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1
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How many casualties had the French suffered by 29th of August 1914?

A

It had suffered 250,000

2
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How many British, French and Belgium November 1914

A

100,000 British and French and 20,000 belgun

3
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How did the Military adapt to trench warfare ?

A

They built clearing stations , command stations and kitchens, barbed wire and train lines. Duckboards and horses

4
Q

How many rounds could an expert fire?

A

1914 rifle could fire up to 15 rounds a minute and hit a target 800 yards away

5
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How many rounds could a Machine gun fire ?

A

60 a minute

6
Q

How many shells had the British fired in the first week of July 1916?

A

The British fired 1.5 million

7
Q

How many casualties had the British suffered in the first day of the Somme?

A

60,000

8
Q

When were gas masks given to British trops?

A

By June 1915

9
Q

How many tanks were at Cambrai ? And by 1918

A

380 tanks in November 1917

10,000

10
Q

How many men applied for exemption on conscience grounds

A

16,500

11
Q

In how many cinemas was forage from the Somme shown in?

A

2,000

12
Q

What was ‘Wipers Times’ and ‘Old Billy’

A

It was a satirical magazine and old billy was a satirical cartoon. Govt wanted it band but it was too popular

13
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How many French were killed at Verdun?

A

300,000

14
Q

Why the British attack on the Soome fail?

A
  • Germans were to well entrenched
  • guns insufficient
  • 1/3 shells fired didn’t explode
15
Q

When were flamethrowers first used and by whom ?

A

By Germans and 1915

16
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What was Fuse 106 and when was it first used!?!

A

Fuse 106 which exploded sideways rather than digging into the ground making it more efficient at destroying barbed wire and create a smokescreen. First used in 1916

17
Q

When was poison gas first used?

A

First used April 1915 at Ypres

18
Q

At what % of Germans were hit at the battle of Amiens were hit?

A

95%

19
Q

How many gas shells did the British have in 1915 and how many in 1918

A

4,000 tons 1915

65,000 tons 1918

20
Q

Artillery caused what % of casualties!?!

A

70%

21
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How much did shells increase from July and December 1915 to the second half of 1916

A

5.3 million to 35 million

22
Q

How many were blinded in WW1!?!

A

40,000

23
Q

What % of eligible men did New Zealand send!?!

A

40%

24
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What % of eligible Irishmen joined the British Army?

A

Less than 11%

25
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What % of offers were killed and % of other ranks?

A

14% of officers and 12% of other ranks

26
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What % of food whent throug govt agencies by the end of the war?

A

85%

27
Q

The Munitions of War Act

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Gave the Munitions Ministry power to declare any essential factory a “controlled establishment “ banning strikes and absenteeism was fined

28
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The Munitions of War Act

A

Gave the Munitions Ministry power to declare any essential factory a “controlled establishment “ banning strikes and absenteeism was fined

29
Q

How many homing pigeons were used in WW1?

A

20,000