What were the three fronts of WWI?
Hello there I am the surfer Europe , the border from Swiss towards the english channel was full with trenches, the germans were close to take paris , and stalemate begun, several hard battles took place in order to gain ground from the enemy, like somme, verdun, capporetto, passandale and some others Russia . the germans won big time at the massurian lakes versus russian czarist army cause germans broke the radio code and knew when and where to hit hard, then brusilov offensive came in, brusilov is the only commander to be given his name to an offensive, never before and never after Middle east: megido, the british delivered a fatal blow to turks, also gallipolli was big, ottoman turkey closed sea acces to ukraine, allies needed to break blockade to deliver weapons and food to russia , in order to do so a huge fleet came to gallipolli beach , several ships were lost to naval mines and coastal guns 83,000 turks dead , 150,000 allies dead , 9 months of fight and ottoman turkey was not invaded and blockade to russia was in effect until the end of war The atlantic: several battles took place like coronel at falkanlands, the german fleet delivered several fatal blows to royal navy but a huge payback came in at falklands germany lost big time Jutland in between holland and england the biggest ship engagement ever since a lot time ago ( jutland is one of the 5 biggest naval battles ever!) then germany had submarine warfare and almost won, england by summer 1917 had only 6 weeks of food , petrol and supplies , then convoy system was installed and was very effective The asian theather japan took colonies like tsingao ( china ) from germany! From the surfer
How did the Allies push back the Axis powers on four fronts?
With overwhelming manpower and industrial resources. Neither the superior weapon systems invented in Germany nor the nearly unbreakable will of the Japanese could stop the allies. The allies had the numbers and they used them wisely. It was just a matter of time. Only if the US wouldn't have joined the war the axis would have had a chance to win. And only a chance, not a guarantee
What were the fronts of World War I?
EasyFirst and foremost, you have the main (and bloodiest) front, the West Front, where Germany was fighting Britain, Belgium and France and later the USA.Next, we have the East front where the Germans and Austro-Hungarians were fighting Russia, which was later abolished because of the Bolshevik revolution that conquered all of Russia and established the Soviet UnionOn the Balkans, the Serbs were fighting Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria until they were defeated and escaped through Albania. At the same time, Greece had finally made it in the war on the side of the Allies and with their help starting pushing northThe Ottoman Empire also joined the war. At first they invaded Russia, but they failed. After that, they attacked Britain in Egypt but that also failed. The Brits also invaded the Ottoman empire, somewhere around in Arabia I think. They starting pushing and eventually sent a small force to capture Baghdad, but they were ambushed and eventually surrendered. One of the British officers, along with some native help, started sabotaging Ottoman railways and trains. You may have heard him by the name Lawrence of Arabia.The Brits also tried to open up a new front with the Ottomans with the Gallipoli Campaign, from where they would advance their capital, Constantinople, which ultimately failed and ended up in a massacre for both sidesOther minor fronts where the German colonies in Africa and Asia (German New Guinea). In German east Africa in specific, the fight was so brutal, that the Brits started conscripting the native Africans to fight. So you can imagine how hard life was there. Oh yeah, Japan also took some German islands in the pacific. The only reason the sided with the Allies was that and also because they were building an empireAnd that's about all, I believe.
What about WWI?
by 1914 Europe had formed into 2 armed camps. Russia and France on one side Germany, AustriaHungary and Italy on the other. The Russians had wanted to help the Slavic people when Bosnia Herzegovina were annexed by Austria Hungary as the old Ottoman(Turkish Empire) declined but were unable to do so. After Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand ( the Heir to Austrian throne)was assassinated by Gavrillo Princip a Serb, Austria Hungary declare dc war on Serbia. Russia then declared war on Austria Germany declared war on Russia France declared war on Germany and Austria. Britain kept out of this as she had no treaties with either side (except an entente cordiale with France but that did not include going to war) When However Germany invaded Belgium to split the french line get to Paris and fight a war on both fronts, Britain intervened as there was a treaty with Belgium dating back 100 years or may be even more. I think most of this is correct but it is almost 30 years since I did this at school. Just to let you know the Schiefflen plan was Germanys strategy to fight a war on both fronts which meant marching through nutral belgium towards Paris they actually missed Paris or the war would have been over 6 months. More people died from pandemic influenza than from the war
Were WW1 and WWII fought on any African soil?
Yes Quite so, the Germans had a very long and very succesful Guerilla campaign against the Entente forces in Africa, one of the reasons was that the Germans didn’t treat their African allies as subhuman. Which the Entente forces did to a very large extend. Throughout world war 1, the German and African allied forces in Africa was never decisively defeated and continued fighting until Germany surrendered.In world war 2, there were 2 African campaigns. The first one was against the Italian colony in Ethiopia. The second one was fought in North Africa. Initially the Italians attempted to capture the Suez canal from the British but ultimately failed to do so despite initial gains. Later, the Germans joined this fighting with a small corps. The Americans landed in Vichy French held western Africa and pushed towards Axis Libya and Tunisia. Tunisia was the last Axis stronghold to fall in Africa. North Africa was used to launch the invasion of Italy after that.
How do the casualties from WW1 and WW2 compare and contrast?
WWI casualties (deaths and missing) from: World War I casualtiesTotal military: 8,573,054 to 10,824,236Total civilian (excluding the post war influenza epidemic): 7,661,099 to 8,350,099Total (military + civilian): 16,234,153 to 19,174,335WWII casualties (deaths and missing) from: World War II casualtiesTotal military: 21,000,000 to 25,500,000Total civilian: 48,000,000 to 58,500,000Total (military + civilian): 69,000,000 to 84,000,000Calculations and comparisons:WWI military to civilian casualty ratio: 1.12 to 1.30WWII military to civilian casualty ratio: 0.44WWII military to WWI military casualty ratio: 2.45 to 2.36WWII civilian to WWI civilian casualty ratio: 6.27 to 7.01WWII total to WWI total casualty ratio: 4.25 to 4.38WWI: 1914 to 1918WWII: 1939 to 1945Analysis:WWII was over four times as lethal as WWI (5 above)… Some of that is due to WWII lasting longer (4 vs 6 years - 6 vs 7 above) and being fought over a larger geographic area involving more nations, more combatants and more non-combatants…However, as we can see (3 above), total WWII military casualties were roughly “only” two and a half times as much as in WWI… So how did we get a almost double that increase in total casualties (5 above)?!… The answer is glaringly obvious: a massive increase (6 to 7 fold - 4 above) in civilian casualties…During WWI military casualties were slightly more then civilian casualties (1 above) because the fighting was mostly confined to the battle fronts… Civilians casualties were restricted to civilians being in the front line areas and some health and hunger issues behind the front lines… Atrocities against civilians did occur during WWI but they were very much limited when compared with WWII…Conversely, during WWII the fighting wasn’t limited to the immediate vicinity of the front lines… Effectively, the whole geographic area became a potential “front line” due to long range bombing… In addition, atrocities as well as health and hunger issues were made much bigger during WWII (somewhat due to extended time period) to the extend that the civilian casualties went from slightly less then military casualties during WWI (1 above) to more then double during WWII (2 above)…This reality was the MAIN impetus to changing the LOAC’s (Laws Of Armed Combat) post WWII as it was realized that the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and the pre war Geneva Conventions didn’t sufficiently address the realities of modern warfare…
History help on WWI Please?!?!?
Can only two of them...hope it helps!! 3)In september 1914,the faltering Germans were attacked by the French under Joffre in the battle of the Marne;they ere driven back to the river Aisne,where they were able to dig trenches.This battle was vitally important;some historians call it one of the most decisive battles in modern history because of the following reasons: 1)It ruined the Schlieffen Plan once and for all:France would not be knocked out in six weeks,and all hopes of a shot war were dashed; 2)The Germans would have to face full scale war on two fronts,which they had never intended; 3)The war of movement was over-the trench lines eventually stretched from the Alps to the Channel coast; and 4)There was time for the British navy to bring its crippling blockade to bear on Germany's port. 5)At first Germany respected neutral shipping and passenger liners,but it was soon clear that their U-boat blockade was not effective.This was partly because they had insufficient U-boats and partly because there were problems of identification:the British tried to fool the Germans by flying neutral flags and using passenger liners to transport arms and ammunitions.In April 1915 the British liner Lusitania was sunk by a torpedo attack.In fact the Lusitania was armed and carrying vast quantities of arms and ammunitions, as the Germans knew;hence their claim that the sinking was not just an act of barbarism against defenceless civilians.This had an important consequence:out of almost 2000 dead,128 were Americans.President Wilson therefore found that the USA would have to take sides to protect her trade.