Impact Of WW1

Question 1

Where did Russia suffer heavy defeats?

Answer 1

Tannenburg

Masurian Lakes

Question 2

What was the effect of the military defeats in Russia?

Answer 2

Military defeats and the high death toll of Russians led to disillusionment and anger about the way the Tsar and government were conducting the war.

Question 3

How many soldiers were lost by 1915?

Answer 3

Over one million soldiers were lost.

Question 4

What were the effects of the high death toll?

Answer 4

Morale was low and soldiers weren’t willing to fight.

Question 5

What was the munitions crisis?

Answer 5

By mid 1915 there had been so many cases of mutiny that the Russia Artillery Units were limited to three shells per day.

Question 6

What was the problem with food supplies?

Answer 6

Requisitioning, army takes priorities led to anger and desertion among soilders and peasents hording the foods

Question 7

What was the effect of requisitioning?

Answer 7

Requisitioning of horses and fertilisers made farming difficult for peasents and decreased agriculture output

Question 8

What was the effect of inflation?

Answer 8

Made food less profitable causing peasents to horde food

Led to low morale in peasents