Foundations - Ch 29 - WWI Flashcards
what is the acronym to remembering the underlying causes of WWI
M.A.I.N.
what were the underlying causes of the war
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
what is militarism
a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
what was the spark of the revolution
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
what was the Triple Alliance
a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding WWI
who originally formed the triple alliance and why did he do it
Otto Von Bismark of Germany bc he believed france posed the greatest threat to peace in Europe so he wanted to isolate it and take allies away from it
what was the Triple Entente
a military alliance between France, GB, and Russia in the years preceding WWI
what was the Black Hand
a secret society committed to ridding Bosnia of Austrian rule
who assassinated Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian member of the Black Hand
what was the schielffen plan
Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of WWI, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia so they wouldn’t have to fight a war on two fronts
did the Schlieffen plan work
no
why didn’t the schlieffen plan work
no because France defeated Germany at the first battle of the marne, and by the time that battle ended, Russian forces had already invaded Germany on the eastern front
why was it significant that the schlieffen plan didn’t work
Germany/the central powers had to fight a long war on two fronts
who were part of the central powers
germany, A-H, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
who were part of the allied powers
Russia, France, Italy, Serbia, GB, Belgium, Japan, Romania, Portugal, and Greece
why did GB enter the war
germany attacked Belgium (a neutral nation) in order to go thru the schlieffen plan and GB had a treaty with Belgium to protect them
what was the western front
the region of northern france where the forces of allies and the central powers battled each other
what was the eastern front
the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks
what is trench warfare
a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield
what was the worst part about trench warfare
it led to stalemates, which caused a huge loss in human life but hardly any land gain