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United Kingdom

United Kingdom. WWI. by Elizabeth and Brooke. UK Background Info. Currency GBP (Great British Pound) Constitutional Monarchy British English 46mil  63mil (People). Triple Entente . France Russia United States Serbia Italy Montenegro Romania Greece Portugal. Before the War.

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United Kingdom

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  1. United Kingdom WWI by Elizabeth and Brooke

  2. UK Background Info • Currency GBP (Great British Pound) • Constitutional Monarchy • British English • 46mil  63mil (People)

  3. Triple Entente • France • Russia • United States • Serbia • Italy • Montenegro • Romania • Greece • Portugal

  4. Before the War • Britain didn’t care for European affairs • Balance of powers among nations • Naval supremacy

  5. Involvement in War • Economic rivalry with Germany • Militarism (fueled arms race) • Germany declared war with Belgium  France (UK’s ally) • Germany broke treaties with France/Russia

  6. Military • Only country without draft in the beginning • Used lots of propaganda • “Your Country Needs You” • Over 3mil men volunteered in 2 years • Had to pass Military Service Act, 1916 • Act until 1920, raised 2.5mil men

  7. Propaganda

  8. Military Service Act, March 1916 • Single men aged between 18 and 41 • Exempted medically unfit, priests, and teachers • Act went through many changes • Married men, up to 51years old • Extended to 1920 • Raised 2.5 million men

  9. Map Comparison 1914 1918

  10. General Edmund Allenby • British military leader (1861-1936) • Led British forces in Syria and Palestine • Defeated Ottoman Empire troops

  11. Wilfred Owen • British WW1 poet

  12. Anthem for Doomed Youth What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

  13. Results of the War • Debts equivalent to 136% of their GNP • More democratic society • Staple wartime industries- coal, ship-building, steel-contracted • Working women ceded jobs

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