chapter 25 Flashcards
the triple entente
Allied Powers
- England Great Britain → Prime Minister Lloyd George
- France → George clemenceau
- Russia → Czar Nicholas III
- Italy → Vitorio Orlando, to gain territory
- America
to gain territory
- Italy → Vitorio Orlando
The triple Alliance
Central powers
- Germany
- Austrian/ Hungarian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
known as the “Old sick man”
Cause of World War I
- Nationalism
- Imperialism → imperial rivalries
- Entangling Alliances
- Militarism → Germany’s rise as a world power
the event that sparked the war
the assasination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia
New technology to break the stale mate
I. the tank
2. chemical weapons
3. the flame thrower
the greatest battle of attrition in history
Verdun
One of the bloodlest and most futile battes of history
the battle of the somme
reasons for american involvement
a. economic
b. unrestricted submarine warfare
c. anti- german propaganda
USSR
the union of Soviet Socialist Republics
signs the Armistice
November 11, 1918 at 11:00 am
the signing of the armistice known 70
the Gennara as the
“Stab in the back”
By what titter will skillfully call
“The November criminals”
PoInt 14: “General association of Nations”
the guarantee the security of great and small nations alike
The League of Nations
The Big Four
- France → George Clemenceau
- England → Lloyd george
- italy → orlando
- America → Woodrow wilson
Terms of the treaty
1 Germany was forced to give up 13% of its
land to the allies and all its colonies.
• Germany’s desire to reclaim lost lands
2. Germany was forced to give up 80% of its navy, air force and reduce its Army to 100,000 soldiers
• German’s desire to be strong and great again
3. Germany had to accept a “Demilitarized zone” in the Rhineland, which is next to its industrial heartland the Ruhr
• Germany evokes its right to defend itself
→ This clause (provision) forced Gemany to accept responsibility per the war.
War Guilt Clause
In doing So Germany was forced to pay
Reparations (war damage)
