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assassination of fraz ferdinand
he was shot dead on the top of an open top bus and it was organised by top militry forces. -
womens involvement in the war
the womens involvment in the war was very important some of them were nuses what went aroud saving people also a lot more jobs opend up for them when the men when to war like factorys ect but the didnt get paid any more wages. this had a long term effect by giving women right to do jobs they couldnt of done before -
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the battle of somme
The battle consisted of the british and french army on the german army because the tryed to invade france. The opening day of the battle on 1 July 1916 saw the British Army suffer the worst one-day combat losses in its history, with nearly 60,000 casualties. Because of the composition of the British Army, at this point a volunteer force with many battalions comprising men from the same places, these losses had a massif social impact and have given the battle its legacy in Britain. -
art and poetry
Although World War One stimulated great works in every media, the western world embraced war poetry more than any other art-form, canonising the names of Owen, Sassoon and Graves and making the soldiers' verse synonymous with the conflict. -
armistice
The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender.