History paper 1 section B part 3 Flashcards
what had the USA adopted a position of
neutrality
who was the president of the USA
president woodrow wilson
what did america however do
provide the allies with supplies and loans
what was the Zimmerman telegram
between who
what did it say
who intercepted it
it was sent by the german foreign minister to mexico and it proposed a military alliance it said if germany had military support off mexico when germany won the war mexico could have the american states of texas arizona and new mexico and this telegram was intercepted by america
what did the americans do because of the zimmermann telegram
they declared war on germany on april 6th 1917
what also convinced america to join the war
the sinking on the Lusitania which had onboard 128 americans
why was the usa joining a big blow to germany
it was a huge psychological blow also and the usa navy was the third largest it had a large army and it was powerful
when was the russian revolution
february 1917
who took over russia
a provisional government
what happened in russia in october 1917
the bolshevik revolution
what was the bloshevik revolution
it established a communist government under lenin it promised to end the war
what was signed in march 1918
the treaty of brest litovsk
what did the treaty mean russia had to give to germany
russia had to surrender the western part of its country to germany which was the wealthiest in terms of food and materials it also had to pay 6000 million marks in reparations
what did the russian revolution mean for german troops
they were released to the western front before the usa joined
what was the spring offensive/ ludendorff offensive of 1918
it was germanys final attempt to break through before the allies had help from the USA
what did the spring offensive do
broke the stalemate
how far did germany advance in the spring offensive
within 65km of paris
how did germany do their attacks at the spring offensive their tatics
they didnt limit their attacks to a single area but instead did them at several points hiding the main point of attack and these attacks were usually at night
what sort of troops did germany have and what did they do - spring offensive 1918
specially trained storm troopers attacked through gaps along the front line
what were the german soldiers like in the spring offensive
they were not of the same calibre of that of the start
what did german soldiers do when short on supplies
they looted french villages for supplies and food
how many american soldiers were being sent to europe per month
250 000
who became the single allied commander against the germans
the french marshal ferdinand foch
when was the allied counted attack
august 8th 1918
