World War 1
World War 1
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World War 1
When did the First World War start?
1912
1914
1916
1918
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
An Austro-Hungarian archduke
A Russian tsar
An English king
A French-Servian pope
Who was Austria-Hungary friends with?
Russia
Montenegro
France
Germany
Why did Germany invade Belgium?
Belgium had a very strong army
To get around France's defences
To invade England through Belgium
Because Germany had nothing better to do
Why did Britain declare war on Germany?
Because Germany tried to invade England first
Because Britain wanted to capture Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II
Because Britain didn't like that Germany attacked neutral Belgium
Because Britain wanted to get to Russia through Germany
What is meant by 'No Man's Land'?
An uninhabited area (where no one lives)
A song by Eric Bogle
The area between trench lines and armies
An area invaded by an opposing army
Some facts
more than 55 million men from 30 countries fought in WW1
nearly 10 million died
more than 21 million were injured
civilian casualties: +/- 1 million as a result of attacks, +/- as a result of disease and famine
Do you know what this is and what it stands for?
Poppy Day
Remembrance Day
Armistice Day
11 November
Why the Poppy? (1)
In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants to grow on the otherwise barren battlefields.
Why the Poppy? (2)
The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice made by his comrades and quickly became a lasting memorial to those who died in World War One and later conflicts. It was adopted by The Royal British Legion as the symbol for their Poppy Appeal, in aid of those serving in the British Armed Forces, after its formation in 1921.
In Flanders fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.