Battle Of Somme

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The One day Record

• Main western allied attack• 58,000 British Soldiers• 30 Kilometers

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How and When

• 1 July 1916• Joint Attack• Onslaught at Verdun• “Bleed France White”• 24 June 1916

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The Attack

• Artillery• 27 British and French Divisions• 16 German trenched divisions• French Calvary

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Reinforcements

• 11 July, 1916• 19 July, 1916• 15 September, 1916• 25-27 September, 1916

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The Snow

• 18 November, 1916• 420,000 British casualties• 200,000 French casualties• 500,000 German casualties

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Mussolini's Invasion and the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia

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Affirmation

• September 29, 1934• Casus Belli• December 1934• Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission • September 1935

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No Obstacle in Mussolini’s way

• Anglo-French proposal August 1935• October 3, 1935• Seven months• March 31, 1936• Early April 1936

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An Emperor In Exile

• May 2, 1936 Haile Selassie left • June 30, 1936• June 1936• Marshal Rodolfo Graziani

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Ethiopian Revolts

• February 19, 1937, 30,000 killed• November 1937• Early 1938, revolt in Gojam• Emperor in Britian• Italy entering WWII

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Berlin Blockade

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The Heightening of the Cold War

• Three key events for blockade• Marshall Plan• London Conferences• Currency reforms

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Marshall Plan

• Communist Rebellions• Truman Doctrine• U.S Military Aid

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London Conference

• February-June 1948• Waning cooperation with Soviets• West German Government• Combined Zones• Common Currency

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The Final Days

• June 23• (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949)• spring of 1949

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Works Cited

• http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/somme.htm

• http://countrystudies.us/ethiopia/19.htm

• http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/berlin_blockade.asp