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august 1914 europe went to war
the british expiditionary force (bef)fighting in france came to a stalemate known as the western front = 4 years of bitter fighting. terrible casualties on both sides |
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| effect of gas on the western front. |
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| april 1915 germans launched new weapons in the 2nd baattle of ypres they launched gas shells into french trenches killing hundreds. |
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| 3 types were used chlorine and phosgene caused suffocation mustard gasd ate away the lungs and caused slow painful death. |
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| gas maskes were used to limit impact |
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most significant development in the war 1st used by brits at battle of somme 1916 terrified germans
only moved at walking pace + were unreliable as broke down in mud. in 1917 at cambrai brit tanks broke through german trenches pushing them back 8km by 1918 germans had developed armour piercing bullets which could kill tank operator. |
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say whats in the source (state the obvious)
say what's factual
why was it produced(who by and what for)
coud it be from a neutral viewpoint?
is it reliable?
is it usefull?
what are the strenghs and weaknesses |
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abolish treaty of versailles (list of rules given to germans at end of ww1)
many people thought treaty unjust to germany and it was a constant reminder of defeat of germany in ww1 |
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| treaty had taken away german territory which Hitler wanted back. He wanted to unite with austria and wanted german minorities in other countries to rejoin germany. Hitler wanted an empire in eastern europe to provide more living space for germans |
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| hitler was anticommunist who beleived that the bolsheviks (communists) wanted to take over germany |
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1933 -took germany out of league of nations and began to rearm germany
1934 -mussolini stopped him from taking Austria
1935 -held rearmament in germany
1936 -reintroduced conscription, sent german troops to rhineland, made anticommunist alliance with japan
1937 -tested new weapons in spanish civil war and made anticommunist alliance with italy
1938 -took over Austria and sudetenland
1939 -took over remaider of czechoslovakia and invaded poland
WAR STARTED
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| the breaking of treaty of versailles |
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hitler made army bigger than allowed,
remilitarised rhineland, united with austria (anschluss)
took over polish corridor and later poland |
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Britain and france ok with anschluss but czech leader edward benes feared that his country was next to be invaded by the reich. Czech got france to agree to honour treaty and defend if necessary and britain backed up france
Hitler promised neville chamberlain (pm) not to invade czech but in 1938 Henlein (german nazi leader in sudetenland) stirred up trouble causing the germans there to demand their land back |
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| relationship between britain and germany upto 1939 |
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britain protested the german remilitarisation in 1936 but took no action
they felt that anscluss was inevitable brits took view that Austria wanted union and they refused to help Austria
Britain was also worried about the dangers of Japan and thought it was impossible to face war with both germany and Japan.
brits felt that austrians were so racially similar to germans anyway. |
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concessions to avoid conflict.
many brits at the time thought Hitler was a reasonable man who would stop making demands once some of his grievences were met.
Some in britain more afraid of communism than nazism thus sided with Hitler's view on communism |
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