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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George a Welsh Liberal politician. is known for leading the United Kingdom through World War I as Prime Minister. his role in the Paris Peace Conference, and his championing of social reforms that laid the foundation for the British welfare state. -
Barbed wire
In World War I, barbed wire served as a crucial defensive tool. deployed in front of trenches to deter enemy advances and create "kill zones". where soldiers would be exposed to machine gun fire. -
machine guns
Machine guns became a defining weapon of World War I. with heavy guns like the Maxim and lighter guns like the Lewis gun causing significant casualties and shaping the tactics of trench warfare. -
Gavrilo Princip
Immediately after assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip was apprehended by bystanders. after he attempted suicide with cyanide, and was later arrested. then tried and sentenced to 20 years in prison, where he died from tuberculosis in 1918. -
flamethrower
The modern flamethrower, or "Flammenwerfer," was invented in early 20th century Germany. with scientist Richard Fiedler credited with its conception. submitting evaluation models to the German Army in 1901. -
blockade of Germany
The Blockade of Germany, or the Blockade of Europe, occurred from 1914 to 1919. The prolonged naval blockade was conducted by the Allies during and after World War I in an effort to restrict the maritime supply of goods to the Central Powers, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
A Serbian terrorist group assassinated him. The first bullet didn't hit him but his wife. the second bullet struck Francis close to his heart. -
battle of Tepe
The Battle of Tepe (or Tebe) on 25 August 1914 was the first skirmish between German and British forces during the Kamerun campaign in of the First World War. The conflict took place on the border between British Nigeria and German Kamerun, ending in British victory and German withdrawal from the station. -
poison gas
On April 22, 1915 at 5 p.m. a wave of asphyxiating gas released from cylinders embedded in the ground by German specialist troops smothered. the Allied line on the northern end of the Ypres salient, causing panic and a struggle to survive a new form of weapon. The attack forced two colonial French divisions north of Ypres from their positions, creating a 5-mile gap in the Allied line defending the city. -
sinking of the lusitania
The RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner, was sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland, resulting in the deaths of 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. -
battle of somme
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the river Somme in France. -
Tank
The first tank, Little Willie, was developed in 1915. The British first used tanks in combat. on September 15, 1916, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme. -
Woodrow Wilson
Arthur Zimmerman wrote a note. To propose Germany would help reconquer territory that had been lost. In return for Mexican support against the US government. -
Paul Von Hindenburg
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg. was a Prussian-born German military leader. statesman who led the Imperial German Army during the First World War and later became president of Germany. from 1925 until his death in 1934. -
battle of Ardenaes
The Battle of the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. during World War II, launched on December 16, 1944, in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg.