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KO Western Front Flashcards

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What is the Western Front?

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A stretch of land through France and Belgium where most of fighting took place in WWI and is where most of the main battles occurred.

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What happened in August 1914?

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The war begins

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What happened in August to September 1914?

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The first trenches were built on both sides of the war

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What happened in October to November 1914?

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First Battle of Ypres

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What happened in April to May 1915?

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Second Battle of Ypres

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What happened in February to December 1916?

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Battle of Verdun

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What happened in July to November 1916?

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The Battle of the Somme

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What happened in July to November 1917?

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Third Battle of Ypres

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What happened in November to December 1917?

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Battle of Cambrai

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When was the final months of the war?

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Summer and Autumn 1918

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What is a Battalion?

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A large body of troops, forming part of a brigade

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What is a Trench?

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Long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived all day and night

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What is Artillery?

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Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land

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What is Shrapnel?

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Fragments of a bomb, shell or other object thrown out by an explosion

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What is a Triage?

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The system of splitting the wounded into groups according to who needed the most urgent attention

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What is an Evacuation?

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The clearing of a body (dead or alive) from the battle ground to seek medical attention

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What is an Antiseptic?

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A type of surgery that kills germs in wounds

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What is an Aseptic?

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A type of surgery that prevents germs reaching wounds

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What is a Blood transfusion?

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An injection of a volume of blood, previously taken from a healthy person, into a patient

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What is Chlorine gas?

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A biological weapon first used by the Germans at the second Battle of Ypres

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What is Trench Foot?

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A painful condition of the feet caused by cold, deep water and mud of the trench

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What is an infection?

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The process of infecting or state of being infected

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What is a terrain?

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The type of ground (hilly, muddy, flat, easy to walk on)

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