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1914-1918
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AT LEAST 1 COUNTRY FROM EVERY CONTINENT FOUGHT IN THE WAR EXCEPT ANTARCTICA!
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GURKHA SOLDIERS (INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR BRITAIN)
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A TRULY GLOBAL WAR
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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.
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TYPICAL WWI TRENCH
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WHAT THE TRENCHES LOOK LIKE TODAY
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TRENCH WARFARE EXHIBIT- LONDON
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MAXIM MACHINE GUN
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TOOLS OF WAR
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LIFE RAFT FROM THE LUSITANIA A German U- boat boat sunk the Lusitania killing 1,198 citizens including 128 Americans
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FUTBOL FROM THE HOLIDAY TRUCE OF 1914
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FRENCH BIPLANE
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FRENCH TAXIS USED IN THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE
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WEAPONS OF TRENCH WARFARE
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AMERICAN WEAPONS
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DEEP SEA MINE
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TRENCH FOOT
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BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI “DISASTER FOR THE ALLIES”
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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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WWI AMPUTEES
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NEW WEAPONS OF WWI ( “1 ST INDUSTRIALIZED WAR”)
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DOG EQUIPPED WITH A GAS MASK
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“WILLY” 1 ST TANK
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WWI TANK-INVENTED BY THE BRITISH
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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
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EXAMPLE OF PROPAGANDA
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WWI AVIATION A postcard from the war shows the early attempts at fighting in the air
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“BIG 4 ”- WILSON, CLEMENCEAU, GEORGE, ORLANDO VICTORIO
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Spanish influenza 1918 video Spanish influenza 1918 video Killed 50 million or 1/5 of the population !
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