Mock war

• Alliances p1 


  alliances triggered due to assassination and resulted in a smaller conflict to be unnecessarily

  • Serbia’s failure to comply with the ten point ultimatum led to Ah declaring war on July 28th
  • Russia support Serbia
  • Germany support
  • Triggers triple entente of 1882 and the triple alliance of 1907.
  • Within a week 8 countries already preparing for mass conflict
• Alliances pt2

  Schleifen plan on Aug 2 broke belgiums neutruality and forced Britain into the war through the London treaty.

  this is a key example of how the wide scale war involved other neutral countries such as Belgium and Luxembourg and even those part of the large empires of Britain and France
• Factors that led to Germanys defeat (America)

  Americas deceleration do war led to

  • 2 mil tonnes of supplies
  • 50000 men per week
  • economical power
  • Moral boost
  • forces Ludendorff offensive
• factors that led to Germanys defeat(Ludendorff Spring offensive ) 


  1918 due to russias absences (1 front ) and America coming. They launched one last attempt. 5hr long bombing followed by effective use of stormtroopers mustard gas flamethrowers led to 200000 British dead and 60 km of land gained.

  They moved so far they had to wait for supply’s which create a salient/ Buldge. Germans lost 500000 men
• Factors that led to stalemate 


  poor leadership- failure of the creeping barrage

  key example of this is the battle of the Somme

  24th Jun 1916 over 2 mil shells fired at German trenches. Soldiers sent over the top however Germans were still alive. 20000 died on the first day. however General Haig did not stop sending men over the top which resulted in 600000 British casualties for only 6 miles gained. Haig gained the reputation of butcher of the Somme stalemate continued.
• Factors that led to stale mate

  general trench warfare meant it was easeir to defend a trench than to attack one as

  • going over the top left men iscolated
  • bombing was ineffective
  • conditions such as weather at pachendale made gaining land hard
  • even if a trench was gained the enemies would retreat regroup and take it back
  • Trench ware fate is completely different to any other previous war. 1915 Lord Kitchener descibed “ I don’t know what this is but it’s not war “
• factors that led to stalemate

  new technology- machine guns ' devils paintbrush ' made gaining land hard and resulted in 40% of all British wounds

  reconnaissance planes are poor communication meant that planning a surprise attack hard