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KEY STAGE 3 and 4 National Curriculum History THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914 -1918 INTERACTIVE Why did Britain and her allies defeat Germany in the Great War? Playing movies

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A Cross-Section of a Trench 1 Trench Warfare was a type of fighting during 6 Sandbags at the front the First World War in PARAPET Sandbags at the back which both sides dug PARADOS ditches protected by Dugout mines and barbed wire. 3 Trenches were usually 85 10 feet deep and 6 feet Fire step Duck boards wide. 2 Barbed wire 4 Key Stage 3 and 4 History The First World 9

The Battle thethe Somme The Battle of the Somme The British Plan ofof Somme 1916 er Riv me Som German The Trenches General Haig, the British commander at the German By 1916, the fighting Army Somme believed that he had the secret of a Army on the Western Front had 600, 000 14 July successful attack. A heavy bombardment by reached a stalemate. The 15 Sept casualties German trenches A weekarmy ofthe was German well Gaps artillery would destroy the German cut in the German soldiers and defences artillery barbed wire for killed or taken protected on high ground barbed wire, trenches, machine guns and destroyed. Ist July 1916 bombardment British soldiers prisoner and wellsoldiers. built trenches. ENGLAND The bombardment would lift and at Did you know that on the first What went wrong? 19 Nov GERMANY BELthe dawn onday 1 st of July GIU of. British the 1916 battle the troops M would cross No Man's Land occupy the Somme: The aimthe of the andhoped that French It was also Estimate how far Do you think that German trenches. Heavy casualties were not was to British attack There were 60, 000 British this attack. Army would help the French and British and French armies number of casualties expected. Soldiers were told by their officers break through the FRANCE casualties. French army which Stepshad leading down to a huge German 400, 000 British Army German artillery thataunderground itstrong would simply be apicture matter of stroll German trenches and advanced by the end of Low cloud justified the reasons for been under shelter. The gives a British advancing Germans emerge 1 in 4 men were wounded. casualties was not reduced aerial defeat the German troops cut down from their across No Man's Land on a sunny day. German attack at Verdun. good idea of the size and depth of many the Battle of the Somme? destroyed 1 in 10 men were killed. artillery spotting Verdun dugouts German dugouts on the Somme. by machine guns army. Key Stage 3 and 4 History The First World 16

HOW THE WAR ENDED It was a turning point England in the war and helped the Allies to victory. America enters the war in April 1917. Paris The allies were The American army on the signs a low on. Western Front 1918. Russia About 2 treaty with ammunition and American solders Germany and million fought leaves the war they were worn in the First Worldin. War. March 1918. out. The collapse of Russia Germany. The American The Kaiser was fresh How did escapes army to Holland. and they had the Germany soldiers. American army help. Austriathe Allies? Hungary Germany surrenders on 11/11/1918. This was called the armistice. France The American America was the army helped to Germany launched the British, French and The German army the Ludendorff Offensivepush in American country forces begin a breaks through British strongest Germany army incounter-attack the world. forcing March 1918 in an and French trenches attempt to win the war. back. nearly reaching Paris. the German army back. 39