Monday, March 12, 2012
WWI Battles
You will be responsible for researching and discussing one of the following battles from World War I: Marne, Verdun, Somme, Gallipoli, or Jutland. If you are NOT the first to post about the battle then use the REPLY function so that the conversation is indented. Your exploration should include a link/video and the details about what made the battle unique, important aspects of the battle that made an impact on life/war, etc. Be sure to read/watch the link/video that was posted by the other people commenting on your battle. Let your intellectual curiosity guide you and include links /videos that help to expand your understanding of the battle.
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The battle of the Somme was one of the most devastating battles of the First World War. It holds the record for the most losses in a single day of battle. A total of 58,000 British troops were decimated during the battle during the first day. There are a couple points that are important to remember about this battle. First, the battle was preceded by an eight day preliminary bombardment. A total of 1,500 British guns were employed in this bombardment. A similar number of French guns were used in the bombardment. The firepower produced in the bombardment is shocking. Furthermore there was a giant explosion that would occur under the German trenches before the battle started. The crater left today is known as the Hawthorn crater. This explosion was the result of the detonation of 17 separate mines. The mines were placed under the German trenches through tunnels created by the British and French. This was the single largest explosion in history at the time. It would be outweighed by the Atomic bomb of WW2. Today the crater holds hundreds of German soldiers that are still unidentified . The Germans during these bombardments hid in bunkers and other areas to escape the artillery. The British expected the artillery barrage to destroy the enemy installments and barb wire. This would make the trek across no-mans land effortless. However, the British walked slowly across the no-mans land and were mowed down by machine gun fire from the Germans. Also, the battle was not a surprise for the Germans which made the Germans prepared. The bombardment would warn the Germans that an attack was pending. It is like Vietnam with the artillery barrages clearing landing zones for American troops. The Viet Cong were warned of an American attack by artillery. Also, this battle included tanks from the British. A total of 24 tanks were sent to the battlefield. However, the tanks were unreliable and did not successfully break through the German lines. The French would have more success than the British, however 12 kilometers of land were gained by this offensive. There were about 420,000 British casualties, 200,000 French casualties and about 500,000 German casualties. It is important to note that this battle occurred over months.
ReplyDeleteThe first video is a video about the hawthorn crater explosion. The second video is about the maxim machine gun that was utilized by the Germans in WW1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8YfJmwY5Uo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1pcfn_KMnA
Also, here is a website about the battle of the Somme.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/somme.htm
http://vimeo.com/822828
DeleteHere is a short documentary film about the battle of Somme. It shows the basic trench warfare system of attacking across no-mans land.
This battle reminds me a lot of the Battle of Antietam from the Civil War. Quite like Antietam, the Battle of Somme was known for the utter chaos and destruction it caused. However, I think this battle was even worse due to the advanced technology and weapons of the time. It seemed almost like each side had a score to settle with each other. On the website I looked at, the German Army Chief of Staff promised to "bleed France white". On this same website I also read that there was an 8 days of preliminary bombardments on the German lines. This is part of the reason I say that this battle is similiar to, but so much worse than Antietam. The devastation that was caused by these bombings was unbelievable. On another website I looked at, I found that the British put a regiment of cavalry on standby just before the attack started, despite the fact the cavalry was useless in this war. The British were thinking conservatively and still putting their faith in cavalry, and as we know, this was a bad idea considering that new weapons would destroy cavalry. After the bombardment that started the war, the Germans mounted their machine guns and mowed down the advancing British and French forces. Since the British and French had to cross such a large distance, it was an absolute slaughter.
Deletehttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/somme.htm
The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, which included ships and individual personnel from the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Canadian Navy, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on the 31st of May and the 1st of June, 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. Although it was the only major naval battle of World War I, it became the largest sea battle in naval warfare history in terms of the numbers of battleships and battle cruisers engaged, bringing together the two most powerful naval forces in existence at that time. Furthermore, it was only the third-ever fleet action between steel battleships, following the smaller but more decisive battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.
ReplyDeleteOn the two sides the German fleet was commanded by Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer and Franz Hipper, while the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and Sir David Beatty. As World War I began the Royal Navy started the war with a numerical advantage in capital ships over the Germans. The Germans realized that they were likely to lose a full fleet battle and because of this determined to even the odds by luring smaller parts of the Grand Fleet into traps to eventually bring about equality with the British, at which point they felt confident they would defeat them. The Germans' plan was to use Vice-Admiral Franz Hipper's fast scouting group of five modern battle cruisers to lure Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's battle cruiser squadrons into the path of the main German fleet. Submarines were stationed in advance across the likely routes for British ships. However, the British learned from signal intercepts that a major fleet operation was likely, so on 30 May Jellicoe sailed with the Grand Fleet to rendezvous with Beatty, passing over the locations of the German submarine picket lines while they were unprepared. The German plan had been delayed, causing further problems for their submarines which had reached the limit of their endurance at sea.
On May 31, 1916, a British squadron under Admiral Beatty was scouting in advance of the British main fleet, in search of the German main fleet under Admiral Scheer. Instead, Beatty encountered a German scouting force under Admiral Hipper. They exchanged fire and Beatty lost two ships. Hipper turned to join Scheer's force, and Beatty pursued, but when Beatty saw the main German fleet, he retired to join the British fleet under Admiral Jellicoe. Scheer followed and the two main fleets engaged in battle. Although outnumbered in the ensuing engagement, the Germans displayed brilliant naval tactics, and the encounter ended only when fog and darkness permitted escape to their home base.
In this battle both sides claimed victory. The British lost more ships and twice as many sailors, and the British press criticized the Grand Fleet's failure to force a decisive outcome, but Scheer's plan of destroying a substantial portion of the British fleet also failed. The Germans' fleet continued to pose a threat, requiring the British to keep their battleships concentrated in the North Sea, but the battle confirmed the German policy of avoiding all fleet-to-fleet contact. This was essentially the battle of Jutland.
The following is a simple article about the battle of Jutland. I suggest reading it to get the background of the battle.
Deletehttp://www.helium.com/items/1292416-the-battle-of-jutland
The next link is probes the battle a little further and is personally my favorite. It also offers a nice map to see where the battle actually occurred.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWjutland.htm
The final resource that I will give is also a very good webpage about the battle and like the one above it also gives a nice map. This resource gives a first-hand account of the battle through the eyes of a soldier and even talks about some particular ships used in the war.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/jutland.htm
The battle of Jutland, as Nazar had also began discussing in detail, was a major naval battle, probably the most significant during WWI, between the British and German fleets. The battle mainly took place around the coast of Jutland. Reinhard Scheer, commander of the all famous German High Seas Fleet, had begun a series of attacks along the British coasts against nearby fleets. His plan was to use codes that the British would be unable to interpret to coordinate attacks, but his plans failed, and the British were aware of his tactics. Scheer had no one to fear but Admiral Beatty’s battle cruiser and the fleet which he commanded near the British coasts. The British soon found out that his fleet was nearby by, and they followed after it. Instead of encountering the High Seas Fleet, Beatty had encountered Admiral Hipper, another German fleet commander, who he chased towards the main German fleet. Beatty lost two ships, and afterwards, joined forces with Admiral Jellicoe, another British fleet commander. The Germans thoughts that they could have intervened the British ships, but they were under heavy fire, which resulted in Scheer’s retreat. The naval battle was pretty intense, and the Germans continued to be under heavy fire while trying to escape behind Jellicoe’s ships, which was disastrous in the end because he ended up passing right in front of them. Due to the weather conditions during the battle, the Germans were able to escape back to their home base. Both sides had lost many ships, and the bigger ships had been damaged greatly. This battle was very significant because this had been a battle of just navel ships. (no aircrafts, submarines, etc. were involved) No other battle had compared to the number of navel vessels that were involved. The Germans suffered a harsh defeat and the High Seas Fleet never sailed again. the following year, they had turned to unrestricted submarine warfare, which changed the war entirely. The use of unrestricted submarine warfare had caused more tension throughout WWI, and had also given the Germans a huge advancement early on against other opposing navel fleets.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqDff74P7b8&feature=related
Deletehere is a coool video that shows the naval tactics used by the British and the Germans during the battle.
http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/jutland/jellicoe_dispatch_1916.htm
Delete(refer to the chart on the top of the page)
okay, this shows some of the casualties of each ship during the war. there were a lot of ships on both sides and each side had suffered a great amount of losses. this jsut shows you how great of a naval battle this really was
Since Matt and Naz stated alot already this is a few more points. The Battle of Jutland was considered to be the only major naval battle of World War I. Jutland witnessed the British Navy losing more men and ships, yet the verdict of the Battle of Jutland was the German Navy losing and them never being in a position again to have a battle put to sea during the war. Prior to this battle the English navy was viewed as having naval supremacy not only in Europe, but also throughout the entire world. Even the British public became assure of their navy’s power, and believed that they could not be challenged when it comes to their Navy. The British citizens even sang along to a song called “Rule Britannia,” which expressed the public’s expectations of their navy being strong, and their inevitable victory in the seas. The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet (which included ships and individual personnel from the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Canadian Navy) and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. It was only the third-ever fleet action between steel battleships, following the smaller but more decisive battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War. As a result of the battle, fourteen British and eleven German ships were sunk, with great loss of life. Both sides claimed victory. While the British lost more ships and twice as many sailors, (British press criticized the Grand Fleet's failure to force a decisive outcome,) Scheer's plan of destroying a substantial portion of the British fleet also failed. The Germans' 'fleet in being' continued to pose a threat, requiring the British to keep their battleships concentrated in the North Sea, but the battle confirmed the German policy of avoiding all fleet-to-fleet contact. A few months later, after further unsuccessful attempts to reduce the Royal Navy's numerical advantage, the German Navy turned its efforts and resources to unrestricted submarine warfare and the destruction of Allied and neutral shipping.
DeleteGood info on the battle and or WWI
Deletehttp://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/jutland.htm
Also a good linnk at the battle of Jutland and the details that entailed the battle.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_jutland.htm
I just wanted to post two more videos for us to watch in class tomorrow. They fully summarize the battle of Jutland.
DeleteBattle of Jutland, Part 1 of 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8wZhusykL4
Battle Of Jutland, Part 2 of 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX37-orpKBc
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ReplyDeleteWhen the battle of Gallipoli began, war had been kind of at a stall. The opposite sides of the war were stuck simply against each other due to the fact that there was nothing that could be done but to stay and watch the other side. Neither opponent could win against the other at that point. Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener wanted to find a way around this mess because they believed that if they could get a successful attack in the Dardenelles strait they could open up a sea lane which would help in their attacking of the Central powers. This in return they hoped would get the attention off of the western front. This didnt go over well, what so ever. Later on the people arrived at the Gallipoli Penninsula in hopes that they would quiet the turks and secure the shores. The men were not used to the new warfare that led to problems in supplies, communication, and troop deployment. The Turks were bombarding the other troops with artilliary and firing of machine guns. Eventually this war scene ended up like the one before with both sides at stall. Waiting for the other side to strike. Eventually with the war still like this, the British withdrew from the war.
ReplyDeleteHeres a silly lego video thats supposed to represent parts of the Gallipoli battle
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI59tRxIZg8
and heres a link for some real footage of things from the battle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpgzuVuHg1U
As Avary had already expressed, the Battle of Gallipoli began and ended because of a stalemate. Winston Churchill premeditated this attack on the Dardanelles with the massive British Navy. Winston Churchill felt that he were far more superior, and it is said that he felt that he could force the opening of the strait that Avary spoke about due to the fact that he, and the British people, were more intelligent than the Ottomans. He felt that "lack of intelligence" would be the downfall of the Turks, not through battle. He planned to open the strait, and that would lead to a direct attack route to Constantinople. The British navy, under Sir Sackville Carden ultimately full on attacked the Turks, to no avail. It seemed to barely affect the Ottomans, therefore the British organized a second, more fresh attack under Admiral John de Robeck, and this attack failed to penetrate the strait overall as well. At this point, the British decided to withdraw, and gather together with the troops arriving from Australia and New Zealand and start a fresh, third attack. This took six weeks in total to organize, therefore, it gave the Ottoman troops six weeks to protect themselves against the naval attacks even further. When the third attack ensued, heavy casualties occurred on both sides of the battle. Eventually, this battle resulted in yet another stalemate, and the British finally withdrew and returned home for the last time.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feVOwtwR4OM
DeleteThis video contains glimpses of the new world war I weaponry that was introduced, just as Avary explained. Also, I found it interesting that we can now see the coast of which the battle was fought, due to the fact that the video camera was invented!
The Gallipoli campaign was an attempt by the British to take the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire. They sought to capture it to secure a sea route to Russia linking the powers. Winston Churchhill beleived that the British were superior to the Turks, and could secure a quick victory. However the Turks were able to secure their position and fend off the British invasion. After a stalemate Churchill decided to allow the Australian and New Zealand forces take over what ensued was the bloodiest day in Australian history in which aproxiamately 8,500 Australians were killed. Mel Gibson later made a film portraying this battle.
DeleteThis video is just a look at some of the trenches and men fighting at Galipolli:
http://vimeo.com/4791700
The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and world history. It was fought from February 21 to December 18, 1916, between the French and German armies around the town of Verdun, France. The battle involved more than two and a half million men.
ReplyDeleteThe origin of the Battle of Verdun is in a letter sent by the German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, to Kaiser Wilhelm II in December 1915. In the letter, Falkenhayn recommended that Germany should fully attack on the Western Front not on the Eastern; Russia had internal problems and could withdraw from the war at any moment. He argued that if France could be defeated in a major battle, Britain would then seek terms with Germany or else be defeated in turn. Acting on Falkenhayn’s recommendation, the Kaiser ordered the implementation of a siege against Verdun, which was Falkenhayn’s choice of target.
In early 1916, Verdun was poorly defended, despite its ring of forts. The battle began on the morning of February 21, 1916, with an artillery bombardment that lasted 10 hours.
Under the command of Crown Prince Wilhelm, the German artillery quickly reduced the French trench system into isolated pieces, which forced French soldiers to fight in small groups with no tactical links. The massive bombardment was followed by an infantry attack, and the Germans used flamethrowers for the first time in the war.
On February 22, German troops captured the French front line trenches, pushing the French defenders back. Under the command of Philippe Petain, French reinforcements arrived and managed to slow the German advance with a series of counter-attacks.
During March and April, there was fierce fighting in the hills north of Verdun as heavy bombardment tore up the terrain. Meanwhile, Petain organized repeated counter-attacks to slow the German advance, ensuring that the Bar-le-Duc road into Verdun remained open. This road became known as “the Sacred Way” because it carried vital supplies and reinforcements into the Verdun front despite constant artillery attack.
German gains continued, but slowly. By mid-June, they had assaulted and taken Fort Vaux. Encouraged by their achievement, German troops almost succeeded in breaking through the French line, getting close to Belleville Heights, which was the last stronghold before the town of Verdun. At this stage, Philippe Petain was preparing to evacuate the east bank of the Meuse River when the Allies’ offensive on the Somme River began on July 1 to the relief of the French as the Germans could no longer afford to commit more troops to Verdun. As a result, German units were shifted to the trenches of the Somme.
In the Battle of Verdun, which lasted almost a year, 300,000 men were killed and almost 400,000 were wounded.
A video that gives a great summary of the lengthy Battle of Verdun.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oabxoP_jVM
The Battle of Verdun came about due to a plan made by the German Chief Von Falkenhayn. He wanted to launch a massive German attack upon Verdun due to the fact that the area around Verdun contained twenty major forts and forty smaller ones that had historically protected the eastern border of France and had been modernized in the early years of the 20th century. He believed that if they attacked Verdun France’s strength would dwindle and their forces would essentially collapse, and would ultimately change the course of the war. Fralkenhayn’s evaluation held true as the forts were indeed a primary factor to France’s success, therefore the French would stop at nothing to keep the Germans out of such area. On February 21st, the day of engagement 30,000 French troops were met by 140,000 opposing Germans in an immense battle of carnage, and destruction. By February 25th the Germans had captured 10,000 French prisoners, and Fort Douaumont one of the most powerful forts in the world was captured with ease as only 56 elderly part-time gunners surrendered without a fight to the Germans. Fighting continued violently for months, and on June 1st Germany launched a massive attack at Verdun. Then by June 23rd they got with miles of Verdun itself. However their plans for siege were now impossible for the German forces because their supplies, ammunition, and men were completely exhausted. By October 1916, the French forces had regained Fort Vaux and Fort Douaumont but the land in which once held strong was now but a bitter waste land. Later the British launched the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 to alleviate France of the pressure in which their country felt after such brutal fighting. Significantly recognizing this war as one of the bloodiest wars that shall ever be fought just by looking at the outcome of one brutally deadly battle.
Deletehere's a video that greatly describes the Battle of Verdun as a whole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UprXaKo5uRw
DeleteIn the spring of 1915 the Western Front was in a stalemate and there were trenches stretching from the English Channel to the Swiss border. The Allied leaders included Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener sent ships to The Dardenelles Strait that led from Istanbul to the Mediterranean in wanting to open a sea line to the Russians through the Black Sea. Churchill believed that this was the soft part of the Central Powers and to help divert them from the Western Front. The Campaign that they devised were poorly planned and badly executed, when they performed an unsuccessful naval attempt in February 1915 to open the Dardenelles. This attempt ended when the Turkish mines and artillery sunk the ships and forced the Allies to retreat.
ReplyDeleteIn April of that year there was an attempt to secure the shore and stop the Turkish guns. Since the amphibious attacks were not perfected yet the communication aspect they were not ready and then they were met with the pouring out of the artillery that mowed the Allies down. This ended the attempt for the creating of a passageway for the Russians.
This was the first time that the British forces featured the Australian and New Zealand forces. Another reason that this is unique is because there were no tanks, or air support being used during this battle. The battle consisted of little amounts of artillery and the rifle and bayonet were the choice weapons.
Here are two videos about the Battle of Gallipoli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7vqFguMWig&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-C_CJu7sFI&feature=related
The repley button is not functioning well, so this post is a response to Mike and Carlos post on the battle of Verdun:
ReplyDelete"Hell cannot be so terrible as this. Humanity is mad; it must be mad to do what it is doing."
"An artery of French blood was spilt on February 21st and it flows incessantly in large spurts."
"I saw a man drinking avidly from a green scum-covered marsh, where lay, his black face downward in the water, a dead man lying on his stomach and swollen as if he had not stopped filling himself with water for days."
"To die from a bullet seems to be nothing; parts of our being remain intact; but to be dismembered, torn to pieces, reduced to pulp, this is the fear that flesh cannot support and which is fundamentally the great suffering of the bombardment."
Anonymous French soldiers
I think this battle is one of the first battles that exposed the true brutality of war and what it is to die for your country. Considering the duration of the battle, the suffereing must have been unbearable to most and the loss to great to carry on both sides. Filthy trenches, inadequate supplies and hygein, and constant bombardment of the enemy; it wouldn't be a suprse that the mental state of most deterierated to near insanity.
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/maps_verdun.html
website offers a nice sum up of the battle wit some maps, making things easier to folow.
There are actually two battles of the Marne that took place in WWI: The First Battle of the Marne and The Second Battle of the Marne.
ReplyDeleteThe First Battle of the Marne (Conducted: September 6-12, 1914) marked the end of the German advance into France and the beginning of the notorious trench warfare that came characterize WW1. To begin, the first month of “The Great War” had resulted in a series of military victories by German Forces in France and Belgium. In fact, by August 1914 the whole allied army positioned on the Western Front had been forced into a general retreat towards Paris. Meanwhile, the German 1st and 2nd armies that had just invaded and conquered Belgium continued with the Schlieffen Plan, marching through France. It seemed as though Paris would be taken and the Germans would succeed in dominating the Western Front as both the French Army and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF- a British land force sent to aid the French forces), led by Field Marshal Sir John French, fell back towards the Marne River.
The British intervened as a result of French Commander-In-Chief, Joseph Joffre, persuading the British War Secretary, Herbert Kitchener, to intervene. After intervening, he knew that a withdrawal by the British would be disastrous for both the French and British, even though the British forces suffered heavy casualties during the German attack into France.
As the German 1st and 2nd armies continued their advance towards Paris, they began to move southwest in an attempt to envelop French armies along the way. This was a costly mistake as they exposed their right flank to the allies. Joffre had become aware of the tactical error. By September 3 he made plans to halt the combined French and British withdrawal at the Marne and ordered an attack on the Germans all along the front with the French 6th Army with the aid of the BEF. However, German general and commander of the German 1st army, Alexander von Kluck, detected the approach of the Allies and began to face his Army to the west. However, his efforts came too late.
Von Kluck, in turning to meet the attack on his right flank, opened up a 30 mile-wide gap in the German lines between his forces and the German 2nd Army, commanded by the cautious Karl von Bülow. The Allies discovered this gap and moved quickly to take advantage of it. Troops were dispatched from the BEF to aid the French 5th army in filling the gap between the German armies.
Nevertheless, the German forces were close to making a breakthrough against the French 6th army. Their plans fell through on September 7, when the 6th Army was reinforced as troops from Paris joined the fight. The much-needed reinforcements were arrived in Parisian taxi cabs sent by the military governor of Paris, General Joseph Gallieni. The “taxis de la Marne” became a French symbol of unity and national solidarity.
The gap between the German 1st and 2nd armies continued to widen as a result of more attacks led by the French 5th and 6th Armies. By September 9th, it appeared as though the German Armies would be totally encircled and destroyed. Chief of the German General Staff, General von Helmuth Moltke, had a serious nervous breakdown upon hearing the news. His subordinates, the commanders of the armies, then took over and ordered a general retreat to the Aisne River to regroup. They were to be pursued by the combined French and British forces. However, before the slow-moving Allies were even close, the Germans reached a point just north of the river and prepared trenches.
The German retreat between September 9th and 13th marked the complete abandonment of the Schlieffen Plan. The Allied victory also marked the beginning of trench warfare because in the aftermath of the battle, both sides dug in and a stalemate ensued. This stalemate on the Western Front would last until 1918, the year the war ended. This battle was so important because it marked the end of any hopes for a quick and easy victory for Germany in the West. Germany was forced to fight a long, costly war on two fronts.
ReplyDeleteThe Battle of the Marne was also one of the first major battles in which reconnaissance played a decisive role. Reconnaissance is a mission to obtain information by visual observation or other detection methods, about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy. The French were able to discover weak points in the German lines and take full advantage of them. German progress was destroyed everywhere by the French intelligence.
The battle was also extremely costly. Over 2,000,000 men fought in the battle, of which 500,000+ were killed or wounded.
French casualties = 250,000
British casualties = 13,000
German casualties = 220,000
http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/Group9/marne.htm
ReplyDeleteThis battle simulator is just like the ones we previously experienced for the Battle of Waterloo with Napoleon. It's not as cool, but its informative.
Since I mentioned the abandonment of the Schlieffen Plan after The First Battle of the Marne, I thought this video would be appropriate. Check out "Big Bertha." bahaha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJXAcl8D51Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2v7-0tAC0&feature=related
ReplyDeleteThis video is also really neat because it takes you through WWI and shows all of the battles and their results on territory owned by each nation.