Ashleigs ANZAC presentation
ANZAC ANSWERS
Presentation By Ashleigh Dixon
Introduction
I researched the answers to some questions I had about WW1 and how it had started. Here is the information that I gathered.
Background
WW1 started because a group of people called the black Hand assassinated Francis Ferdinand while he was in Sarajevo causing war between
Serbia and Austria. Eventually allied countries were involved and it became a world war.
What weapons were used in WW1?
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/weapons.htm
• Gas -The German army were the first to use
Chlorine Gas at the battle of Ypres in 1915.
Chlorine Gas causes a burning sensation in the throat and chest pains.
How Chlorine Gas is Made
• Planes- Planes were used for the first time in this war.
At first they were only used to ship and deliver bombs, and to spy, but soon the planes were loaded with bombs, machine guns and once in a while cannons.
Planes
• Rifles -The Rifle was the main weapon used by the British soldiers in the trenches.
15 rounds could be fired in a minute, the maximum range was
1,400 meters.
Basic Rifle
Soldiers Using Rifles
• Machine Gun -
Machine Guns were large and required 4-6 people to fire them on a flat piece of land
Basic Machine Gun
• Zeppelin -The Zeppelin
(blimp) is an air ship.
It was used in the early part of the war. However the airships were not used later in the war because they were easy to shoot out of the sky.
• Torpedoes -
Submarines used
Torpedoes to blow up trading ships going from Britain to
America.
The Germans torpedoed the passenger liner
Lusitania on May 1st
1915 which sank killing
1,195 people
• Tank -Tanks were first used in the battle of
Somme in WW1.
They were made specifically to cope with weather from the
Western Front.
A Medium Tank
A German Tank
What impact did the war Have on families in NZ?
http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=345728
The families were majorly affected by the war. You can imagine how emotionally damaging the loss of a close relative or family member can be. As if recovering from a death did not put enough pressure on the population, there was also a change to the social classes due to the economy, the middle class struggled to pay taxes while rebuilding their lives.
Woman helping out as nurses and doing other volunteer work caused many
Children to live life without their parents .
What role did the women play in
WW1?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100125140759AAoC9ZX
Many American women travelled to Europe to be volunteers before
America even took part in the war. Around 20 000 crossed the sea to help as Nurses, telephonists , Canteen assistants,
Ambulance drivers etc.
Some of the women were made doctors in the French hospitals with next to no training.
"I knew nothing about nursing and had to learn on my patients, a painful process for all concerned" said Juliet Goodrich.
How old did the soldiers have to be to enter the war?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080130212522AAjSIK7
If you looked around 18 and had permission from your parents you could be signed up.
However it was your appearance that mattered more than documented age. Maybe it was lack of age verification or because it didn’t really matter.
Who Won ww1?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_won_World_War_1
France, Great Britain, The
USA, and their allies regained the land that Germany and
Austria-Hungary stole.
However though they were successful in regaining the land. They did not regain long term peace with Germany and Austria-Hungary, the disagreements from then on were small.
Celebrating the end of WW1
How long did the war go on for?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_did_World_War_1_last
August 1914 – November 1918
The first attacks in the war were in a
German state in Africa in August 1914.
The peace treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28th 1919 ending most disagreements. A more important truce was signed on November 11th
1918 and is now thought of as the end of the war. The last peace treaty to do with this war were not signed until august the 23rd 1923. The war is thought to have lasted around 4 years and 3 months- from August 1914 to
November 1918.
What is the meaning of the word
Anzac?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_ANZAC_mean
Australian and New Zealand
Army Corps
For New Zealanders, ANZAC stands for loyalty, courage and friendship, it stands for battling for the freedom of each other and for the freedom of the country. It means persistence and resilience and fighting even under the most hopeless of conditions.
How many Turks were there in the battle of Gallipoli?
http://www.turkeyswar.com/campaigns/gallipoli5.htm
At the end of September
1915, the number of Turkish forces in Gallipoli was roughly 5,287 officers and
255 728 soldiers.
158 363 of the soldiers were combatants, with the support of 230 artillery pieces. There were nearly
120 000 allied soldiers.
Where is Gallipoli?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_Gallipoli
You can find Gallipoli in the European section of
Turkey east of the Aegan
Sea. Winston Churchill called it "The soft underbelly of Europe”.
Interesting facts
• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090908025
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• http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/WW1-Trench-Life-
322695.html
• http://luckypuppyoddfacts.com/WWII.html
• http://kapush.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/interesting-factsabout-wwi-according-to-iwebtoolcom/
Fact Number 1
• Front line soldiers weren't allowed to send letters.
They had to send field postcards. They deleted the information as required and all field postcards were checked by the authorities. If anything extra had been written on them they were not sent.
A WW1 Field Postcard
Fact Number 2 and 3
• There was an unofficial
Christmas truce between the Germans and the British in the region of Ypres Belgium in 1914.
• There was an unofficial
Christmas truce between German and
French troops in 1915
Fact Number 4
• WW1 was the first war with unrestricted submarine warfare
WW1 coastal Submarine
Fact Number 5
• The French 75 revolutionized artillery, it's hydro-pneumatic long recoil mechanism which kept the gun's trail and wheels perfectly still during the firing sequence.
Since it did not need to be re-aimed after each shot, the French could deliver fifteen rounds per minute
A artillery battery Armed with a French 75
Fact Number 6
• Once the Germans crossed the lines on the 8th November, the German delegates were not driven directly to the railway car where the armistice talks were to be held. Rather, the French gave them a 10-hour scenic tour of the country side.
Armistice Talks
Fact Number 7
• The phrase 'pipe down', (amongst others, such as 'rise and shine', 'busted', and 'over the top') originated from the dark trenches of
WW1.
Fact Number 8
• The original Pooh
Bear was a Canadian
World War One
Mascot.
Honey!
Winnie the Pooh and friends
Fact Number 9
• Two days before D-
Day, all (11,550 in all) aircraft participating in the invasion were painted with
"Invasion Strips" to be better identified and not shot down by their own side.
The painting consumed ALL of the white paint in
Britain.
Invasion Striped Plane
Fact Number 10
• In WW1, Germany was funding Lenin’s campaign so Russia would enter a revolution and thus leave the war.
Fact Number 11
• The US entered
WW1 because
Germany sent a note to Mexico (that was intercepted) saying they would help
Mexico get some original American land back (meaning they would declare war on the United
States) if they helped
Germany in WW1.
America and Mexico
Fact Number 12
• In WW1, Germany recruited black
Americans into the
Mexican army. (Black
Americans in that time opposed
America at war, majorly.)
African American Soldiers
Fact Number 13
• In WW1, American military leaders wore
French gas masks because the
American designs
(which the millions of soldiers had to wear) were fatally flawed in some cases.
American Gas Mask French Gas Mask
Fact Number 14
• In WW1, President
Wilson signed the
Espianoge Act. Also to fight low morale,
President Wilson instigated the
“American Protection
Legion” to spy on
Americans to see what they were saying about the war.
It employed 250,000 gov’t workers.
American Protection Legion
Timeline
Timeline
Map
Senses Poem
By Ashleigh Dixon
Inhumane.
Inhumane is the sickly black of death, the taste of a dead man’s ashes.
Inhumane is the smell of destruction,
And looks like plague and suffering.
It sounds like the tortured screams that fill the air.
War is inhumane
Quiz
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The airships were not used later in the war because they were easy to shoot out of the sky.
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Woman helping out as nurses and doing other volunteer work while the men were at war caused many
Children to live life without their parents .
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Many American women travelled to
Europe to be volunteers before
America even took part in the war.
Around 20 000 crossed the sea to help as
Nurses, telephonists ,
Canteen assistants,
Ambulance drivers etc.
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If you looked around 18 and had permission from your parents you could be signed up. However it was your appearance that mattered more than documented age. Maybe it was lack of age verification or because it didn’t really matter.
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The war is thought to have lasted around 4 years and
3 months- from august 1914 to
November 1918.
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France, Great Britain, The
USA and their allies regained the land that Germany and
Austria-Hungary stole.
However though they were successful in regaining the land. They did not regain long term peace with
Germany and Austria-
Hungary, the disagreements from then on were small.
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For New Zealanders,
ANZAC stands for loyalty, courage and friendship, it stands for battling for the freedom of each other and the country. It means persistence and resilience and fighting even under the most hopeless of conditions.
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At the end of
September 1915, the number of Turkish forces in Gallipoli was roughly 5,287 officers and 255 728 soldiers.
158 363 of the soldiers were combatants, with the support of 230 artillery pieces. There were nearly 120 000 allied soldiers.
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You can find Gallipoli in the European section of
Turkey east of the
Aegan Sea. Winston
Churchill called it "The soft underbelly of
Europe”.
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Question 1
Why was the Zeppelin abandoned?
Because it was easy to shoot out of the sky
Question 2
Why were many families forced to continue life without their parents?
Because their parents abandoned them
Because their parents had to do other jobs concerning the war
Question 3
Many American women travelled to Europe to be volunteers before America even took part in the war. True or false?
A.
B.
Question 4
If you wanted to participate in the war, which would matter more, if you looked 18 or if you had documented records of being 18?
Having documented records of being 18
Question 5
At the end of the war there was long term peace. True or false?
Question 6
How long did the war go on for?
Question 7
To New Zealanders does the word ANZAC stand for more than Australian and New Zealand army corps?
Question 8
How many Turk soldiers were there?
Question 9
Who called Gallipoli "The soft underbelly of
Europe”?
