i need to know about world war one?

Question

im doing a school project on world war one and i need some details about what i should put on there and some information about world war one
i also need the details for weapons as well

Answer 1

type world war one into google and u get lots of info or try these links
http://www.firstworldwar.com/
http://www.worldwar1.com/

Answer 2

Hmmm... Sounds like this is one for your parents really, but a few pointers.

Get a map and have it near you so you can see where the various countries are in relation to each other. Then;

Look up some general history (Break up of the Ottoman Empire, instability in the Balkans, the conflict of Empires British/Austro-Hungarian/German and Russian)

Get specific on the power politics (The German Naval build up to challenge British Naval supremacy, the various alliances Tripple entente vs DreiKaiserBund and then see how once everyone had taken sides it only took one incident to put a match to the powder)

Then look at the supposed trigger (The assasination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip of the Serbian Black Hand separatist movement) look at the fact that ultimata were given and acceded to at the last but the two sides went to war anyway (just needed an excuse) then for top marks look at the continued instability in the Balkans and see how the conflict rumbles on...

Look at the map and trace your finger from the French/German border, up and left to Belgium and then through Belgium round to Paris. Look up the Schlieffen Plan and the Maginot Line.

Look closely at the map and find places like Flanders, Ypres and The Somme. Look up references.

Look on the map for the Balkans. Look at modern Turkey find Gallipoli, look up the references.

Weapons?? Try Wikipedia and then follow links to more specialist sites. Remember that the Armies which fought the early part of the war were full of veterans from the previous century and had equipment to match. Point of interest, the fearsome Maxim machine gun which is held responsible for so many deaths on the various fronts was offered to the British High Command before the Germans but they turned it dow as a waste of ammunition...

Look at casualty statistics. People speak of the machine guns as the big killer but that is a myth. Most died from artillery bombardments, though not always very quickly...

Finally analyse the whole event. What were the aims of the two sides? Were they achieved? How did the world change as a result (hint - they caled it 'The War to end all wars...' oh dear).

Finally look up the Treaty of Versailles and when you have done all of this it should be November, buy a poppy, go to the local War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday and remember the people you have read about. The more people who know the horror of this history, the more chance we have of preventing it happening again.

Just a few thoughts to get you going.

Answer 3

1st of all the nazi's wernt in ww1

ww1 28/08/1914 - 11.00am 11/11 1918
the war was set off by the assination of Archduke Ferdinand on 28/08/1914 in sarejavo

first war to use tanks & planes

fighting took place from trenches

look at site below

Answer 4

It was a trench war. First use of Tanks, first use of planes in combat, wide spread use of machine guns. The most interesting part of WW1 is how it started. Look into the unification of Germany. The man behind the scenes was Otto Von Bismark, he used the German prime minister and his family like puppets.

Answer 5

Hi wikipedia will give you a crash couse in about 10mins thats all your need.

And it had nothing to do with the Nazi Party. the Nazi party wasn't even around then! who ever said that must have been american,

americans forgot WW1 was going on and were late for WW2
we should remember to not invite them to the next one!

Answer 6

Go to your local library (they still exist), you will find hundreds of books on the subject. By the way ignore spasticnation, the Nazis had nothing to do with WW1.

Also ignore rossminton2002 (below) the Americans did enter WW1 in 1917.

Answer 7

It was a big fight involving the world , and it was the first one, hence world war one.

Answer 8

BBC History website is really good. Even more detail, especially on weaponry in www.worldwarone.com

Answer 9

The nazis were trying to take over the world for the first time and it was the first machine gun war. Hundreds of machine guns were used heroicly in battle.

Answer 10

this link provides u with everything u need
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=world+war+1&Submit2=Go