During the war there was an imbalance of weapons with the Russian soldiers having one rifle between three men. The Lee Enfield was first produced in 1907; it had been designed by an American called James Lee and built at the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield - hence the rifle's name. The Lee Enfield enjoyed a good reputation with those who were issued with it. It had a ten-bullet magazine and its rate of fire in the hands of well-trained men was high. At the Battle of Mons, the advancing Germans believed that they were under fire from British machine guns.
As we see in source 7, Captain D. Kelly states ‘The attack gave a striking proof of the also make mentions of the advancements of the British army’. By 1916 the British military were using tanks for the first time ever in Flers. We see in source 8 Gordon Corrigon state the numerous ways in which the military improved: “Tanks, mechanicals transports, indirect fire by artillery, trench mortars’. This evidently backs up source 7 as both sources 8 and 8 mention all of the various tactical and mechanical advances. This backs up information we already know in that the British army learnt from its defeats at the very start of the war, for example the battle of Mons.
Canada’s victory over Vimy Ridge from the German Troops signified a first step to the independence of the country. Since Vimy Ridge was a difficult location to capture, many previous countries had failed at doing so. Canada was a colony of Britain and they were not seen as independent so their ability to conquer this battle was very impressive which resulted in this battle being one of the most high points of Canadian military accomplishments throughout WWI. The accomplishment was very well respected by other countries of the world and was a stepping stone in creating a separate international reputation of Canada. Even though the country was under Britain’s leadership, Britain had no involvement in this battle which made it Canada’s very own victory.
As the war drew on, other weapons such as gas and tanks were used by the Germans for the first time at the First Battle of Ypres in 1915, and became a major tool of warfare on the Western Front. Tanks were used by the British for the first time at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 to little effect, but following technological innovation were crucial tot e success of the Allied counter offensive in 1918. The stalemate was eventually broken by a shift in tactics and strategies. Unlike preceding campaigns, the Ludendorff offensive was able to retain the element of surprise by not employing pre-emptive artillery barrage. This, coupled with the use of highly trained storm troopers meant that the Germans were able to make significant gains in
And he's ideals was a major influence in America going to war. Wilson was ready to take the opportunity of this major war and push his ideals of democracy and independence for the many nations of Europe. Although the League of Nations would fail to pass the U.S. Senate and only would eventually fall apart his ideals would live on and push the country to war in the name of democracy. And that is why Wilson's idealism was one of three main major influences in America's push for
He won the votes of many because he was warm-hearted, friendly and idealistic man. He bore the qualities of mind and character to be the man for the job of President in his time. Things weren’t so easy; Indo-China, Russia, the space race and civil rights issues. Eisenhower as president had a time, but his success was because of the very skills he learned in the military as a
What would turn into a four-year conflagration and take more American lives than two subsequent world wars together was expected by many at first to be no more than a "show of power" exhibited by both factions that would end in quick compromise. But, it soon became apparent that the South would not bargain. It didn’t matter that the industrial North was considered unbeatable with its larger population and its iron factories able to churn out artillery by the carloads. The pride of the South was wounded, and the scars were enough to inspire its men to victory in the first several engagements, including the First Battle of Manassas, 30 miles from Washington
To go along with the 4,400 Americans that wont be coming home to their families, there were over 32,000 Americans wounded in this war. So was this $4 trillion dollar war really wort our time and the lives it cost us? I say no, I feel we spent far too long helping a country that wanted nothing but for us to leave their country for years. We have cost too many lives, and have changed too many lives with injuries to justify a war where we simply just pull out. The results did not justify the losses America took, including how negative our image has become over the years, the financial hole we dug ourselves into, and the way we've affected Americans for the
Without the help of Sir Keith Park and the Royal Air Force, the casualty number would have been a lot larger. Sir Keith Park commandeered the 11th Group of Fighter Command. Keith also created a brilliant plan for the defense of London and the South East of England. Keith was in command of the squadron that fought for the Battle of Britain. The failure of the Luftwaffe to defeat the Royal Air Force in 1940 at the Battle of Britain is seen as Germany’s first major mistake in the Second World War against the western front.
How important were David Lloyd-George’s own actions & activities in explaining the fall of the coalition government in 1922? David Lloyd-George, a liberal MP, entered the wartime coalition in 1915 as the Minister of Munitions. After Herbert Asquith resigned David Lloyd-George became Prime Minister in December 1916. He was known as the man who won the war, and was very well respected at the end of the war. In the 1918 General Election the coalition Conservatives gained 335 seats, whereas the Coalition Liberals had only 133 – Lloyd-George was a “prime minister without a party”.