History WW1 + WW2 Facts

WE1

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were murdered and shot by a Bosnia-Serbian extremist whilst in Bosnia Serbia

Austria-Hungary then wanted to declare war on Serbia, German said they would support a-h through sending a ‘blank cheque.’ Serbia then asked for Russia protection, on the 28th of July 1914, a-h declared war on Serbia, Russia then started mobilizing its army. Then on the 1st of august Germany declared on Russia, 4th Britain declared war.

Battle of Verdun (February to December 1916)

France v Germany

Battle of pride

France=380,000

Germany=340,000

Battle of Somme (July to November 1916)

Britain started invading German further down from where the battle of Verdun was happening to help the French soldiers

Eventually German had to pull troops out to help elsewhere

French=200,000

Britain=420,000

German=500,000

Battle of passenchale(1917)

Third battle of Ypres Belgium

Allies=325,000

Germany=260,000

Gained 5 miles

Triple alliance=Germany,Italy,a-h

Triple entente=Russia,France,Britain

Key Terms

Sappers=dug tunnels under enemy lines and put explosive in their trenches

Extremely dangerous as minimal equipment and enemy could be digging through as well

Front line officers= ended up fighting with soldiers

Shell shock=Developed through constant shelling and fighting

Symptoms include dizziness, vomiting, nightmares/waking up

Trench foot

Feet constantly being wet, extremely painful and led to 20,000 British soldier deaths

Duckboards were set up to lead the dirt go underneath what did not work

Parapets=where people would shoot from

Treaty of Versailles

100,000 soldiers 15,000 in the navy(included)

6 battleships, 0 submarines

10% land plus colonies (France and Poland) \n Posin and west Prussia =Polish corridor

Poland formed

Latvia formed

Alsace Lorraine=France

12.5% of population

16% of coal fields

50% of iron and steel industry

Article 231=accept blame

Demilitarisation on Rhineland

6.6 billion in reparations

End to WW1

Modern technology

USA enters war

Naval blockade

Problems in Germany

WW2

Germany and Austria join

Germany invade Sudetenland(appeasement)

Germany invade Czechoslovakia

Germany invade Poland(date?)

Blitzkrieg through France, Belgium, Poland, Serbia,

Battle of Britain (sept 1940 to May 1941)

32,000 killed

60% of London homes destroyed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki July 7/8

Dunkirk=26 of May to 4 of June

330,000 British and French soldiers evacuated

Canadian soldiers helped gain time

Thought they could end Germany but were backed onto the beacher