive invasion of Belgium, Britain, but they ran into a problem when it required the German forces to advance through neutral Belgium. Once German troops went passed the Belgian frontier, Britain declared war on Germany. -
Germany vs Russia
In August of 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, they did this because Russia came to defend Serbia and Austria. Russia entered the world war one with the largest army in the world with 1,400,000 soldiers. Russia soon then expanded to 5,000,000 soldiers over the time. -
Germany vs France
In August of 1914 Germany declared war on France. They did this because they knew that France would want to go into war with Russia. Germany then invaded Belgium Britain, they then declared war on Germany and Austria Hungary -
The start of the war
During the outbreak of the “first war” in 1914 she was at home in Norwich when she told her family “at times like this, I am more needed than ever.” After than being said she then made the plans to return to Belgium and help out with the war. Edith cared for all of the soldiers that were ill and injured no matter of who they were. -
The battle of Tannenberg
The battle of Tennenberg was fought between Russia and Germany. Russia sent two of their armies into East Prussia, the first army being led by general Aleksandr Samsonov and the second army being led by general Pavel Rennenkampf. A total of 50,000 Russian soldiers were killed and 92,000 taken as prisoners during this battle. Germany then claimed the victory on the Eastern Front.
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Germans start sinking ships
In February of 1915 the Germans announced that they will sink all ships that are found in the water around Britain without warning. The Germans announcement outrages the U.S. and everywhere else. Germany then signed a treaty that banned attacks on civilian ships without warning. Germans then said that their U-boats would be placed at high risks. -
Leading the soldiers to freedom
Edith was often times criticized by the German and Austrian soldiers as they were fighting the British. Edith then was involved in a group that had formed, which helped free the soldiers from the war and made sure they were safe. She smuggled the soldiers across the border to neutral Holland in an “underground” kind of system. -
The Lusitania
The British passenger ship Lusitania entered the war zone. A German submarine then sunk the ship and led to nearly 1,200 passengers died including 128 Americans. The attack then forced into a bigger issue when Americans saw the sinking as an terrorist attack on civilians. Wilson refused to go to war with Germany saying that the United States was "too proud to fight." -
The death sentence
As Edith helped the soldiers escape the war to freedom it was a matter of time until she was caught doing the act. Edith was arrested and sent to trial, most of the people caught were sentenced to hard labour. On October 12, 1915 Edith was sentenced to death by a German firing squad. It had went viral that she was sentenced to death and posters were posted all over. -
Wilson in the election
As Wilson kept America out of the war for a little bit longer in 1915 he then ran for election once again. His slogan was now "He kept us out of war" that soon helped him win the victory over the Republican nominee, Charles Evans Hughes. Later in 1917 he called the congress to declare war on Germany in 1917.
