The Start Of WWI Flashcards
MANIA
increased MILITARISM, formation of ALLIANCES, rise of NATIONALISM, growth of IMPERIALISM, ASSASSINATION of archduke
1879 European Alliance
Germany and Austria-Hungary - dual alliance
1881 European Alliance
Austro-Serbian Alliance
1882 European Alliance
Triple Alliance- Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany
1894 European Alliance
Franco-Russia dual alliance
1904 European Alliance
Britain and France Entente Cordiale
1907 European Alliance
Triple Entente - Russia, Britain, France
Von Schlieffen Plan
Attacking France through Belgium (neutral country) if Russia decides to attack Germany
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
Triple Entente
Britain, France, Russia (worsening relationships between Germany and Russia / Germany and Britain helped drive the Entente, plus France and Germany really did NOT get along during
Franco-Prussia war 1870)
Formal Alliance
Public alliances
Great Britain and France not giving Germany what they want equals what?
Rivalries!!
Bolt-Action Rifle
- main WWI weapon
- 15 rounds, 1400 meter range
Machine Gun
- needed 4-6 men to work
- firepower of 100 guns
- could cool 2 ways: water (didn’t last long) or air vents
Problems with artillery
Had a long range with huge blows firing shells that exploded directly on impact but needed 12 men to work.
Chlorine Gas
- introduced by Germany in 1915 during Battle of Ypres
- weather had to be right
Effects: burning sensation in throat and chest, suffocation
Mustard Gas
- most malignant weapon
- colorless and 12 hours to be in effect
- could be 5 weeks of hell until death, or you could survive (depending on intake)
Effects: blisters, vomiting, sore eyes, internal/external bleeding