WORLD WAR 1

How the war triggered The archduke , Franz Ferdinand, of Austria-Hungry’s assassination caused the immediate reactions of war. With his death in the hands of a Serbian nationalist ,Gavril Princip, having bond with secret military - black hand- pushed the European army force more and more.

How Horses Were Used In 1914 the British horses collected over 25000 meres, essential to carry heavy weapons supplies and the wounded to nearby hospitals and military stations. Like cars need petrol horses need grass or straw which grows everywhere since they all happened to be farmers.

Conditions in trenches During winter , troughs over loaded with water and sometimes even froze. The consequences of these events soon led to several soldiers to experience the horrific disease of ‘ Trench Foot’. Soldiers on the frontline were trusted with crossing No Man’s land towards the opposite enemy’s frontline, yet fearing of shelling, machine gun fire and barbed wire.

Nothing was fabulous about trench life for one it was: dirty, grotesque and riddled with diseases. Their life’s was a mixture of fear, fear of constant enemy attack. To build excavation it required manpower. One furrow took over half a day to build. The unused space between enemy’s pits became known as No Man’s Land since no soldier wanted to traverse the distance in fear of dyeing. The weather was quite wet so No Man’s Land soon turned into a mud bath, so thick that some soldiers even drowned.80,000 British Army soldiers suffered from shell shock over the course of the war. That’s approximately 2% of the men who were called up for active service.World War 1 trench warfare was so intense that 10% of all the soldiers who fought were killed.

At the start of 1918, Germany was in the strongest position and was expected to win the war. Russia had already left the year before which made Germany much more stronger. Their plan for a quick victory failed when Britain and France counter-attacked. Germany and it’s allies realised it was no longer possible to win the war. Some reasons for this included the fact that the Schrieffer Plan had failed in 1914 and the Verdun Offensive had failed in 1916. Germany was now losing the Great Battle in France and the German Navy had gone on strike and refused to carry on fighting. Furthermore, the United States joined the war in April 1917, which gave the  greater power. Germany was not strong enough to continue fighting, especially as the USA had joined the war and hundreds of thousands of fresh American soldiers were arriving in France. This added greater military strength to the Triple Entente forces. The leaders of the German army told the German government to end the fighting. Kaiser Wilhelm, Germany's leader, abdicated (left his job) on 9 November 1918

The Belligerent War Was Over.