WW1

• • 9 million people lost their lives in the conflict.
• Over 25,000 miles of trenches were dug on the Western Front.
• 10,000 men from Newham volunteered to fight in the first few months of the war.
• Newham raised four battalions and 4 gun brigades.
• • India sent 1.4 million soldiers, Australia 400,000, New Zealand sent 130,000, Canada sent 600,000 to support Britain.
• • 117,000 women were employed in transport compared to just 18,000 women previously.
• Around 900,000 women worked in the munitions industry.
• • Over 100,000 women were allowed to join the armed forces (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps & Womens Royal Naval Service.
• By 1918 more than 17,000 nurses had served close to the trenches working in field hospitals all along the Western Front.
• • Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
• • Gavrilo Princip was the man who killed Franz Ferdinand.
• • Sarajevo is where Franz Ferdinand was killed.
• The Western Front was where most of the fighting took place.
• Harold Gillies was a surgeon who became well known for his pioneering work on facial reconstruction.
• • Konrad Adenauer was the mayor of a German city who invented sausages made from soy.
• • Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo in 1914. This triggered a domino effect of countries declaring war on each other.
• • In 1915, the German leader Kaiser Wilhelm approved a plan to carry out bombings of London.
• • New weapons such as flamethrowers, tanks and poison gas were introduced in an attempt to break the stalemate on the Western Front.
• • Mobile x-ray machines were developed to be able to be moved close to the fighting. This saved many lives.
• • Doctors found a way to store blood using a glucose solution. This allowed it to be kept in fridges for transfusions later on.
• • Campaigns by doctors led to more sympathetic support for soldiers suffering shell shock and combat stress, and specialised hospitals were set up.
• 1914 is when the war began after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
• • 1918 is when the war ended.
• 1918 is when married women over 30 got the right to vote.
• • 1928 is when all women would get the vote.
• 1915 is when the first Zeppelin air raid began.
• • 1914 - Defense of the Realm Act (DORA). Everything in society came under the control of the government. 
• Militarism:

  The belief that a country should maintain a strong military force, and be prepared to use it aggressively
• Nationalism

  An intense form of loyalty to your home country. 
• Alliance

  When countries agree to fight together against a common enemy.
• Imperialism

  The belief that a country should have a big empire to help it remain powerful.
• Prosthetic Limbs: false arms or legs
• Trench Warfare

  War fought using trenches to keep soldiers safe.
• Shrapnel

  Pieces of metal that break off from a bullet or bomb.
• Innovation

  Something new that is introduced or invented.
• Home Front

  The term for the efforts going on at home to help win the war.
• Home Front

  The term for the efforts going on at home to help win the war.
• Munitionette

  The name for women who worked in munitions (bombs and bullets) factories.
• Triple Alliance

  An alliance made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
• Triple Entente

  An alliance made up of Britain, France and Russia.