account for success of Allies WW1 formative

Question 1

Long term factors

Answer 1

1. failed strategy (Schlieffen Plan)
2. Economics
3. Naval power
4. North American

Question 2

long term: failed strategy (Schlieffen Plan)

Answer 2

Germany had to fight a war on two fronts, which became a war of attrition rather than movement, adopted unrestricted submarine warfare which got the US involved through the sinking of the Lusitania

Question 3

long term: Economics

Answer 3

war of attrition requires a continuous supply of men and resources which the Allies had from colonies, US and Britain had the two largest navies,

Germany only had weaker allies which burdened them, the Allied blockade denied Germany of resources, the collapse of the German homefront in 1918

Question 4

long term: Naval Power

Answer 4

allies placed a naval embargo on Germany which prevented imports and exports, placed strain on the German homefront, British naval power allowed for the quick takeover of German colonies

Question 5

long term: North American Influence

Answer 5

US entered the war which strengthened morale, brought Canada which helped with grain supply, steady flow of American ammunitions, US navy