HISB31H3 Lecture 9: Lecture 9
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Represented in different ways (connection, date, related) Napoleon conflict (last time powers all went to war) - moving battles. - force a decision (causing diplomatic problem that may lead to peace table talks) 6 landings before actually got on shore (last 2 made it), lost (8000) Through medittarean onto beach - get through beach & mountains/hills. Turks look down and have free range of fire. Turks hold cliffs, brits hold beach -- dig into the beach. 8 months, still on the beach because impossible to get to cliffs. Water + dampness malaria and typhoid. Allied retreat, 250 000 dead trying to get on to the boats. Trench warfare = how you win, overcome the trenches. * innovations (airplane, gas, tanks) to overcome trench warfare. German had own version of attrition strategy. Falkenhayn decides on verdun - strategically on the road to paris. Strong fort, point of french pride (used by napoleon)
