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World War I : Battles & Technology
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A World War
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The Balkans, 1914 The “Powder Keg” of Europe
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A Multi-Front War
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Trench Warfare
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“No Man’s Land”
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Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun
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French Renault Tank
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British Tank at Ypres
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U-Boats
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Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats
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The Zeppelin
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The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta” Max Edler von Poosch, 1917
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The Flying Aces of World War I Eddie Rickenbacher, US Francesco Barraco, It. Rene Pauk Fonck, Fr. Manfred von Richtoffen, Ger. [The “Red Baron”] Willy Coppens de Holthust, Belg. Eddie “Mick” Mannoch, Br.
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Looking for the “Red Baron?”
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Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers
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Poison Gas Machine Gun
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John Sargent “Gassed”
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The Western Front http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/la unch_ani_western_front.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/la unch_ani_western_front.shtml
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Verdun – February, 1916 e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties. e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties.
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The Somme – July, 1916 e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months. e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.
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War Is HELL !!
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The Eastern Front
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The Gallipoli Disaster, 1915
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T. E. Lawrence & the “Arab Revolt”, 1916-18
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The Sinking of the Lusitania
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The Zimmerman Telegram
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1918 The end is near
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German Cartoon: “Fit for active service!”, 1918
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1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died
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11 a.m., November 11, 1918
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9,000,000 Dead 9,000,000 Dead
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The Somme American Cemetary, France 116,516 Americans Died
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World War I Casualties
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Turkish Genocide Against Armenians A Portent of Future Horrors to Come!
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Turkish Genocide Against Armenians Turkish Genocide of Armenians (1914 - 1922) Districts & Vilayets of Western Armenia in Turkey 19141922 Erzerum215,0001,500 Van197,000500 Kharbert204,00035,000 Diarbekir124,0003,000 Bitlis220,00056,000 Sivas225,00016,800 Other Armenian-populated Sites in Turkey Western Anatolia371,80027,000 Cilicia and Northern Syria309,00070,000 European Turkey194,000163,000 Trapizond District73,39015,000 Total 2,133,190387,800
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