Facts
Gender tanks
During WWI, British tanks were organized into males and females, the male tanks had cannons while the females had heavy machine guns.
Women’s skin turned yellow
During WWI many women that had join the working forces and had to work with TNT their skin turned yellow as a result of suffering from toxic jaundice.
Explosions in France were heard in London
A team of miners worked in secret to dig tunnels under the trenches during the war in order to plant and detonate mines there. The detonations destroyed much of the German front line and were so great, the prime minister then heard the sound in London, 140 miles away.
‘Liberty sausage’, ‘liberty cabbage’ and ‘liberty dogs’ were born
In America, suspicion of the Germans was so high that even German shepherd dogs were killed. The names of frankfurters, hamburgers, sauerkraut and dachshunds were all changed to American names, German stopped being taught in schools and German-language books were banned. Before the war, it had been the second most widely spoken language in the US.
WWI saw pioneering advances in modern medicine
Inspired by the sight of soldiers’ faces ravaged by shrapnel, many of which remained covered by masks, Harold Gillies established the field of plastic surgery, pioneering the first attempts of facial reconstruction. As well as this, blood transfusions became routine to save soldiers, with the first blood bank established on the front line in 1917.
Dr. Doolittle was created
The Dr. Doolittle stories were born of Hugh Lofting’s aversion to writing his children about the true horrors of the war and trench life. Instead, more creative letters were sent.
Franz Ferdinand’s licence plate was the cause of a strange coincidence
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated on June 28th 1914, an event which led to the beginning of the war. Strangely, the Archduke’s number plate read: A 111 118, a series that can be read as, Armistice 11 November ‘18.
Both Native Americans and African Americans served during the war
Despite the fact that they weren’t granted citizenship in America until 1924, nearly 13,000 Native Americans fought during the war. Over 200,000 African Americans also served, but only 11% in combat and this in segregated divisions.
The youngest authenticated combatant to serve was only 12
Many young men faked their age in order to sign up early. The youngest to do so was Sidney Lewis, who was only 12 years old at the time.
Woodrow Wilson ran his campaign for a second presidential term with an anti-war slogan
“He kept us out of war” this was the slogan that Woodrow Wilson used when he ran for his second term.
WWI took place everywhere
WWI was fought from 1914-1918 on every ocean and on almost every continent. Most of the fighting, however, took place in Europe.
Colorful makeovers meant WWI ships hid in plain sight
To protect merchant ships carrying the food and military supplies to the front from enemy torpedoes. Norman Wilkinson, an artist and Royal Navy volunteer came up with the idea of covering ships in bold shapes and violent contrasts of color. The complete opposite of normal camouflage, dazzle camouflage was supposed to confuse the enemy rather than conceal the ships.
28th an Important #
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th of June, War was declared on 28th of July.
Gender tanks
During WWI, British tanks were organized into males and females, the male tanks had cannons while the females had heavy machine guns.
Women’s skin turned yellow
During WWI many women that had join the working forces and had to work with TNT their skin turned yellow as a result of suffering from toxic jaundice.
Explosions in France were heard in London
A team of miners worked in secret to dig tunnels under the trenches during the war in order to plant and detonate mines there. The detonations destroyed much of the German front line and were so great, the prime minister then heard the sound in London, 140 miles away.
‘Liberty sausage’, ‘liberty cabbage’ and ‘liberty dogs’ were born
In America, suspicion of the Germans was so high that even German shepherd dogs were killed. The names of frankfurters, hamburgers, sauerkraut and dachshunds were all changed to American names, German stopped being taught in schools and German-language books were banned. Before the war, it had been the second most widely spoken language in the US.
WWI saw pioneering advances in modern medicine
Inspired by the sight of soldiers’ faces ravaged by shrapnel, many of which remained covered by masks, Harold Gillies established the field of plastic surgery, pioneering the first attempts of facial reconstruction. As well as this, blood transfusions became routine to save soldiers, with the first blood bank established on the front line in 1917.
Dr. Doolittle was created
The Dr. Doolittle stories were born of Hugh Lofting’s aversion to writing his children about the true horrors of the war and trench life. Instead, more creative letters were sent.
Franz Ferdinand’s licence plate was the cause of a strange coincidence
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated on June 28th 1914, an event which led to the beginning of the war. Strangely, the Archduke’s number plate read: A 111 118, a series that can be read as, Armistice 11 November ‘18.
Both Native Americans and African Americans served during the war
Despite the fact that they weren’t granted citizenship in America until 1924, nearly 13,000 Native Americans fought during the war. Over 200,000 African Americans also served, but only 11% in combat and this in segregated divisions.
The youngest authenticated combatant to serve was only 12
Many young men faked their age in order to sign up early. The youngest to do so was Sidney Lewis, who was only 12 years old at the time.
Woodrow Wilson ran his campaign for a second presidential term with an anti-war slogan
“He kept us out of war” this was the slogan that Woodrow Wilson used when he ran for his second term.
WWI took place everywhere
WWI was fought from 1914-1918 on every ocean and on almost every continent. Most of the fighting, however, took place in Europe.
Colorful makeovers meant WWI ships hid in plain sight
To protect merchant ships carrying the food and military supplies to the front from enemy torpedoes. Norman Wilkinson, an artist and Royal Navy volunteer came up with the idea of covering ships in bold shapes and violent contrasts of color. The complete opposite of normal camouflage, dazzle camouflage was supposed to confuse the enemy rather than conceal the ships.
28th an Important #
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th of June, War was declared on 28th of July.