World War History

Sand bags were put near to the edge of openings to protect.

Barbed wire was placed for defence from raids.

Between opposing trenches there was no man's land, it was plain land which was battle ridden.

1.       New inventions that made life harder from people and horse were barbed wire, machine guns, and high explosives.

2.       Original tank metal boxes that run on caterpillar tracks.

3.       During the Sommes tanks’ weaknesses were that they broke down easily and got bogged down in the mud.

4.       During the Battle of Cambrai, they proved more successful.

Keywords:

Deadlock – situation in which no progress can be made.

Reconnaissance – observation to find out information about the enemy.

Summary:

·         Weapons of defence before weapons of attack in the First World War, and this led to a deadlock in the fighting.

·         Various means were tried to break the deadlock: tanks, gas, an attack on Turkey (Germany’s ally), and aeroplanes.

Sept 1939

·         Germany invades Poland – GB declares war

·         WWII

March 1939

·         Britain agrees to come to Poland’s aid if invaded

Nov 1938

·         Night of Broken Glass – Jewish shops attacked by Nazis, Jews killed.

Sept 1938

·         Munich agreement – Chaberlain’s signing over of Sudetenland

March 1938

·         Anschluss – annexation of Austria

Aug 1936

·         Hitler tries to use Olympics to show Arian superiority – Jesse Wens humiliates Hitler

Sept 1935

·         German Race Law passed in Nuremburg – anti-Jewish

March 1935

·         Germany begins rearmament

June 1934

·         Night of the Long Knives – ** kill Stormtrooper leader and other rivals to Hitler

March 1934

·         Nazi election – Enabling Act – Hitler becomes Dictator

Feb 27^th 1934

·         Reichstag falls – 10,000 Communists arrested

Jan 30^th 1933

·         Hitler becomes Chancellor

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