24 Flashcards
The triple entente, called the
allied powers
list the triple entente
england- prime minister Lloyd George
france- george clemenceau
russia- czar nicholas II
joined to gain territory
italy
the triple allaince, called the
central powers
list the triple alliance
germany, austria-hungarian empire
ottoman empire
old sick man
cause of WWI
nationalism
imperialism
entangling alliances
militarism-germany’s rise as a world power
the event that sparked the war
the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophia
new technology to break the stalemate
the tank
chemical weapons
the flame thrower
the greatest battle of attrition in history
verdun
one of the bloodiest and most futile battles in all of history
the battle of the somme
reasons for america’s involvement
economic
unrestricted submarine warfare
anti-german propaganda
USSR
the union of soviet socialist republic
signs of the armistice
nov 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM
the signing of the armistice known to the germans as the
stab in the back