EXPERIENCE OF WAR
BALKAN WARS
1. Balkan Wars 1912, 1913
a. To the Balkan people, they are actually part of the Balkan wars.
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Conscript soldiers motivated by nationalist glory to death.
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Same weapons in balkan war and WWI.
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Planes, quick firi
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DEHUMANIZED WAR
The impression of dehumanized war.
Identity has been destroyed.
Soldiers rarely knew who they killed.
The impersonal character of mass
death.
Impotence on the battlefield.
Only 1% of injuries in WWI were from bayonets.
Hu
EXPERIENCE OF WAR
CONSTRUCTINO OF WWI
The invasion of Belgium and Northern France around August 1914. about 6 weeks after
the assassination of the archduke in the Balkans.
Is it true that the German's committed atrocities in Northern France and Belgium or
EXPERIENCE OF WAR
BOER WAR
Boer War was extremely expensive. 230 million pounds.
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Systematic destruction of thousands of Boer farms.
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Creation of the first concentration camps.
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60% of the Boer population were sent there.
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30,000 boers
EXPERIENCE OF WAR
EVOLUTION OF BATTLE
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The evolution of what happens on the battlefield. Increase in length.
Victor David Hanson
"the Western Way of War"
Characterized by very brief periods of intense violence
called battles, and that took place on a sma
EXPERIENCE OF WAR
BRITISH GOLD
a.i.
In 1886, the world's biggest gold mine was found in Johannesburg,
in Transvaal.
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Rhodes wanted the riches of Transvaal.
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46 million dollars in 1895 worth of gold, and by
1899 transvall mines were producing 2
EXPERIENCE OF WAR
THE GREAT WAR
The year of 1915 is a year of major shifts.
1.
WWI became a universal war, including not just the European
nations, but also the dominions.
i.
Destroyed boundaries between continents and peoples.
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1.
Turkish gallip
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RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
a. Russo Japanese war
a.i.
Japanese army had around 700,000 men. 160 ships.
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Russian army 4,500,000 men, and 250 ships.
a.i.1.
But most of the Russian army was on the Western
front and couldn't detach more than a f
EXPERIENCE OF WAR
ROAD TO TOTAL WAR
Three wars are the turning point of war in the 20th Century, not the great war.
1. Boer War
1. Russo Japanese War
1. The Balkan War
Conflicts of colonial interest, but also the 20th century. Industrial violence. A mix.
EXPERIENCE OF WAR
REALITY FOR SOLDIERS
Limited personal Experience, restricted vision of reality for soldiers.
The fog of war
Irrationality of danger
Absence of moral norms
The Chatterhouse of Parma by Standell
Longs to join Napoleon's army.
But arrives t
