History Study

The Great War (1914-1918)

Causes

Militarism

Alliances

Nationalism

Imperialism

Assassination

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who was killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Duchess Sophie by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian

Schlieffen Plan

Trench Warfare

Technologies

Artillery

Long range explosives which killed most people

Not new, but cooler now with industrially produced shells

Machine Guns

400-600 shots per minute

Heavy 3-5 people needed

Life of the Soldier

Reserve Line

Support Line

Front Line

Day-to-day work

Food and Conditions

Rest

Passing Time

Leave

Battle

2nd Battle of Ypres (April 1915)

Germans use gas attacks

No conclusive

Battle Somme (July 1916)

Disrract verdun

3rd Battle of Ypres Passchendaele (July 1917)

Subtopic

Vimy Ridge (April 1917)

Battle of Amiens

Pushed 20 km out of france and belgium

Recruitment

Minorities

Indigenous Canadians

No political rights, but respected for wilderness skills

Black Canadians

Not fit to be soldiers but then non-fighting

Japanese Canadians