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THE FIRST WORLD WAR
1914-18
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World War One began in August 1914.
It happened because of several complicated reasons including,
Assassination- an important world leader was killed !
Arms race – Britain and Germany tried to out do each other by building up their naval power - most ships is the winner !
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Empire – some countries liked to rule other, less powerful ones and take things from them like gold and other valuable resources – the countries being told what to do did not like it !
Alliances- some countries were friends with each other and promised to help out if one got involved in a war.
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Lots of people rushed to
join the army and fight.
People believed it would be
over by Christmas 1914.
The war lasted 4 years and became one of the most terrible and horrifying wars ever fought .
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Modern technology and industry meant modern weapons and war on a mass scale.
Aeroplanes, machine guns, gas, bombs, tanks and barbed wire were just some of the hazards.
All of this meant death, destruction and injury on a mass scale.
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By the end of the war almost ONE MILLION men from the British Empire alone were killed.
A further 2.1 MILLION men were seriously injured or wounded during the war.
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What story do the pictures tell ?
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What happened to the survivors and the wounded?
• You are going to help an injured soldier!
• You are going to decide what the best possible medical care for the patient will be.
• You will also have to consider what will happen to the soldiers future and how he will cope with life after the war.
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Rehabilitation
• Strategy was to offer rehabilitation and retraining.
• Therapies included massage, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, occupational therapy and physical exercise.
• As the war progressed so did the technology in areas such as prosthetic limbs. E.g. Wooden legs weighing 9 pounds were replaced with lighter metal limbs.
• There was a back log of men waiting for limbs.
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Retraining
• The ability of injured men to earn a living was a big concern
• Men were retrained in basketry, rope making, making toys.
• Others were trained in diamond cutting, poultry keeping, book repair, carpentry, piano tuning and massage.
• Many schemes failed because they couldn't offer financial independence or because the occupations taught were impractical.
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Who was responsible?
• Government provided pensions based on rank and how the injury was gained.
• Many schemes offering rehab were voluntary but state aid did partly support the schemes.
• The government certainately did not organise or financially support all schemes for disabled men.
• They didn’t completely abandon injured either.