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  • WW1
    • Key Terms
      • Imperialism
      • Defence of the realm act
        • A law passed granting government massive powers during wartime
      • Censorship
        • Preventing the writing and printing of things the government thought would damage the war
      • Morale
        • Whether your spirits are high or low
      • White feather
        • Given to people who didn't fight (They were seen as cowards)
    • Why did they sign up to fight?
      • Cigarettes
      • King and country
      • Avoid white feathers
        • White feather
          • Given to people who didn't fight (They were seen as cowards)
      • Hated school
      • Pals battalions
        • Fight along members of community, same village or football team etc. if there was a battle villages could feel a great impact.
          • Not repeated in WW2
    • Dates
      • British/French/Russians=triple entente & Germans/ austro-hungariana/Italians=triple alliance
      • 28/6/1914
        • Gavrilo Princip shoots Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand
        • Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia
      • 29/7/1914
        • Russia supports Serbia
      • 1/8/1914
        • Germany declares war on Russia
      • 3/8/1914
        • Germany declares war on France
      • 4/8/1914
        • Germany invades Belgium using Schlieffen plan and Britain declares war on Germany
      • 5/8/1914
        • Austro-Hungary declares war on Russia

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