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Archie's Beginnings
Archie was born in Moon head Minnesota. Where his father Henry W. Alsop had moved from New York City. Starting a steam boat line. It eventually failed. When Archie was twelve he joined Jessie (his sister), she had moved to care for their aunt. -
Letters of Archibald S. Alsop
Archie Alsop was serving in France. With Yale Mobile Hospital Mobile Hospital unit. it was a part of the American Expeditionary Force. This was his first position. He wrote many letters. To his father and sister. -
Jessie
Archie wrote many letters to his sister Jessie. He would tell her how he was doing. Or ask what she was up too. In his letters too her, you can see they were really close. Most of his letters were even two to five pages long. -
Archie Poses
Archie took many photos of his time in WW1. He put some of them in his letters. One photo, is him standing in a town. He is wearing a coat so we can assume it is cold. He is not smiling in most of his photos. -
Archibald Article
¨a surgical machine¨. Archie and his unit were featured in a local paper. The Article is talking about a medical breakthrough. It also talks about how WW1 brought mechanizes too the battlefield. It was an honer for the unit. -
Assassination Is Sarajevo
The assassination is Sarajevo of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand would have to caused outrage, but not a world war. But decades of tension between allies. The murder of the Austrian Royal proved a flashpoint in history. -
Weapons of ww1
ww1 is considered the first 'modern war'. During industrialization country equipped modern weapons. The rise was so many heavy weapons. Such as machine guns, planes, tanks, gasses. making this a modern deadly war. -
Christmas Day Truce 1914
During ww1 on and before Christmas Day 1914. Allied Power men herd German troughs singing Christmas carols. They joined in. The men in the morning came out of their trenches. They shared gifts of sugars, and treats. Even a friendly game of soccer was recorded. -
Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the battle of the Dardanelles Campaign. Was a unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sed route from Europe to Russia. The campaign began with a normal attack, By the British and French ships. Causing surrounding things to be evacuated for the battle. -
Battle of Somme
The battle of Somme, also known as the somme offensive, was one of the largest battles in ww1. Fought between July 1 and November 1 1916. on the first day alone, the British suffered more than 57,000 casualties. By the end Allied Powers lost 1.5 million men. -
Battle of Verbun
German forces advanced quickly in February 1916, claiming Fort Douaumont and Fort Vaux after brutal subterranean melees. The Germans called off their attack mid July. Falkenayn was relived of his position. But that time French forces retook over the forts. -
Chemical Weapons
The stalemate in ww1 on the western front prompted the most intensive use of chemical weapons. The dispatched treaty banned it. The use of military poison gas was still there. It was Yellow Mustard Gas. Not killing the men, but blinding and harming. -
United States
America was neutral. But then joined the United Nations. 100 US citizens were killed because "they were in the way" of germanys attack on Britain. The Zimmerman Telegram was also a big role. Playing in a part making us join ww1. Germany was telling Mexico to betray us and join them. But we got involved and hat never happened. -
Battle of Passchendaele
Commander of the Canadian Corps, feared that the battle would not be one without a major loss in lives. But he was desperate for a victory. Having no choice they attacked. There was no avoiding it. the key was to advance over the shattered landscape. -
Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare is perhaps the most iconic feature of WW1. Western front contained more than 1,000 kilometers of front-end reserved trenches. or advancing soldiers. This caused Stalemate.
