Important WW1 events Flashcards
1
Q
1914
A
- Franz assassinated
- Austria declares war on Serbia
- Germany declares war on Russia
- Germany declares on France - enters Belgium - UK
- crimbo truce
- Jessie pope
- Rupert Brooke
- ‘Recruiting’
2
Q
1915
A
- first use of German gas
- zepplin attacks London
- 200 allied prisoners escape
- ‘into battle’
- ‘in Flanders fields’
3
Q
1916
A
- British conscription
- Battle of the Somme
- air raid on London
- ‘Black Ell’
- ‘Under fire’
4
Q
1917
A
- third battle of Ypres
- A soldiers declaration
- Trench poetry
5
Q
1918
A
- Hindenburg line broken
- Kaiser abdicates
- Armistice
- some women can vote (Rep Act)
- Verses of VAD
6
Q
1925
A
- understanding of shell shock
- Mrs Dalloway
- Journey’s end
- All quiet
- Siegfried’s memoires
7
Q
1939
A
- WW2
8
Q
1945
A
- WW2 ends
9
Q
1963
A
Vietnam war
- oh what a lovely war
10
Q
1971
A
strange meeting
11
Q
1981
A
Thatcher
12
Q
1991
A
regeneration
13
Q
1993
A
Birdsong
