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Europe Plunges Into War Flashcards

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Europe’s two rival camps

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The Triple Entre- Great Britian, France, and Russia
Triple Alliance- Germany, Hungary Austria, Italy

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_______’s declarence of war against ______ set of a chain reaction within the alliance system

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  1. Austria Hungary
  2. Syrbia
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What did Russia do in response to Serbia’s declaration of war?

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Progressed it’s army towards the Russian-Austrian border

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Why did Russia station troops along the border of Russian German border

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They expected Germany to join Austria

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Why did Germany declare war on Russia?

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They were threatened by the Russians stationed at their border

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What was Russia’s response to Germany declaring war on them?

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They turned to their French ally

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Describe how the web of alliances pulled in all the countries.

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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.

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What was the German response to the Russians seeking help from France

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Germany declared war on France too

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Central Powers

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Germany and Austria Hungary (eventually joined by Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire)

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Why are the central powers called the central powers

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They’re location in the heart of Europe

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Allied Powers/the Allies

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Great Britian, France and Russia (joined by Japan and Italy)

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What is Italy’s deal with alliances in WW1

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Originally a member of the Triple Alliance, but joined the other side after they blamed their former partners for starting the war

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13
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When did soldiers begin marching off to war?

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The summer of 1914

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“The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime”

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Edward Grey

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Western Front

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Long bloody stalemate along the battlefields along northern France

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Schlieffen Plan

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Attacking and defeating France in the west, and then rushing east to defeat Russia

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Who created the Schlieffen Plan

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General Alfred Von Schlieffen

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Why did feel confident about the Schlieffen Plan

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Because they felt that Russia didn’t have a developed railroad system thus making them slower to supply its front lines

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What was vital to the Schlieffen Plan

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speed

20
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Did the Schlieffen Plan work?

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The Germans had swept into France and reached the outskirts of Paris, but then the allies regrouped and attacked Germany so Germany retreated

21
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The battle of Marne

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When the Germans were planning to attack Russia so the allies attacked them on the Marne river.

22
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What were German scientists working on durring the war?

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Finding replacements for key resources.

23
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Which side developed chemical weapons first?

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Germany

24
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When and why did the war “take to the skies”

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The 1915 invention of planes

25
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The invention of what saved many soldiers?

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mobile x rays

26
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Space in between trenches

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No mans land

27
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What did the Western Front become?

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a “terrain of death”

28
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When did the slaughter reach a peak?

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1916

29
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What equitment did soldiers use to protect themselves from poisnoness gass?

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Gas masks

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Improved/invented weapons

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  • Poisness gas
  • Machine guns
  • Tanks
  • Submarines
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At the beginning of the war where did Russia attack

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in both Austria and Germany

32
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Austria against Russia

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Russia started out stronger and pushed into Austria but eventually Austria managed to push them out.

33
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Why was Russia constantly short on supplies?

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The were less industrialized

34
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What deadly enviornmental factor killed many soldiers at the eastern front?

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Cold winters

35
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Why couldn’t Russia’s ally’s ship them supplies at the Eastern front easily

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Because they would have to ship them over a sea controlled by the enemy

36
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Only advantage of the Russian army

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it’s size

37
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Who stopped Germany from launching a full fighting force at the west

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Russia

38
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What invention progressed the war significantly?

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The planes

39
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Key to military victory

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planes

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