Ideas for a history WW1 project ??

[christy053]

hhiya
got to do a history project on world war one for over the easter holiday
what should i do it on ??
eh:weapons , trenches,women at war
any more ideas ?
what do you think will be the most intresting
christ -<3

[deauville]

you could look at any of those, other thoughts are the development of medical care (which made huge strides during the conflict), the Battle of Jutland which was the last pure naval fleet action in history (all the rest involved aircraft), the development of aircraft - at the outbreak it was only 11 years after the Wright brothers' first powered flight, and at the end of the war both sides were using bombers. The rise of communism. Or you could just celebrate the war poets. Hope this gives you some ideas.

[christy053]

thankyou they are great ideas i might do about the medical side of it all
christy x

[Lonnie]

How about the Christmas Truce Football Match, you'll find it about a third of the way down.

http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/xmas.htm

[saxy_jag]

Following on from the Xmas truce football match (which is a bit of a myth anyway), you could look at the effect the war had on such sports as football and rugby, some of which were cancelled for the duration, versus the ethic of "play up and win the war", which was quoted in some circles.

[derekpara]

What about the use and care of animals in the First World War? Horses, of course, were used extensively to pull guns, limbers and supplies of all sorts. Carrier pigeons carried messages, sometimes in the wrong direction ! And canaries warned of gas in the trenches and tunnels of the front line. Dogs too, played their part, sometimes to carry first aid items to those lying wounded in No-Man's land.

What sort of veterinary care was laid on to look after these creatures ?

Did some of them earn medals for gallantry ? I think you will find they did. Plenty of scope for an interesting project.

Good luck.

This topic has been rather neglected

[rosepetal]

If you live in the Midlands, Tamworth Castle is having a WW1 re-enactment weekend May 6th/7th, as the castle was used as a military hospital.

[johnlambert]

How about the events leading up to the armistice? you could start with the Germans final push in March 1918 which failed, leading to a full blown allied offensive (led by the British at Arras) ulitmately causing the german navy (which had been bottled up in Kiel by the Royal Navy) to mutiny and the abdication of the Kaiser.

[reinganum]

I go with John immediately above: the difference in military tactics and strategy between the wasteful, largely static, trench warfare of much of that war and the much more fluid style of fighting employed in the closing months in 1918.

[DarthPhilius]

trench conditions would be a good one to do.
also, related to the xmas football truce, there is another myth of how a soldier went over the top dribbling a football, got over to the germans trench, and when he had to retreat from their trench and got back to the british ones he still had the football! this was used as a source in a GCSE history exam.

[Bellringer]

How about the war underground. My Grandfather spent most of that war tunneling under German trenches. Whilst they may have been out of the way of shells & bullets they had other dangers to face. Not least being buried alive.

[123everton]

Why not do something on Edith Cavell, an English nurse living in occupied Belgium she helped British and French soldiers escape to neutral Denmark until she was captured and shot by the Germans. Her last words were "perched as I am between god and eternity I realise now that patriotism is not enough I must not bear any hatred or bitterness towards anybody" she also had a colleague on the Lusitania, who had been fundraising in America, who drowned. The film "Carve Her Name With Pride" is loosely based on the story.