A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

906 Ch. 22 • The Great War for a mighty offensive in the vicinity of the Somme River. The assault would have to await the arriva ...

The War Rages On 907 the terrain over which the attackers had to struggle but left intact most of the German barbed wire, too st ...

908 Ch. 22 • The Great War British soldiers wearing gas masks Bring a machine gun during the Battle of the Somme, 1916. On the e ...

The War Rages On^909 To cross the sleeping green between. It seems you inwardly grin as you pass Strong eyes, fine limbs, haught ...

910 Ch. 22 • The Great War Soldiers and Civilians In some ways, life in Britain and in the other combatant powers seemed to go o ...

The War Rages On 911 gas-meter readers. A visitor to Berlin in March 1916 reported “no men any­ where, women are doing everythin ...

912 Ch. 22 • The Great War A year later, a British soldier was executed for ignoring orders that such an event was not to recur. ...

The War Rages On 913 When Dutch socialists initiated a peace conference in Stockholm in December 1917, Britain prohibited Britis ...

914 Ch. 22 • The Great War officials became more common. In July, the Reichstag passed a resolution by a large majority asking t ...

The Final Stages of the War 915 the German code, hoped to have the last laugh when the entire Grand Fleet suddenly appeared. The ...

916 Ch. 22 • The Great War Zimmermann, to his ambassador to Mexico. The “Zimmermann telegram” brazenly offered Mexico German hel ...

The Final Stages of the War 917 opposition, had captured Riga, the fortified capital of Latvia, and was advancing along the Balt ...

918 Ch. 22 • The Great War For the first time, soldiers resisted. Some French regiments were heard “baaing” like sheep led to th ...

The Final Stages of the War 919 Compounding this bleak picture for the Allies was a combined Austrian and German offensive in It ...

920 Ch. 22 • The Great War his troops remain independent, fearing that French and British generals would lead them to slaughter. ...

The Final Stages of the War 921 Allied side. Ludendorff hurled all available reserves into the battle. It looked as though the G ...

922 Ch. 22 • The Great War peace. His “Fourteen Points” were based upon his understanding of how the Great War had begun and how ...

The Impact of the War 923 German Republic in Berlin. William II blamed socialists and Jews for the overthrow of the empire and t ...

924 Ch. 22 • The Great War Table 22.1. Casualties in the Great War ALLIED POWERS Country Mobilized Dead Wounded POW/ Missing Tot ...

The Impact of the War 925 A widow in mourning before her husband’s grave at the end of World War I. cost, coining up with a figu ...