The Great War 2 Flashcards
British attempt to rescue Russia
The Gallipoli campaign
the socialist democratic party
Bolsheviks (Red’s)/(communist)
whites
Mensheviks
United soviet socialist republic
USSR
Was in charge of the U.S army
Gen. John Pershing
Hope to defeat the allied forces before the American’s can make a differance
Operation Michael
king
(kaiser) Wilhelm II abdicates the throne
flu outbreak
Spanish influenza
BIG FOUR
*GREAT B- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
*FRANCE- GEORGES CLEMENCEAU
*USA - WOODROW WILSON
*ITALY- VITTORIO ORLANDO
Most brutal of all
“killed over 1 million and imprisoned (gulas) over 1 million of his own party”
Joseph Stalin
“Great Purge”
Stay out of European affairs
Isolationism
German ambassador; promised Mexico to help them get their land back from the Americans
Zimmerman telegram
president that declares that the purpose for that war is (safe for democracy)
-also refused to sign the treaty of Versailles
Woodrow Wilson
Nicknames:
GERMAN= HUNS
BRITISH= TOMMIES
FRENCH=FROGS
AMERICAN= DOUGHBOYS
Germany was forced to sign
Treaty of Versailles