WW1
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- Created on: 15-05-16 10:43
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- WW1
- Austria declared war on Serbia when Archbishop Franz Fernand was assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist on 28-06-1914
- Russia was a strong ally of Serbia alongside Britain, France and Belgium
- These countries fought against Germany and Austria
- Russia was a strong ally of Serbia alongside Britain, France and Belgium
- Life during War
- Spanish Influenza: 30 million people across Europe were killed
- In Germany year of hunger and dirt with shortages of soap and washing powder meant 1/2 million civilians and 200,000 soldiers died in the summer of 1918
- Britain's huge navy cause a blockade of Germany's ports causing food shortages from 1915
- Demand for peace
- The German people began demonstrating against the war and food shortages
- General Ludendorff told German politicians that they could never win and that the British, French and Americans might treat them better if they did
- But the Kaiser decided against a ceasefire and fought on
- Spanish Influenza: 30 million people across Europe were killed
- Austria declared war on Serbia when Archbishop Franz Fernand was assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist on 28-06-1914
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