In the late 1800s, Britain, France, Germany, and other European powers began to compete for African territories because of their wealth,easy access to the slave trade and the millions of people they could govern. (many considered Africans as inferior to Europeans) Within about 20 years, the Europeans had carved up the continent and dominated millions of Africans living on the lands.<span>Although many resisted, sadly, Africans could not prevent European conquest of their territories.</span>
On March 21, 1918, a major offensive against Allied positions in the Somme River region of France began with five hours of bombardment from more than 9,000 pieces of German artillery. The poorly prepared British Fifth Army was rapidly overwhelmed and forced into retreat. For a week, the Germans pushed toward Paris, shelling the city from a distance of 80 miles with their “Big Bertha” cannons. However, the poorly supplied German troops soon became exhausted, and the Allies halted the German advance as French artillery knocked out the German guns besieging Paris. On April 2, U.S. General John J. Pershing sent American troops down into the trenches to help defend Paris and repulse the German offensive. It was the first major deployment of U.S. troops in World War I. Several thousand American troops fought alongside the British and French in the Second Battle of Somme.
By the time the Somme offensive ended on April 4, the Germans had advanced almost 40 miles, inflicted some 200,000 casualties, and captured 70,000 prisoners and more than 1,000 Allied guns. However, the Germans suffered nearly as many casualties as their enemies and lacked the fresh reserves and supply boost the Allies enjoyed following the American entrance into the fighting.
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Atomic bomb was not used in world war one<span />
In October 1973<span>, </span>OPEC<span> declared </span>an oil embargo<span> in response to the United States</span><span>' and Western Europe's support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War of </span>1973<span>. The </span>result<span> was a rise in oil prices from $3 per barrel to $12 and the commencement of gas rationing.</span>