Midterm Part 2 Flashcards
World War 1
Chief Minister of Prussia who wants a united Germany under Prussian leadership.
Bismark
The territories France lost in the Franco-Prussian War causing the unification of Germany
Alsace and Loraine
Alliance Bismark created with Italy and Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance
Alliance Bismark created with Russia
Reinsurance Treaty
Alliance Bismark created with Britain
Anglo-German Agreement
Causes of WW1
complex alliances, Germany’s 2 front war for coal and iron
The plan to have German army conduct a wheeling motion into Belgium and Luxembourg and take France from behind.
Schlieffen Plan (1905)
Reasons for the failure of the Schlieffen Plan
Put too many troops at French-German border, Did not lure french troops into Belgium causing Germany to break Belgium neutrality and upsetting G.B
U.S plan to mobilize troops before a war started. Roosevelt embraced it and Wilson rejected it, wanting neutrality
Preparedness
Program that trained soldiers and publicized preparedness
Plattsburg Movement
Secretary of War that oversaw Preparedness and drafted the National Defense Act. Was also a pacifist
Newton D. Baker
The act that increased the size of army to 175,000, established the ROTC, cut size of the general staff, and required national guard to take a federal oath.
National Defense Act of 1916
Causes for U.S entering WWI
U.S wanted GB and France to win to be able to pay back loans. Sell arms to GB and the sinking of the Lusitania
Ship that was sunk by Germany that was transporting weapons and passengers to GB that caused the United States to enter WWI
Lusitania
The note Germany gave to Mexico asking for their help and in return Mexico can take back their land from America
Zimmerman Note
the commander of the American Front who asked Wilson for 5 million troops in total throughout WWI.
John J Pershing
The system used to get Pershing his men over to France, also causing there to be more black soldiers
Conscription
Oversaw the propaganda of the military
George Creel
the journalists that would give news on the war before movies, promoting the buying of war bonds
The Four Minute-Men
The term used for American soldiers serving in Europe due to them being physically stronger but poorly trained
Doughboys
The head of the War Industries Board which was in charge of mobilization. He gained control of raw materials and would order factories to produce tanks and guns and would cut off supplies if this did not happen. (Wolf of Wall Street)
Benard Baruch
Chief of Staff during WWI but was unorganized and could not make decisions, causing March to take his position
Tasker Bliss
The plan to have 28,000 men in Brigades of 4,700 allowing for the army to take heavy losses and still put up a good fight
The Square Division
The person who came up with continuous aim firing and greatly increased the war ships in the Navy, most importantly, Dreadnoughts
William Sims
created the convoy systems and implemented plan of putting mines in the ocean to destroy German subs
Sims
Escort system where merchant ships would be protected by warships and aircraft
Convoy System
Council with 2 representatives from different countries
Supreme War Council
The plan to put American soldiers in European armies
Amalgamation
Issues with Amalgamation that Pershing argued
Duplication of staff, no professionalism in GB and French armies, Americans are more diverse and GB and French armies can start racism
Final deal of Amalgamation
If disaster, Americans will temporarily serve under Brits and French, but other than that Americans get own sector of battle field with their own army
Created the Lafayette Esacadrille
Raoul Lufbery
The aviation unit that built 22,000 planes and consisted of volunteer pilots who fought for France before the U.S entered the war, which eventually got accumulated into the Air Corps
Lafayette Esacadrille
Head of aviation after Benny Foulois who advocated for strategic bombing
Billy Mitchell
The race car driver that was Pershing chauffeur who became the Great American Ace
Eddie Rickenback
The best American Pilot who got 18 kills in his first year
Frank Luke
Riots in Camp Logan which started from a black man getting arrested causing the death of 2 black soldiers and 17 civilians, and after 20 executions (Did not get permission from Judge or President)
Houston Riots
Where Black officers were trained for one year before the school was shut down
Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa
The 2,000 black soldiers who were given 250 rifles and assigned to Spartanburg, SC, to train but encountered lots of racism
Harlem Hellfighters
A black soldier who killed 4 and wounded 30 Germans with a rifle and knife while on a scouting mission to save his friend. He received the medal of honor.
Henry Johnson
The 1st battle in the war for American troops planned by George C Marshall
Battle of Cantigny
The battle that showed how tough the American military was, causing it to be the hardest battle for the Germans to fight. Gave the Marine Corps huge recognition
Battle at Belleau Wood
Replaced Pershing as head commander of the military who stopped fighting for 2 weeks to get soldiers rested and fed before the final push on the Muese River
Hunter Liggett
