Europe Plunges Into War Flashcards
Europe’s two rival camps
The Triple Entre- Great Britian, France, and Russia
Triple Alliance- Germany, Hungary Austria, Italy
_______’s declarence of war against ______ set of a chain reaction within the alliance system
- Austria Hungary
- Syrbia
What did Russia do in response to Serbia’s declaration of war?
Progressed it’s army towards the Russian-Austrian border
Why did Russia station troops along the border of Russian German border
They expected Germany to join Austria
Why did Germany declare war on Russia?
They were threatened by the Russians stationed at their border
What was Russia’s response to Germany declaring war on them?
They turned to their French ally
Describe how the web of alliances pulled in all the countries.
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Austria’s ally, Russia mobilized at Germany’s border because they assumed they would join Austria. Austria felt threatened and declared war on Russia. Russia looked to France for help, so Germany declared war of France too.
What was the German response to the Russians seeking help from France
Germany declared war on France too
Central Powers
Germany and Austria Hungary (eventually joined by Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire)
Why are the central powers called the central powers
They’re location in the heart of Europe
Allied Powers/the Allies
Great Britian, France and Russia (joined by Japan and Italy)
What is Italy’s deal with alliances in WW1
Originally a member of the Triple Alliance, but joined the other side after they blamed their former partners for starting the war
When did soldiers begin marching off to war?
The summer of 1914
“The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime”
Edward Grey
Western Front
Long bloody stalemate along the battlefields along northern France
Schlieffen Plan
Attacking and defeating France in the west, and then rushing east to defeat Russia
Who created the Schlieffen Plan
General Alfred Von Schlieffen
Why did feel confident about the Schlieffen Plan
Because they felt that Russia didn’t have a developed railroad system thus making them slower to supply its front lines
What was vital to the Schlieffen Plan
speed
Did the Schlieffen Plan work?
The Germans had swept into France and reached the outskirts of Paris, but then the allies regrouped and attacked Germany so Germany retreated
The battle of Marne
When the Germans were planning to attack Russia so the allies attacked them on the Marne river.
What were German scientists working on durring the war?
Finding replacements for key resources.
Which side developed chemical weapons first?
Germany
When and why did the war “take to the skies”
The 1915 invention of planes
The invention of what saved many soldiers?
mobile x rays
Space in between trenches
No mans land
What did the Western Front become?
a “terrain of death”
When did the slaughter reach a peak?
1916
What equitment did soldiers use to protect themselves from poisnoness gass?
Gas masks
Improved/invented weapons
- Poisness gas
- Machine guns
- Tanks
- Submarines
At the beginning of the war where did Russia attack
in both Austria and Germany
Austria against Russia
Russia started out stronger and pushed into Austria but eventually Austria managed to push them out.
Why was Russia constantly short on supplies?
The were less industrialized
What deadly enviornmental factor killed many soldiers at the eastern front?
Cold winters
Why couldn’t Russia’s ally’s ship them supplies at the Eastern front easily
Because they would have to ship them over a sea controlled by the enemy
Only advantage of the Russian army
it’s size
Who stopped Germany from launching a full fighting force at the west
Russia
What invention progressed the war significantly?
The planes
Key to military victory
planes
