End of the War Flashcards
What did Canadian’s who wanted to fly join?
The British Corps (40% of British Air Force Pilots were Canadian)
What are dogfights?
Aerial duels between pilots
How did dogfights work?
Planes dove on enemy fighter aircraft from the rear and fired
How would pilots drop bombs
By carrying them on their lap
Who was Baron von Richthofen
Germany’s greatest ace
Who was Captain Roy Brown
Famous pilot for shooting Baron von Richthofen down
Who was Billy Bishop
Canada’s greatest ace
Why did German’s resort to submarine warfare
Because the British navy chased Germany out of the North Sea and set up a blockade which stopped the German surface fleet from entering the Atlantic
What are U-Boats
German Submarines
What did a U-Boat do in 1915 that affected the rest of the war?
Sunk the British passenger ship, The Lusitania, which contained some rich and powerful American people
What was the U-Boat plan?
To starve Britain into submission by cutting off the shipment of supplies
What is the Convoy system?
A system to protect Allied supply ships from German U-Boats. Shops were escorted by armed destroyers.
Why did the US enter the war?
1) Sinking of the Lusitania
2) February 1917, Germany decided to implement unrestricted submarine warfare, making American ships targets
3) Early 1917’s, Germany was encouraging Mexico to attack the US (Zimmerman Telegram)
Russia: March 1917
Tsar Nicolas and his autocracy was overthrown. The Provisional Government took over, but was overthrown. Communists (Bolsheviks) led by Vladimir Lenin took over- opened peace negotiations.
What did Russia give up due to peace negotiations?
All of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine
