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2 consequences of women contributing to ww1
One consequence of women contributing to WW1 was the weapon production rate increased. For example, after women joined the workforce, weapons that had previously taken a year to manufacture now took 3 weeks and in 6 months the number of shells manufactured had increased 20 fold. This meant that the workforce was able to produce what the troops needed. Without the weapons they were able to produce, the British Army couldn’t have carried on fighting. Therefore, one consequence was the increased production rate of munitions.
Another consequence of women contributing to WW1 was that women stepped into men’s jobs for the first time. For example, women now took on the jobs of bus conductors, road layers, coal deliverers, grave diggers, postal workers and factory workers (munitionettes), which had previously been male jobs. This meant that women’s employment opportunities expanded beyond the traditional and domestic professions of women at the time. Seeing women take over these jobs broke gender stereotypes which proved to men that women could work and could hold responsibilities, somewhat leading to the victory of the suffragette/ist campaign and the right to vote.
To what extent was the British Empire significant to WW11?
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inference alone, very well alone
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terms in treaty of versailles
-signed in June 1919 and marked the end of WWI
- The treaty forced Germany to accept all responsibility for starting the war
-Germany had to pay £6.6 billion in reparations to other countries for all damage caused
-took away German land
-Germany lost it’s colonies
-Rhineland became demilitarised to protect France
-German army limited to 100,000 men and wasn’t allowed an air force, submarines or tanks
-Created by 3 leaders of the major powers (France, Britain and USA)
-Set up League of Nations (international organisation to keep peace and avoid another war)
-Germans thought the treaty was unfair
4 main causes of end of WW2
-Women in allied nations working and helping the war effort in Britain
- Germany’s poor leadership
-Allied war production
-Battle of Stalingrad
developments in warfare tech ww1
-flame thrower
-grenades
-tanks
-machine guns
-poison gas
-fighter and bomber planes
alliances
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militarism
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nationalism
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imperialism
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trigger causes
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ww1 timeline
1906-1914- naval race
1908- bosnian crisis
1914- assasinatio of archduke, ww1 breaks out
1915- West Indies regiment formed
1916- Battle of the Somme
1917- Women’s land army, USA joins war
1918- armistice
1919- treaty of versailles
bombardment
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no mans land
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wall street crash
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