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Chapter 25 - War & Revolution 1914-1918 Flashcards

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WWI coalition considered primarily of German Empire and Austria Hungary fighting against the Allied Powers

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Central Powers

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Name given to the alliance among France, Britain, and Russia after the signing of the Anglo- Russian Entente on August 1907

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Triple Entente (Allies)

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A form of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches

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Trench warfare

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1916, Longest single battle in World War I fought between German and French armies

French tactical victory

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Battle of Verdun

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Prussian German Field Marshal; statesman; politician; second president of Germany

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Hindenburg

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German General

Victor of Liege & Battle of Tannenberg

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Ludendorff

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British with overwhelming seapower established a naval blockade of Germany at outbreak of war 1914

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British Blockade

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Concept associated with World War I war requires mobilization of all the nations resources and energy

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Total War

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Form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitudes of the community towards some calls or position; took various forms pictures, literature, and film

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Propaganda

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New Weapons of War

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Machine guns, submarines (used torpedoes), British soldiers - rifle, grenades, poison gas, artillery, warplane, tank, blimp

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  • Largest battle one of the most famous battles of World War I
  • British and French against Germany
  • bloodiest military operation ever recorded
  • Allied attack on the Western front
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Battle of Somme

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First Wold War battle 1914

Allied victory against German army wrecked Germany’s bid for a swift victory over France forcing into protracted two-front war

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Battle of Marne

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British reports as Sinn Féin Rebellion
Armed insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter week 1916
Aimed to end British rule in Ireland by establishing independent Irish Republic
British landed counter-offensive
Uprising crushed

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Easter Rebellion

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Last tzar Emperor of Russia
Grand Duke of Finland
titular king of Poland
executed by Bolsheviks

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Tsar Nicholas II

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Russian mystic advisor to Pomanovs, the Russian Imperial family

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Rasputin

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Russian revolutionary and leader of Bolsheviks since 1903 masterminded the November 1917 revolution that overthrew the provisional government and led to a Communist regime in Russia

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Lenin

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Russian Marxist, revolutionary, and theorist

Soviet politician founder and first leader of the Red Army

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Trotsky

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1962 British American epic adventure drama film based on the life of TE Lawrence
Depicts Lawrence’s experiences in Arabia during World War I and his attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in Arab National Council

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Lawrence of Arabia

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French statesman that led nation victory in WWI
Leader of Radical Party
senior French representative at Versailles settlement

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Clemenceau

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US Pres. Wilson statement that Great War fought for a moral calls and for post-war peace in Europe
Guide new international order follow Allied victory in World War I

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Woodrow Wilson’s 14-Points

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International organization established at the end of World War I without membership of the US. Though covenant called for peaceful settlement of disputes and for sanctions against a member that went to war in violation of the provisions it failed to prevent escalating violence which culminated in World War II

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League of Nations

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Notion widely held among Germans after their unexpected loss in World War I that political intrigue and revolution at home had sabotaged the German military effort

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“Stab in the Back” Myth

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Peace treaty that the victors in World War I imposed on a defeated Germany in 1919

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Treaty of Versailles

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1918-1919
Epidemic of an virus that spread on a worldwide scale and infected a large portion of human population; killed more people than the Great War (World War I)
most devastating epidemic in history
20 to 40,000,000 people died

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Influenza Pandemic

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