Test 1 Flashcards
Next in line to the Holy Roman Empire, assassinated by Serbia, because he wanted to give the Serbs equality
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, tried but went home but luckily found them in an ally and killed him and his wife
Gavrilo Princecip
Where Franz and his wife were inspecting troops when they were assassinated
Sarajevo
Bosnia could never be part of Austria, but was annexed anyway. This group wanted them to be part of them or completely independent, so they killed Franz to stop equality of Bosnia.
Serbia
Kaiser of Germany, grandson to Queen Victoria.
Wilhelm II
Overthrown by the Bolsheviks aka Lenin, Germany had it happen, whole family killed (Russia)
Tsar Nicholas II
Chief of the German General staff
Von Moltke
In the time span where Russia needs to mobilize, the plan called for Germany to invade France, conquer France quick, then move all troops on German railways so they could quickly go west to east/east-west
Schlieffen Plan
Staff that ran the military , leader Von Moltke
German General Staff
Germany asked Belgium to allow their troops to come through Belgium, France & England had a treaty, Germany invaded Belgium and the war began. Germany starved and owned Belgium.
Insasion and Rape of Belgium
Gun fire stopped, in the British-German section the British troops heard singing, they joined in and sung to each other. Christmas morning, brave men came out of trenches and hung out with each other. Played soccer, shared things, ect. Covered up by government for propaganda
Christmas 1914
Naval, Germans sunk twice the amount of tonnage as the british
Battle of Jutland
Germany had un-restricted warfare at the beginning sinking all ships, etc (Lusitania)
U-boats and Submarine Warfare
Australian, New Zealand, British Forces. Churchill wanted Germany to bring their troops here, then they would advance in France. Failed, stalemate occurred.
Gallipoli
British vessle going from New York to Liverpool, German Embassy warned Americans not to go on boat. It was sunk 125 Americans killed, (ended up having ordinance on it)
Lusitania, 1915
Major battle, French vs Germany,
Verdun, 1916
British vs German, bloodiest battle ever, British lost 60k men first day, basically suicide into machine gun fire
The Somme, 1916
German foreign minister sent a note to the Mexican government, said if Mexico would distract the US, then Germany would help Mexico regain its lost territories. British found it and published it before they showed the US so they could not hide it
Zimmerman Telegram, 1917
Because of the Zimmerman note and Lusitania, the US will come into the war and declared war on Germany
U.S entry, Good Friday, 1917
Used to be called “Conscription” changed its name to the draft to be politically correct
Selective Service Act, 1917
First boat load of Americans arrived in France in 1917 summer, under General Pershing.
June, 1917, 1st U.S. troops to France
2 million men, segregated army
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
(Black Jack)- general of the armies (all military branches) control of all troops in France 1917
General of the Armies, John J. Pershing
American forces stopping Ludendorff and their advance, same with Bella Wood
Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood
This was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.
Meuse-Argonne
personally killed 25 Germans and captured 132, great American hero
Corporal Alvin York
5k troops sent to Mermansk, Russian port in the Arctic
U.S. Troops in Murmansk
8400 Americans sent there, defeated by Lenin and Communists won
AEF Siberia
Guns will stop at this time, peace ensued
Armistice, 11 am 11/11, 1918
Germany had to pay for everything, claim that they started the war and held accountable, called sub-human, US did not sign, not in League of Nations
Versailles Treaty, 1919
Main British naval base during WW1 and ww2
Scapa Flow
Sept. 8th, President declares this due to Canada joining the war and the US 3000 mile long undefended border with them
U.S. Declaration of Limited National Emergency, 8 September
Originally Canada didnt know if they were in the war, Canadian parliament asked George 6th to declare war against Germany. US tells Germany they do not consider Canada a belligerent nation
King of Canada declares war on Germany, 10 Sept
Previous two terms. The US was scared the war would come to Canada since they are in the war now, and US has a huge undefended border with them and will continue to have relations as they had before war broke out.
Roosevelt’s note to German government concerning Canada’s “Unique” position
