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1914-1918. AT LEAST 1 COUNTRY FROM EVERY CONTINENT FOUGHT IN THE WAR EXCEPT ANTARCTICA!

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1 1914-1918

2 AT LEAST 1 COUNTRY FROM EVERY CONTINENT FOUGHT IN THE WAR EXCEPT ANTARCTICA!

3 GURKHA SOLDIERS (INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR BRITAIN)

4 A TRULY GLOBAL WAR

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8 TRENCH WARFARE  First an artillery barrage, then a gas attack, and finally the troops went "over the top" into "no-mans-land" - if they got to the other side they still had to make it past the barbed wire before they could get into the other side's trenches. Few made it.

9 TYPICAL WWI TRENCH

10 WHAT THE TRENCHES LOOK LIKE TODAY

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13 TRENCH WARFARE EXHIBIT- LONDON

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17 MAXIM MACHINE GUN

18 TOOLS OF WAR

19 LIFE RAFT FROM THE LUSITANIA A German U- boat boat sunk the Lusitania killing 1,198 citizens including 128 Americans

20 FUTBOL FROM THE HOLIDAY TRUCE OF 1914

21 FRENCH BIPLANE

22 FRENCH TAXIS USED IN THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE

23 WEAPONS OF TRENCH WARFARE

24 AMERICAN WEAPONS

25 DEEP SEA MINE

26 TRENCH FOOT

27 BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI “DISASTER FOR THE ALLIES”

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30 KING GEORGE OF GREAT BRITAIN, TSAR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA, FRANZ JOSEF OF AUSTRIA AND KAISER WILHELM II OF GERMANY, 4 OF THE 5 MAJOR POWERS IN 1914. THE OTHER WAS FRANCE. THE NEXT POWERFUL NATION, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS ON THE DECLINE

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33 WWI AMPUTEES

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38 NEW WEAPONS OF WWI ( “1 ST INDUSTRIALIZED WAR”)

39 DOG EQUIPPED WITH A GAS MASK

40 “WILLY” 1 ST TANK

41 WWI TANK-INVENTED BY THE BRITISH

42 INSIDE A TANK  Life inside a tank was unpleasant. The tank was hot, fume ridden, and badly ventilated, making the crew sick or even making them faint. The heat was sometimes so great in light tanks that it exploded the ammunition

43 EXAMPLE OF PROPAGANDA

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49 WWI AVIATION A postcard from the war shows the early attempts at fighting in the air

50 “BIG 4 ”- WILSON, CLEMENCEAU, GEORGE, ORLANDO VICTORIO

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53  Spanish influenza 1918 video Spanish influenza 1918 video  Killed 50 million or 1/5 of the population !


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