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WWI

  • Gas Mask

    Gas Mask
    Gas masks used in World War One were made as a result of poison gas attacks that took the Allies in the trenches on the Western Front by surprise. Early gas masks were crude as would be expected as no-one had thought that poison gas would ever be used in warfare as the mere thought seemed too shocking
  • France

    France
    France entered World War I on August 3, 1914, when Germany declared war. France played only a small part in the diplomatic crisis of July 1914
  • Turkey

    Turkey
    The Young Turks entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers, the secret Ottoman–German Alliance having been signed in August 1914
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918).