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ww1 (years):
1914-1918
europe 1914 consisted of
german empire; austro-hungarian empire; russian empire; serbia
(long term causes of ww1) militarism: massive … build-up, esp. the …
military; German Navy
(long term causes of ww1) militarism: … held in high regard
military
(long term causes of ww1) alliances: intended to …, …; but- dragged most of …
prevent war; intimidate enemies; europe into war
(long term causes of ww1) imperialism: nations competed for …- ….; …. was late to the game
colonies; status symbols; germany
(long term causes of ww1) nationalism: nations felt …; … had to be defended; also-… wanted their own countries
superior; national honor; ethnic groups
triple Entente- Allies:
Britain, France, Russia
triple Alliance- Central Powers:
Germany; Austria-Hungary; Italy
alliances kick in if
one member is attacked
italy joins allies for promise … in …
austrian land; 1915
the ottoman empire joins the … in …
Central Powers; 1914
the … dynasty: ….-Austrian
habsburg; archduke franz ferdinand
the …..(serbians): …
Black Hand; gavrilo princip
the black hand was a …
terrorist group
princip … ferdinand and his wife in … on …
assassinates; sarejevo, bosnia; june 28, 1914
austria-hungary (with … minorities) wants to crush … (serbia)
slav; Slav upstart
austrians issue … to …
ultimatum; serbs
ultimatum had a … deadline
july 28
russians want to protect
“Little Slav Brothers”
the Germans … obligated to back the Austrian by terms of the treaty
were not
(mobilization) to move 100M’s of men/equipment requires .., takes about … weeks
planning; 3-4
(mobilization) if a nation did not mobilize in a timely fashion, it would
be at a disadvantage
(mobilization) considered an act of
war
(mobilization) the … and … of troops before a …
preparation; movement; war
russia starts to mobilize in
late july
germany starts to mobilize and
declares war on Russia
…. backs up russia and declares war on …
france; germany
germany invades … and …
france; neutral belgium
…. declares war on Germany
Britain
(Schlieffen plan) dilemma of a … war; germany planned to .. out of the war
2-front; knock France
the last war had been the … in 1870-71
franco-prussian war
(ww1 new innovations)
trenches, no man’s land
(ww1 new innovations) artillery:
larger cannons (ex. “Big Bertha”)
(ww1 new innovations) german railroad gun: range
80 miles
(ww1 new innovations) cost of war
numerous casualties
soldiers remained in … for a long period of time: caused sin to rot and … which resulted in …
mud; become infected; amputations
use of … as a weapon including …., …., …, and …
gas; chlorine gas; phosgene gas; biophosgene gas; mustard gas
rats: … and … rats; ate …
ground; black; cadavers
lice: caused
trench fever
new weapons: t
tanks; airplanes; zepppelins “bombing”
zeppelins: like .., but with metal “…” inside
blimps; casing
… surgery began in WW1
cosmetic
(u.s. neutrality) due to thought that war was a … as well as on the …
“european problem”; monroe doctrine
(u.s. neutrality) diverse … in america
ethnic groups
(U.s. neutrality) …% of people were … or …
30; immigrants; 1st generation
(U.s. neutrality) came from countries on .. of the war
both sides
(U.s. neutrality) u.s. had … to both sides and wanted to keep …
economic ties; trading
(U.s. neutrality) citizens heard about the
horror
british blockade: block … going into germany through ..
supplies; naval blockade
germans respond with a … blockade
u-boat
u-boats are
submarines
the lusitainia sunk in …, nearly … dead including … americans
may 1915; 1200; 128
(u-boats) 1914-1915: … submarine warfare; germans will … all ships in …
unrestricted; sink; war zone
(u-boats) 1915-1916: … sumbarine warfare; germans will sink only …. (…) in the war zone; will warn British/French …; will sink … if confirm …
restricted; warships; no warning; merchant ships; neutrals; war supplies
march 1916: “….” (French channel steamer, …) several … seriously …
sussex; unarmed; americans; wounded
(sussex pledge) u.s. declares germany to be
held responsible
(sussex pledge) wilson reads … before congress (april 2016): demands germany modify its … or the u.s. will sever …
ultimatum; u-boat policy; diplomatic relations
(sussex pledge) germany replies: promise not to sink …; merchant ships … if confirm … and provide for …
passenger ships; ok to sink ;military cargo; crew
(sussex pledge) wilson … pledge: crisis …
accepts; avoided
election of 1916 wilson campaign slogan
“he kept us out of the war”
election of 1916- in … things will change regarding war
1917
(results of british blockade (1914-1916)) u.s trade with germany and austria… ; (1914: .. million; 1916: .. million)
declines; $169; $1
(results of british blockade (1914-1916)) u.s. trade with england and allies … (1914: … million; 1916 .. billion)
grows; $825; $3.2
(results of british blockade (1914-1916)) u.s. bank loans to england and allies are … (march 1915-april 1917: … plus)
large; $2 billion
(results of british blockade (1914-1916)) increased trade with allies more than offsets
lost trade with central powers
(results of british blockade (1914-1916)) u.s. banks fear Brits/ French will … if lose war
default on loans
Germans: resumption of
unrestricted submarine warfare
january 31, 1917 germany to sink …, … or …, … or …, within the war zone
all ships; armed; unarmed; neutral; belligerent
(zimmermann telegram) secret german … to …
telegram; mexican gov’t
(zimmermann telegram) essentially asks for mexico to … with Germany, so that, in the case that U.S. becomes involved in war, Mexico would … U.S.
align; attack
(zimmermann telegram) intercepted by … who gave it to ..
brits; u.s.
(zimmermann telegram) made … (2/28/17); causes …
public; outrage
(u.s. goes to war) wilson proclaimes that the “world must be ….”
made safe for democracy
(u.s. goes to war) congress declares war on
april 6, 1917
(U.S. military situation) 1914: u.s. regulary army: .. men; U.S. navy: … ships: … and ..
90,000; outdated; weak; feeble
(U.S. military situation) national defense act (1916): increase army to …; increase national guard to …; … million for navy
225,000; 450,000; $313
us joining war was a major… to war weary britain and france
morale boost
us joining war: increased level of
war supplies and food
us joining war: merican
“doughboys”
u.s. joining war: no … until …
significant troops; spring 1918
u-boats: sink supply ships in … to cripple britainbefore …
1917; u.s. can have impact (unrestricted- feb 1917)
(the russian revolution) march 1917: …
november 1917: ….
march 1918: …
czar overthrown; lenin and communists takeover; russia out of war
(the russian revolution) with russia out: … german soldiers free to shift to … against …
1 million; west; britain/france
(spring 1918) germans launch … aimed at …. in which they add … from the east
major offensive; winning war; 1 million men
(spring 1918) germans use new tactics: …- attack … points and cause …; strong points overwhelmed by … with …
storm troopers; weak; chaos; large groups; heavy weapons
(spring 1918) early … and get within … of paris
success; 50 miles
u-boats sink many ships in early …; allied solution: …; fleets of … protectd by …
1917; convoy system; warships
spring 1918 offensive stalls after success: germans are … and have ..; by may-americans are now fighting in …- … arrive in France daily
tired; low supplies; significant numbers; 10,000;
(general john j. pershing) commander of … (A.E.F)
American Expeditionary Forces
(general john j. pershing) insisted U.S> troops fight as separate … under …
army; american commanders
(general john j. Pershing) insistence that american troops fight as separate army allowed assignment of select… during …
units; german spring offensive
battle of belleau woods: june …
1918
(belleau woods) u.s. amry and marines stop … and seize …
german advance; key wooded area
(belleau woods) “Retreat? hell, we just got here.”: U.S> marine captain lloyd williams on being urged to … by …
retreat; french officers
(belleau woods) “We have Americans opposite us who are terribly reckless fellows.” German private, one of .. left of … in his company
30; 120
(meuse-argonne offensive) sept …, 1918- ….
26; nov 11, 1918
(meuse-argonne offensive) the major … of the war (joint effort with ..)
u.s. engagement; french
(meuse-argonne offensive) 1.2 mm u.s. troops
engaged
(meuse-argonne offensive) … killed/ … wounded
26M; 96M
(meuse-argonne offensive) significance: helped roll Germans out of … and created conditions for the …
france; war to end
(the hundred days offensive) aug …- …
8; nov 11, 1918