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5. World War I is also know as the great war or the war to end wars. It killed 16 million people and had over 37 million civilian casualties in 4 years of fighting from 1914 to 1918. World War I was fought on most of the continents of Europe. The fighting that happened during the war was fought on lots different fronts. The Western Front was where most of the fighting between Germany and the Triple Entente happened. The system of trenches marked the location of the Western Front. There was a no man's land between the two sides. Most of the fighting here was trench warfare, since if you wandered out onto no man’s land you would most likely be shot and killed. But in the trenches there was a “strategy” called going over the top, where the solider had to crawl out of the trench and walk through no mans land with their guns, if they cowered out or ran back they where executed by their own allies. The though behind this plan was to take the enemy by surprise and be able to gain access to the enemy trenches and push them back so that the attacking army gained land to be able to fight on.

6. The day was Sunday, 28 th Of June, 1914 and Franz Ferdinand was on his visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia to inspect the imperial armed forces. He travelled in his Gräf and Stift double phaeton car, his route went along the Miljacka river that runs though Sarajevo, he travelled with his pregnant wife Sophie, which is unusual but Franz made plans to allow her to come with him on this visit to Bosnia, little did they know that there were 7 assassins waiting for them. These 7 assassins were all hired by Dragutin Dimitrijevic to kill Franz Ferdinand, then sent to a secret training camp for 1 month to train in bomb throwing, gun shooting to help them kill the Archduke. One of the members, Gavrilo Princip proved to be the best shot of the seven, while Nedeljko Čabrinović was by far the best at throwing bombs. On the day of the visit Franz Ferdinand wore a light-blue cavalry vest, the material it was made of was said to be bullet proof, he also wore some luck charms. As his car drove along the river the assassins where in position, the first 2 assassins were un-able to throw their bombs because the street was too crowded, but the third Nedeljko Čabrinović threw his bomb and I blew up under the car behind Franz Ferdinand’s, leaving Franz and his wife un-hurt.

7. Although the Archduke and his wife were unhurt, some of his attendants were injured and had to be taken to hospital. After lunch at the City Hall, Franz Ferdinand insisted on visiting the injured attendants in hospital. However, on the way to the hospital the driver took a wrong turn onto Franz Joseph street. Realising his mistake he stopped the car and began to reverse. Another terrorist, named Gavrilo Princip was eating a sandwich across the street, stepped forward and fired two shots. The first hit the pregnant Sophia in the stomach, she died almost instantly. The second shot hit the Archduke in the neck. He died a short while later. Gavrilo Princip was arrested but was not executed because he was under 20 years of age. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison where he died of TB in 1918.

8. When did Franz Ferdinand visit Sarajevo?

11. What was the material of the blue cavalry uniform said to be?

14. How many assassins were there?

16. In WW1 Trenches where used as a temporary defence from enemy fire, a British trench is traditionally between 8 feet and 16 feet deep, this made for cover against bullets and a wall so enemies couldn’t see where the trench began so it was difficult to aim at the allies. Life in a trench was terrible, the food was scarce, water was barley drinkable, rat lived there and it was freezing. With theses conditions and the cramped space, this made for a great place for disease as over 2 million people died from disease spread around the trenches, and the freezing conditions awarded frost bite to the many who managed to avoid the many deadly diseases.

17. During the war many of the allied and enemy forces came victim to death and disease; many of these soldiers that caught the diseases died as the trenches either didn’t have very medical care or died before they could get any. Disease alone counted for nearly 1/5 of all deaths in the war