Early out today, and no school for the rest of the week for thanksgiving.
domain problems again, so im on compy 16 instead of my usual 21.
continuing with weapons of ww1
planes----the Red Baron was a guy, german i think, who shot down lots of other planes.
animals at war----dogs were used for gas mask testing.
WW1 caused lots of death and destruction- was the worst war ever in history...so far. there was lots of fires, bombing, etc. left towns in ruins. yep.
Turkish Massacre of Armenians....
the world doesnt know a lot about holocaust-similar events, like the hutus vs tuttis in rowanda, simply because they dont get the press.
Turkey systematically went after and killed Armenians. just because one ethnic group, the turks, didnt like the other, the armenians, this was recently declared a genocide by 43 sates, but not the usa as a nation.
WW1 goals----
no real goals at first, but later on they all wanted to win territory.
- France (main) wanted: to regain Alasace and Lorraine from Germany; to ge tthe Saar Basin (rich in coal) from Germany; to create an independent Rhineland to create a buffer area between France and Germany; to cripple Germany's military; to get German colonies in Africa; and to get Turkish colonies in the Mid-East.
- Great Brittain (main) wanted: to get German colonies in Africe; to get Turkish colonies in Mid-East.
- Italy (middle) wanted: land from Austria-Hungary.
- Russia (middle) wanted: control of Dardenelle and Bosporus Straits in Turkey.
- Austria-Hungary (lesser) wanted: self preservation.
- Germany (main) wanted: part of France; Luxembourg and Belgium; most of western Russia; to make Austria-Hungary and the Balkans "a sphere of influence"; to take over French and British colonies in Africa
- Untied States (later main) wanted: to win and end the war; Wilson's 14 Points (after we won the war), aka, to make the world a better and safer place.
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