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The First World War quickly got bogged down in a trench war whose front lines barely moved, and which had all warring parties frantically searching for ways to break the stalemate. Independently of each other, the French and British hit on the same idea: motorised, armoured vehicles armed with machine guns and cannons. Such 'tanks', as the ...
Newspapers are an accessible source for studying different aspects of The First World War. But just as with other historical sources, the information in newspapers has to be critically examined. This is true of both the texts and the photos and illustrations.
The critical examination of sources is known by historians as ...
On the eve of the First World War, Russia was in a state of turmoil. More and more Russians openly declared their dissatisfaction with Tsar Nicolas II and his authoritarian regime. With the outbreak of war, that dissatisfaction was temporarily washed away by a wave of patriotism. A strong anti-German sentiment fuelled a rapid and massive ...
At the outbreak of the First World War, the American president Woodrow Wilson decided that the United States should stay neutral. A series of diplomatic and military incidents gradually made this neutral stance untenable, and on 6 April 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany.
From that moment on, the US were officially at war, ...
In the early days of aviation in 1914, people already had soaring expectations of it. The airplane would allow humanity to go further, faster and higher. When the First World War broke out, both the Germans and the Allies immediately started exploring the military possibilities of aviation. Both sides set up their own air force, using the ...
Der Erste Weltkrieg versandete schnell in einem Grabenkonflikt mit fast völlig festgefahrenen Frontlinien. Alle kriegsführenden Parteien machten sich darum eifrig auf die Suche nach Auswegen aus dieser Sackgasse. Die Franzosen und Briten kamen unabhängig voneinander auf eine gleichartige Idee: motorisierte und gepanzerte Fahrzeuge, bewaffnet ...
Les journaux constituent une source accessible pour étudier les différents aspects de la Première Guerre mondiale. Mais à l’instar des autres sources historiques, les informations issues des journaux doivent être appréhendées de manière critique. Ceci vaut tant pour les textes que pour les photos et les ...
Zeitungen sind eine leicht zugängliche Quelle, um verschiedene Aspekte des Ersten Weltkriegs zu analysieren. Aber genau wie bei anderen historischen Quellen müssen die Informationen aus Zeitungen sorgfältig begutachtet werden. Dies gilt sowohl für Texte als auch für Fotos und Illustrationen.
Das kritische Begutachten von ...
La Première Guerre mondiale dégénéra rapidement en un conflit de tranchées dont les lignes de front bougeaient à peine. Toutes les parties belligérantes se mirent dès lors ardemment à chercher des façons de sortir de l'impasse. Les Français et les Britanniques eurent chacun de leur côté une idée similaire : des véhicules ...
De Eerste Wereldoorlog verzandde snel in een loopgravenconflict waarbij de frontlijnen nauwelijks bewogen. Alle oorlogvoerende partijen gingen daarom ijverig op zoek naar manieren om die impasse te doorbreken. De Fransen en de Britten kwamen onafhankelijk van elkaar met een gelijkaardig idee: gemotoriseerde en gepantserde voertuigen, gewapend met ...
Aan de vooravond van de Eerste Wereldoorlog was het onrustig in Rusland. Steeds meer Russen uitten openlijk hun ongenoegen over tsaar Nicolaas II en zijn autoritaire regime. Toen de oorlog uitbrak, werd dat ongenoegen tijdelijk ondergesneeuwd door een golf van patriottisme. De sterk anti-Duitse gevoelens brachten een vlotte en massale mobilisatie ...
Lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale éclata, le président américain Woodrow Wilson avait gardé les États-Unis neutres. Une série d'incidents diplomatiques et militaires rendit au fil du temps cette neutralité intenable. Le 6 avril 1917, à la demande de Wilson, le Congrès déclara la guerre à l'Allemagne.
Dès ce moment-là, les ...
The First World War quickly got bogged down in a trench war whose front lines barely moved, and which had all warring parties frantically searching for ways to break the stalemate. Independently of each other, the French and British hit on the same idea: motorised, armoured vehicles armed with machine guns and cannons. Such 'tanks', as the ... 
