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Germany's Schlieffen plan
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Germany's Schlieffen plan
Germany's biggest fear was that they had an enemy to the west and east.The Schileffen plan was to send 80% of Germany's army to pass through neutral Belgium and attack France instead of going a quicker route through the Germany France border.The Schlieffen Plan failed because the German army thought that France was going to commence a surprise attack on Germany's defense.They decided to bring back 60% of the 80% attacking and move them to defense because Germany was scared losing there soldiers. -
Battle of Ypres (-1)
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Battle of Ypres
The Battle of Ypres was fought during the First World War from 22 April to 25 May 1915. It was the first major battle fought by Canadian troops in the Great War. In the spring of 1915 Germany decided to test a new weapon chlorine gas.The Germans released more than 160 tonnes of the gas from thousands of canisters. The Canadians had to deal with a yellow-green toxin cloud which filled the trenches and it made them cough severely. There were 6,500 Canadian casualties. -
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (0)
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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War. Out of nearly 2000 aboard people there was only 761 survivors 200 of which were US. Germany used illegal submarines to sink the Lusitania because Germany thought that the Lusitania was a British warship. The US said that if Germany ever uses submarines again they would join the war. Germany then declared unrestricted submarine warfare, US soon then joined the war in 1917 helping the triple entente. -
War in the Air (-1)
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War in the Air
In 1916 pilots flew planes called Fokker planes named after Dutch airplane builder Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker. Fokker planes were mainly used for spying in a trench war to see behind enemy lines.The Fokker planes were vulnerable to enemy fire until they added a machine gun to the front of the aircraft.
It would time exactly when the bullets would fire, so it wouldn't hit the propeller. Life expectancy of an average pilot in WW1 would be 69 flying hours. Famous Fokker pilot was ¨Red Baron¨. -
Battle of Jutland (-1)
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Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland is the only major naval battle in World War One. Germany's strategy was to sink Britain's ships they would then fire at the sailors once they had surfaced. Over 6,000 British sailors lost their lives. These high losses were due to the sinking of two large ships, The Queen Mary and The Indefatigable It was a British victory even though they lost more ships than Germany. The British also used a blockade to prevent the Germans from retrieving supplies and ammunition. -
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Battle of Somme
The battle of Somme was known as a trench war meaning where troops on each side would have to go over the top of the trench and run into a line of fire to try to get into the enemy's camp. It was also considered the biggest disaster in British history. British forces had more than 57,000 casualties including 19,000 soldiers killed on the first day of the battle. It was the most disastrous day in Britain's military history. Canada lost 24,000 men. -
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The Russian Revolution
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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917 during World War I.
It removed Russia from the war and brought the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Soviet Union. The cause of the Russian Revolution was food shortages military supplies, and weaponry which led to heavy losses that the Russians took in World War I. This lowered the reputation of king Nicholas II. So they decided to murder him and his whole family, after he was dead everyone in Russia would get $70 each. -
Vimy Ridge (+2)
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Vimy Ridge
Vimy Ridge is a hill that the Germans took from the French. The British and the french were not successful in taking it back. The Canadians had an idea called a creeping barrage.The plan was that the men would follow behind the exploding shells. Every 100 meters solders would lay down then wait for the next barrage to hit the ground then it would cover the soldiers with a thick smoke so they would be undetected by German soldiers. This battle gave Canadian soldiers the recognition they deserved. -
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Conscription in Canada
Conscription first started in 1917. In the first two years of the war 350,000 Canadians volunteered for the military. The Canadian Army decided to use persuasive tactics meaning that if you didn´t do your part Canada would lose the war. Some people were against conscription farmers, manufacturers and French Canadians. Farmers needed there children to work the farm, manufacturers workers were afraid that they were going to lose there job and the French Canadians did not think it was their fight. -
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Battle of Passchendaele (-2)
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Battle of Passchendaele
The land battle Passchendaele was known for its mud. It was nearly impossible to walk in. It took 10 men just to pull out one casualty if they were trapped in a crater. Tanks also became immobile. More than 4,000 Canadians were killed and another 12,000 wounded. Continuous rain and shellfire made the conditions for the soldiers horrific. Troops huddled in shell holes and some became lost and not knowing where the front line was because of the mud made it difficult to know where the enemy was. -
References
Battle of Jutland. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Jutland The Battle of Vimy Ridge. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.warmuseum.ca/the-battle-of-vimy-ridge/
Canada, V. A. (2019, February 14). The Battle of Passchendaele. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/fact_sheets/passchendaele -
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Canada, V. A. (2019, February 14). The War in the Air. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/canada/canada16 Conscription in Canada. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/conscription The Great War - Battle of Ypres. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/military-war/the-great-war-battle-of-ypres -
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History.com Editors. (2009, November 12). Battle of the Somme. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/battle-of-the-somme McDermott, A. (2018, April 17). How the Sinking of Lusitania Changed World War I. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/news/how-the-sinking-of-lusitania-changed-wwi Russian Revolution. (2020, October 17). Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution -
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Schlieffen Plan and German invasion of 1914. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/schlieffen-plan-and-german-invasion-1914
