Chapter 25 - War & Revolution 1914-1918 Flashcards
WWI coalition considered primarily of German Empire and Austria Hungary fighting against the Allied Powers
Central Powers
Name given to the alliance among France, Britain, and Russia after the signing of the Anglo- Russian Entente on August 1907
Triple Entente (Allies)
A form of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches
Trench warfare
1916, Longest single battle in World War I fought between German and French armies
French tactical victory
Battle of Verdun
Prussian German Field Marshal; statesman; politician; second president of Germany
Hindenburg
German General
Victor of Liege & Battle of Tannenberg
Ludendorff
British with overwhelming seapower established a naval blockade of Germany at outbreak of war 1914
British Blockade
Concept associated with World War I war requires mobilization of all the nations resources and energy
Total War
Form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitudes of the community towards some calls or position; took various forms pictures, literature, and film
Propaganda
New Weapons of War
Machine guns, submarines (used torpedoes), British soldiers - rifle, grenades, poison gas, artillery, warplane, tank, blimp
- 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
Battle of Somme
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
Battle of Marne
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
Easter Rebellion
Last tzar Emperor of Russia
Grand Duke of Finland
titular king of Poland
executed by Bolsheviks
Tsar Nicholas II
Russian mystic advisor to Pomanovs, the Russian Imperial family
Rasputin
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
Lenin
Russian Marxist, revolutionary, and theorist
Soviet politician founder and first leader of the Red Army
Trotsky
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
Lawrence of Arabia
French statesman that led nation victory in WWI
Leader of Radical Party
senior French representative at Versailles settlement
Clemenceau
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
Woodrow Wilson’s 14-Points
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
League of Nations
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
“Stab in the Back” Myth
Peace treaty that the victors in World War I imposed on a defeated Germany in 1919
Treaty of Versailles
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
Influenza Pandemic
