Information Flashcards
What is a front?
The name given to the area where two armies meet each other.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
The idea was to quickly defeat France with a huge knock£out ought Belgium to face the Russian army
How did the Schlieffen plan go?
Wrong
Duckboards
Were placed on the ground to stop troops sinking in the mud.
Fire step
Soldiers stood on it to look and fire over the top
Dugouts
Rooms dug out of the black wall of trenches. Orders received by telephone
Periscope
Allowed troops to see over the top without risk of being shot
Concrete bunker
Reinforced subterranean bunker
Communication trench
Linked the front line trench to the reserve trenches
Reserve trenches
Soldiers went their to rest or wait to go onto the front line
Gas bell
Would be rung to tell troops to put on gas masks
Who were nicknamed the ‘Big three’?
France, Great Britain and the USA
Who was the Prime minister of Great Britain in 1919?
David Loyd George
Who was the president of the USA in 1919?
Woodrow Wilson
Who was the prime minister of France in 1919?
George Clemenceau
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
Punishments written out in a document for Germany
What did the Treaty of Versailles entail?
. Germany must pay for the war in money and goods.
. Germany to have no air force or submarines.
. Germany had to hand over colonies to Britain and France.
. Parts of countries cut off to make new countries
. League of Nations set up.
Whatwas the League of Nations intended to do?
A knind of international club for settling problems peacefully
Who ruled the Russian empire?
Tsar Nicholas II
Who was the leader of the political party the Bolsheviks?
Lenin
Did the Bolsheviks seize power fromthe Provisional Government?
Yes
What dis Lenin’s new secret police do and what is the secret police called?
Tortured and executed the opponents of Lenin’s new government and the secret police was called the Cheka
What was the Treaty of Brest Litvosk intended to do?
Bring peace between Germany and Russia
Give 2 ways the communists made Russia a more equal society
. Women were declared equal to men
. All land was taken away from the Tsar and the old landlords
How did the Romanov family die?
The secret police told the Romanovs that their safety was in danger, so they moves into a cellar. As soon as they entered the cellar, the police opened fire on the family and they died.
Who gave the orders to kill the Romanovs?
The communist leadership in Moscow
Approximately how many Jews died in the Holocaust?
6 million
Where was Adolf Hitler born and where?
In Austria in 1889
What gained Hitler a lot of support in his early life?
His brilliant speeches
What was the Beer Hall Putsch?
The march into Berlin with his Storm-troopers and to remove the Weimar government from power.
What did Hitler use as an excuse to arrest many of his communist opponents?
The Reichstag fire
What was the Reichstag fire?
When the German parliament was burnt down?
What did the Enabling act enable Hitler to do?
Pass laws of whatever he wanted
How dis the Nazis increase their popularity?
By appearing ro provide the solution to all of Germany’s problems
How did Hitler and the Nazis use propaganda to appeal to theordinary people of Germany?
Used simple slogans on newspapers, radio, mass ralies, and more.
How did Hitler gain support by landowners and businessmen?
Because of the idea of a communist society
What was Hitler’s alternative name?
Führer
What did Hitler use to gain obedience from everyone?
Impose terror, propaganda, loyalty from youth, and economic success.
What did Chamberlain believe was the best way to avoid another war?
To follow a policy of appeasement
What does it mean if you appease someone?
You decide to give them most of what they waqnt to keep them happy
Was appeasement a success or failure?
Failure
