Important Information Flashcards
Poison gas
Devastating. Used in trench warfare and dropped by zeppelins and planes
Zeppelins
Used by Germany to observe enemies and to bomb British civilians. Hot air balloon.
Airplanes
First time used in war to observe enemies, and later mounted with machine guns to shoot at enemies in in sky fights called “dog fights”
Tanks
First used by the British to roll over the barbed wire in no mans land. Lot of men had to use not very effective
Submarines
Used by Germans to fire torpedoes at ships like the Lusitania which led to the us going into war.
Allied powers
Barf in a boot Britain America Russia France Italy
Central powers
Mr. Otto likes to gab Ottoman Empire Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria
The schlieffen plan
A German plan by Alfred Von schlieffen to avoid two front war. Germany would invade France by going through Belgium. After, they would take French railroad back to Germany and finish off slow moving Russia.
Machine guns
Started as hard to use became easier and with more ammo
The schlieffen plans failure?
Germany asked Belgium permission to go through land, but when Belgium refused Germany did it anyway and through the Westminster treaty Britain got involved. They stayed in Belgium for more time than planned and bring most of army. France attacks Germany using French railroad and Russia mobilized faster than expected. Creates a stalemate ( no side can win)
What ships did Germany sink?
On March 24, 1916 German submarines torpedoed a French liner (Sussex)
On May 7, 1915 German submarines torpedoed a British liner (Lusitania)
Who was the president of the us during WW1?
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Period of time of war, and it’s name change
War started July 28 1914 and ended at 11:00 AM on the 11th of November 1918.
The war used to be “The Great War” but now is World war 1
Zimmerman telegraph?
Germany doesn’t want us to join the war so they sent Mexico a telegraph talking about having a treaty and how they will get their land back. Also how Mexico should go to Japan and ask for an alliance with them as well. British decode it but do not show Americans until February 1917 do us would join the war.
Why did the us enter the war?
The us entered the war because of the uprising of the people on the unites started telling Woodrow Wilson to go to war. This was cause by two liners being sunk by Germans submarines and the Zimmerman telegraph sent by Germany. The us finally entered the war to protect the democracy that they thought was being threatened.
What is trench warfare?
Trench warfare was a war tactic used during WW1. Each side would dig trenches around their borders and the sides would take turns bombarding and running across no mans land. Trenches were a horrible environment filled with plagues, rats, diseases, damp environments, lice, and sometimes no food.
What is no mans land
No mans land is the area between two enemy trenches that sides take turns running across.
Who got assassinated at the beginning of the war?
Archduke Franz Verdinand was assassinated in a visit to Serbia by Gavrillo Princip which had been aided by a rebel organization called the black hand group. This happened on the 28th of June 1914
What was the aftermath of the archduke a death?
Austria Hungary sent a very tough ultimatum to Serbian officials, if they did not agree they would declare war. Guided by Germans yellow journalism the Austrian Hungarian ambassador Gieslingen leaves before Serbia could send back the ultimatum. When Serbia sends back ultimatum they agree to all but one term, but no one gets it. Therefore, Austria Hungary declares war.
The weapons of WW1
Trench warfare started. Also, machine guns that became easier to use with more ammo, poison gas, zeppelins, airplanes, tanks, submarines
Isolationism and Germany?
Germany went through a period of isolationism because it had been seperatly from the affairs and interests of the rest of the world because it was blamed for WW1. Also it now had to complete a lot of changes set for it.
How did isolationism plant the seeds for WW2?
Isolationism planted the seeds for WW2 because the German children were poisoned with hatred, nationalism, and isolationism that they received from the outside world. Also, German soldiers that came back from war saw nation crumbling and had to rebuild it into a great nation (nationalism). Which led to them becoming great by war.
