The Alliance System and the road to WWI

Question 1

Three Emperors Leauge

Answer 1

Bismark formed in 1873, alliance with 3 of the 5 great powers

Question 2

What destroys Three Emperors Leauge

Answer 2

Russo Turkish war of 1875 destroys it

Question 3

Treaty of San Stefano

Answer 3

Treaty of San Stefano of 1878 freed the Slavic peoples of the Balkans from the Otomans

Question 4

Reaction to treat of San stefano

Answer 4

• Austrians go nuts and say they took too much
• British Forced russia to an international conference to meet in Berlin

Question 5

Jingoism

Answer 5

Desire to be in a fight

Question 6

result of Congress of Berlin

Answer 6

All powers got territory off the expense of Ottomans, Russians mad at Germany

Question 7

dual alliance

Answer 7

Germany signs a dual alliance with A-H in 1879, if one would get attacked by russia, other would help

Question 8

triple alliance 1882

Answer 8

Italy asks to join germany and A-H

Question 9

Reinsurance treaty

Answer 9

Germany w russia in 1887, both stay neutral if attacked

Question 10

What is the cause of the fall of the Triple Alliance

Answer 10

Kaiser WIlhelm dies, Fredrick dies and Wilhem II inherits

Question 11

Wilhelm II personal issue coping

Answer 11

Withered arm makes him more aggressive

Question 12

What does Wilhelm II do to Bismarks Alliance

Answer 12

Resfused to resign with russia in 1890

Question 13

Russia response to Wilhelm refusing to resign alliance treaty in 1890

Answer 13

signs treaty with France

Question 14

How does Germany Provoke Britian

Answer 14

Builds large navy

Question 15

1900 Admiral Tirpitz risk theory

Answer 15

If Germany Navy strong enough, Brits wouldnt even try

Question 16

1902 Anglo Jap alliance with GB purpose

Answer 16

To defend brits holding in china against russia

Question 17

1904 Entente cordiale with france

Answer 17

freindly and disputes against colonies were settled; between france and bri

Question 18

1st Morocan Crisis, what happened

Answer 18

Kaiser went to Morocco and speech calling for Morrocan independence from france

Question 19

Algerciras Confrence of 1906 result

Answer 19

1907 Brits sign agreements with Russia and the Triple entente was formed

Question 20

What did the Serbs want to do before WWI

Answer 20

• Serbs wanted to create a slavic nation
  
  • need parts of Ottomans and Austria

Question 21

Young Turk 1908

Answer 21

wanted to modernize Ottoman empire

Question 22

What made Russians and Serbs mad at Austria

Answer 22

annexed B-H

Question 23

2nd Moroccan Crisis

Answer 23

• 1911 france shut down rebellion
• Kasier sent gunboat panther to protect non existent german people

Question 24

1st Balkan war of 1912

Answer 24

Ottomans defeated by Greece, serbia, montengro bulgaria

Question 25

2nd balkan war 1913

Answer 25

All the other regions ganged up on Bulgaria and took most of their gains from 1st war

Question 26

Why is Albania Created

Answer 26

Austria does not want Serbs to get a port, calls international conference to create serbia

Question 27

Assassinaition of Franz Ferdinand

Answer 27

In Bosnia and Gavrilo Princip trained by Serbs and killed him

Question 28

Why does Franz Ferdiand death start WWI

Answer 28

Austrians tried to punish Serbia but was threatened by Russia and needed approval from Germany

Question 29

THe Schlieffen plan

Answer 29

Germans go through Belgium

Question 30

Schlieffen plan result

Answer 30

Britan enters the war to protect Belgium

Question 31

Commander of the German army during WWI

Answer 31

was Helmuth von Moltke

Question 32

What battle saves france in WWI

Answer 32

Battle of Marne

Question 33

Russian Generals of WWI

Answer 33

Samsonov and Rennekampf

Question 34

Where did General von hinderburg beat the russians

Answer 34

General von hinderburg was called into destroy the two russian armies at Tannenburg and the Masurian lakes

Question 35

Who was Hindenburgs right hand man

Answer 35

Ludendorff

Question 36

How did Britian try to knock out the turks

Answer 36

black sea penninsula named Dardanelles was a key subject for them, turned disastrous.

Question 37

first gas attack in WWI

Answer 37

Ypres

Question 38

German war at sea tactic

Answer 38

- German U boats try to sink Britian and starve them - sank the Lusitania killing 1.2k

Question 39

worst year of casuties

Answer 39

1916

Question 40

Falkenhayn german lost job because

Answer 40

Verdun did not stop France

Question 41

Falkenhayn replaced by

Answer 41

Nunendorf

Question 42

What did brits do to help France in verdun

Answer 42

The Brits attack at the Somme river

Question 43

German naval war - Jutland

Answer 43

Brits lost more ships but blockcade in tacked

Question 44

Where did Russians attack in 1916

Answer 44

Russians General Brusilo attacks Austro Hungry in Ukraine

Question 45

Relevance of the Brusilo offensive

Answer 45

- Relieved pressure on Brits and french - almost destroyed the Austro Hungarian Army - Demoralized the Russians

Question 46

What strategy did German employ to starve britian out

Answer 46

Germans announce they will resume submarine warfare, bringing US into the war, this is a gamble

Question 47

Who replaces Tsar Nicholas in 1917

Answer 47

Kerensky

Question 48

French army in 1917

Answer 48

French army Mutiny in the Aisne River; Germans never found out about this though.

Question 49

Messines Ridge

Answer 49

Haigs brought in minors to dig into german trenches and contained 1 million pounds of explosives

Question 50

Caporetto

Answer 50

Germans shift to help Austrians knock Italy out of war; they ran out of supplies because they were demolishing

Question 51

2nd Russian Revolution, how did germany start this

Answer 51

Bolsheviks sieze power; Germans sent lenin to Petrograd to disrupt provisional govt and it succeeded

Question 52

Treaty that got Russia out of war/when

Answer 52

- Armistice signed with the Germans in December 1917 - Treaty officially Brest Litovsk signed in march 1918

Question 53

The Ludendorff offensive plan

Answer 53

German plan to get to paris first before USA

Question 54

Who is marshall Fosch

Answer 54

Marshall fosh is the supreme comander of the allies to cordinate defensive efforts

Question 55

What stopped the Ludendorff offensive

Answer 55

Americans at Beallu wood

Question 56

Who was the leading ace of WWI

Answer 56

Leading ace Manfred Von Richeofen (red baron)

Question 57

Leading French Ace

Answer 57

Rene Fonck 75

Question 58

Leading Brit ace

Answer 58

Billy Bishop 72

Question 59

2 important German aces

Answer 59

Ernest Udet and Herman Goering

Question 60

Very first Ace

Answer 60

Roland Garros

Question 61

Leading american pilot

Answer 61

26 kills Eddie Rickenbacker

Question 62

Volenteer group in WWI combat pilots

Answer 62

Lafayette Escadrille

Question 63

Black day of german army

Answer 63

August 8th when whole units started to surrender

Question 64

Last American attack in WWI

Answer 64

Saint Mihiel offensive

Question 65

When was the end of the ottoman empire

Answer 65

ENd of WWI

Question 66

What did Brits get of Ottoman empire

Answer 66

Iraq and Palestine

Question 67

What did France get of ottoman empire

Answer 67

Syria and lebannon

Question 68

Who forms republic of turkey

Answer 68

Kemal attuuck