The Great War Flashcards
What were The Long Term Causes ?
Militarism:
Militarism means that the army and military forces are given a high profile by the government.
Alliance:
An alliance is an agreement made between two or more countries to give each other help if it is needed.
Imperialism:
Imperialism is when a country takes over new lands or countries and makes them subject to their rule.
Nationalism:
Nationalism means being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one’s country.
What were The Short Term Causes ?
- The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914).
- Germany declaring war on France & Russia.
- The fact that most of the countries were autocracies, meaning the head figure of parliament had say over every political decision.
How was The Western Front in WW1?
The Western Front was the name the Germans gave to a series of trenches that ran 700 kilometres from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. To imagine this, think of a ditch deep enough to stand in zigzagging its way alongside the Hume Highway from Melbourne to Canberra. As at Gallipoli, machine-gun fire caused terrible casualties on the Western Front. Both sides had dug trenches, sometimes only metres apart, as their only protection from the murderous gun fire. But they were never safe from the explosive artillery shells that rained down on the front line soldiers every few seconds for days at a time. The British High Command needed troops urgently. So after the Gallipoli veterans were rested in Egypt, and had been strengthened by the ‘fair dinkums’ from Australia, they were sent to France to fight Germany. But Gallipoli was not the last time the ANZACs fought the Turks. The Light Horsemen were sent to the Middle East where they took part in several battles, the most spectacular of which was the mounted charge at Beersheeba.
How was The Eastern Front in WW1?
In the late summer of 1914, the ancient monarchies of Austria, Russia and Germany plunged their countries into a world war which engulfed Europe in one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. The Eastern Front of that great war had a profound impact on the remainder of the 20th century, even though the Western Front with its British, French and American combatants achieved somewhat greater fame. The statistics for the Eastern war are grim. More than three-million men died in the fighting, more than nine-million men were wounded, and every major country which participated lost its form of government. One of them, Russia, collapsed so completely and catastrophically that the ensuing consequences still resonate in today’s world. It was into this conflict that the soldiers of 1914 marched, with an eagerness and confidence which has not since been repeated.
What was the Naval War?
The first time that a plane took off from a ship was on the 10th of November 1910, when Eugene Ely, flying a Curtiss biplane, took off from the American light cruiser Birmingham. Two months later he even made the first landing of an aircraft on a ship’s deck, albeit a ship at anchor, the Pennsylvania.
What was the mobilization for “Total War”?
The “total war” of World War I dwarfed the scope of the mobilization needed for previous foreign wars, such as the Mexican War and the Spanish-American War. While these conflicts elicited great interest in the general population, they did not require the sustained level of commitment or trigger the profound economic and societal changes of World War I. Whole industries such as shipbuilding and automobile manufacturing had to be transformed to produce the weapons of war. Military draft, rationing, civil rights infringements, and other sacrifices became the norm. Few Americans escaped the hardships required to defeat the enemy.
what was Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
Fourteen Points, The, a set of 14 principles proposed by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for ending World War I and for keeping the peace thereafter. These principles were set forth by Wilson in an address to the United States Congress on January 8, 1918. Germany welcomed this basis for peace when on the verge of defeat by the Allies some months later. However, only six points were put into effect as Wilson had intended. These were 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, and 14. The 14th point led to establishment of the League of Nations.
What was the Revolution in Germany and Austria ?
Vienna, the capital of the ethnically diverse Austrian Empire, was a leading cultural center in Europe. Full of artists, composers, writers, and intellectuals, Vienna was truly the jewel of the Austrian Empire, and the Austrian empire, led by Metternich, was the paragon of reactionary politics. Yet the various ethnic groups in Austria had become increasingly nationalist over the preceding decades, and by now they all yearned to express their individual volksgeist and gain independence. Metternich had worked for years to hold the Austrian Empire together, but now, in the wake of the French February Revolution, the ethnic groups vehemently opposed assimilation.
What was The Peace settements of 1919-1923 ?
What military restrictions were imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles?
• The army was limited to 100,000 men.
• There was to be no conscription. All soldiers had to be volunteers.
• Germany was not allowed tanks, submarines or military aircraft.
• The navy could only have six battleships.
• The Rhineland was demilitarised.
what were The Results After WW1 ?
If you look closely at WWI’s history, the French are much more at fault than the Germans. The Germans were involved in a conflict on their eastern border due to one of their treaties with Austria. The French took advantage of the situation to attack Germany’s vulnerable western flank to try and claim land that had been in dispute between the two countries for ages. When the Germans began to trounce the French, the French called in all their favors and allies to fight the Germans.
