The Great War

Question 1

Roughly, how many died in the Great War?

Answer 1

9,000,000

Question 2

When did Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrive?

Answer 2

28th June 1914

Question 3

Where did Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrive?

Answer 3

Sarajevo, Bosnia

Question 4

What was Bosnia a part of and why.

Answer 4

The Austro-Hungarian. The Austrians conquered it in 1908.

Question 5

Why did the Black Hand Gang choose to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 5

Many Bosnians wanted to leave the Austro-Hungarian Empire and join with their neighbour, Serbia and vice versa. These men did this to highlight their cause.

Question 6

What is Princip thought to have had?

Answer 6

Tuberculosis

Question 7

When did Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife arrive at the train station?

Answer 7

9:28am

Question 8

How many Black Hand assassins were there?

Answer 8

6

Question 9

When the assassin threw the bomb, where did it land?

Answer 9

It missed the Royal Couple and ended up below the car behind, injuring several people.

Question 10

What did the Archduke do after he was safe from the assassins?

Answer 10

He went to visit those injured.

Question 11

When did Archduke Franz Ferdinand get into the car again?

Answer 11

11am

Question 12

What happened when Archduke Franz Ferdinand got back into the car?

Answer 12

He was informed they had taken a wrong turn when he passed Schiller’s cafe. There, the assassin, Gavrilo Princip fired one shot at the Archduke’s throat and his wife, Sofie’s, stomach. They were both killed.

Question 13

Who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife?

Answer 13

18 year old Gavrilo Princip.

Question 14

How did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the Great War?

Answer 14

28 July: Austria-Hungry blames Serbia for his death. They attack them.
29 July: After promising to protect Serbia, Russia attacks Austria-Hungry.
1 August: Germany declares war on Russia because they support Austria-Hungary.
2 August: Britain prepares its warships.
3 August: Germany plans on defeating France before attacking Russia. They declare war on France.
4 August: Germany asks Belgium if their soldiers can walk through their country to attack France. They say no. Germany does it. Britain, who has a deal to protect Belgium, attacks Germany.
6 August: Austria-Hungry declares war on Russia.
12 August: Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary.

Question 15

What is a Front?

Answer 15

The area where two armies meet eachother.

Question 16

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 16

If Russia and France were to fight Germany at the same time. The Schlieffen plan would mean they start by giving France a big attack through Belgium before moving to the collossul yet slow Russian army.

Question 17

When did Germany put the Schlieffen plan into action?

Answer 17

3 August 1914

Question 18

Why did the Schlieffen plan go wrong?

Answer 18

The Belgians put up a fierce fight.
The BEF held them back at Mons.
The Russians launched an attack on Germany on August 19th, which was a lot quicker than they had expected.
Before they had the chance to capture Paris, they had to send toops to face Russia.

Question 19

What happened on August 19th 1914?

Answer 19

Russia launched an attack on Germany.

Question 20

To where did the Germans retreat after they were forced to face Russia?

Answer 20

40 miles behind the River Aisne.

Question 21

What happened when the Germans were 40 miles behind the River Aisne?

Answer 21

They dug trenches and set up machine guns. The British and French couldn’t break through their defences. They dug trenches directly opposite. By the end of 1914, neither could find a way through - they were stuck in a stalemate.

Question 22

What were some of the issues in the trenches?

Answer 22

Trench rats.
Food - the ever-increasing armies had to ration. The food became stale and basic.
Trenchfoot - in the winter of 1914-15, over 20,000 men in the British army were treated for it.
The mundanity of everyday life.

Question 23

When did the big three (France, UK, USA) meet at the Palace of Versailles?

Answer 23

January 1919

Question 24

Names of the Big Three Presidents:

Answer 24

David Lloyd George
Woodrow Wilson
George Clemenceau

Question 25

When was the Treaty of Versailles published?

Answer 25

June 1919

Question 26

What did the Treaty of Versailles mean for Germany?

Answer 26

They had to pay for the war - £6.6bn.
They had to agree they started the war.
They couldn’t have an air force or submarines, only a tiny navy and army.
No German soldiers were allowed near France.
They had to hand over colonies to Britain and France.
Parts of other countries were cut off to make new ones.
The League of Nations was set up.

Question 27

Duckboards

Answer 27

These were placed on the ground to stop you from sinking in the mud.

Question 28

Fire Step

Answer 28

Soldiers stood on these to look and fire ‘over the top’.

Question 29

Dugouts

Answer 29

Rooms dug out of the back wall of trenches. Orders received by telephone.

Question 30

Periscope

Answer 30

Enabled troops to see ‘over the top’ without the risk of being shot.

Question 31

Barbed Wire

Answer 31

Slowed down attacking troops. Millions of miles of barbed wire was used.

Question 32

Machine Gun

Answer 32

Rapid-firing gun that mowed down attacking troops.

Question 33

Concrete Bunker

Answer 33

Reinforced subterranean bunker

Question 34

Artillery

Answer 34

Huge guns that fired enormous explosive or poisonous shells for miles.

Question 35

Sandbags

Answer 35

Reinforced the walls, muffled explosions and soaked up moisture

Question 36

Aeroplanes

Answer 36

Helped spot targets for artillery, droped bombs on the enemy and shot down enemy planes

Question 37

Communication Trench

Answer 37

Linked the front line trench to the reserve trenches

Question 38

Reserver Trenches

Answer 38

Soldiers went there to rest or to wait to go to the front line

Question 39

Gas Bell

Answer 39

Would be rung to tell troops to put on gas masks

Question 40

Where was the League of Nationality’s headquarters?

Answer 40

Geneva, Switzerland

Question 41

What did the League of Nations aim to do?

Answer 41

If one nation declared war on a nation, the LONs would stop trading with the invaders until the fighting stopped.
Fight diseases.
Stop drug smuggling.
Stop slavery.
Improve working conditions.

Question 42

Successes of the League?

Answer 42

Freed 200k slaves.
Helped 400k prisoners of war return home.
Worked hard to defeat diseases like cholera, leprosy and smallpox.
Sorted a dispute between Sweden and Finland.
Sorted a dispute between Bulgaria and Greece.

Question 43

Failures of the League?

Answer 43

Never had its own armed forces.
USA never became a member.
Japan, Germany and Russia all left.
It couldn’t stop Japan invading China in 1931.
It couldn’t stop Italy invading Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935.
It couldn’t stop Germany expanding its territory in Europe between 1936 and 1939.

Question 44

Which countries lost the Geat War alongside Germany?

Answer 44

Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary

Question 45

When did the USA join WW1?

Answer 45

1917

Question 46

How many Frenchmen died in the Great War?

Answer 46

1.4mn

Question 47

How many Frenchmen died in the Great War?

Answer 47

1.4mn

Question 48

What type of rifle did each soldier have?

Answer 48

Lee Enfield Rifle

Question 49

What were the long-term causes of the Great War?

Answer 49

Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances

Question 50

Who was in the Triple Entente?

Answer 50

Britain, France, Russia

Question 51

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 51

Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary

Question 52

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 52

Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary