WW1 Flashcards
Location
global war
Result
Allied victory
Losers
Central powers
British PMs
H. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Romania joined the Allied Powers in
1916
Revolution
Russian
Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Disease
Influenza
Contemporaneously described as
War to end all wars
What was notable about the number who died from wounds compared to disease
1st war where more died in battle than from disease
How many amputations in WW1
41,000
How many army doctors available 1914?
1,000
What was trench fever caused by
Lice
What disease was often a measure of a units efficiency?
Trench foot
What were men ordered to carry to prevent trench foot
Dry clean socks
what was a major cause of trench foot?
heavily manured soils of France
In 1914 how many ambulance trains were there
4
1918 how many ambulance trains were there
51