3rd Test Flashcards
• Cause of outbreak of WWI?
Archduke Ferdinand, assassinated in Serbia
Austria declares war in return everyone joins
• Country not part of triple entente alliance?
Great Britain, Russian Empire and France
Part
• German evasion plan at start of WWI called?
The schiefflen plan
• Main British fleet called the?
Grand fleet
• German High Seas Fleet strategy?
- Mines and forts for coastal defense
- Hopes for war of attrition
- Guard the German Coast
- Slowly weaken the British Fleet prior to major engagement
- Break into open waters beyond Northern Sea
• Battle of Heligoland Bight was a British attempt to?
•British devise a plan to ambush German Destroyers on patrol.
• Due to defeat of Germans at Heligoland Bight, German’s reaction was?
•German government restricts the freedom of action of the German fleet.
Battle of Jutland, British used what maneuver to defeat Germans?
Crossing the T maneuver
• Gallipoli Campaign launched to accomplish what objective?
•Was a plan to open supply route to Russia
• Only German weapon able to avoid the British Blockade?
Uboats
• Who revolutionized the Convoy System?
Admiral Sims
• American troops arriving, allowed what battle?
Battle of Marne
• Failure of Gallipoli Campaign led to collapse of which ally?
Russia
• Germany surrendered and WWI ended when?
•Germany surrenders November 11, 1918
–Armistice Day (Veteran’s Day)
• ESSAY: Talk about the Zimmerman Telegraph
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
• ESSAY: Talk about the ‘Crossing the T’ maneuver at the Battle of Jutland
Crossing the T or Capping the T is a classic naval warfare tactic attempted from the late 19th to mid 20th century, in which a line of warships crossed in front of a line of enemy ships, allowing the crossing line to bring all their guns to bear while receiving fire from only the forward guns of the enemy.[1]
• End of WWI, German High Seas Fleet was?
•Fleet scuttled by German naval officers on 21 June 1919 due to fear of resumption of war
Also had to get rid of navy
• Point 2 of Wilson’s 14 points was?
•Freedom of the seas and illegality of blockades
•British opposition
–League of Nations: Republican U.S. Senate rejects due to isolationist sentiments
• Germany’s colonial possessions in the Pacific post WWI were?
Africa China and pacific islands
• Objective of Washington Naval Conference of 1921 was?
–Security of possessions in the Pacific
•Solution to Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902
–End to the naval arms race
• Washington Naval Conference placed building limits on? (Type of Ship)
Aircraft carrier
• 9 power treaty did what?
–U.S., Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, China, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal
–Guarantees “Open Door” in China
•Freedom of trade for all countries
• According to London Conference, light cruisers had guns small than?
–Light < 6.1” guns
• 1st Carrier in U.S Navy built from heel up was?
Ranger
• 1st Carrier in U.S Commission was?
Langley
• U.S amphibious doctrine following WWII was researched by?
Ellis
• Which Axis leader in WWII came to power ?
Hirohito
• 1936, outbreak of WWII; U.S did what? (in regards to Naval Spending)
•Second London Naval Conference in 1935-36 Failure
–Attempt to appease Germany by allowing them to rebuild Navy
• When did the Pacific Fleet moved to Pearl Harbor?
1940
• U.S ship that was sunk by Jap in 1937?
USs panay
• War plan between Japanese and ?
Orange
• 1938, U.S realized Navy was unprepared? Act that was passed?
Second naval act or Vinson act
