World War 1 Flashcards
Militarism
Belief or desire of a government that a country should maintain a strong military capability and pe prepared to use it aggressively
Imperialism
The policy of extended a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Nationalism
Loyalty and devotions to a matiob
Triple alliance
Central powers Alliance between Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy
Triple entente
Russia, France, and great britain
War of attrition
The strategy or winning a war by wearing down the other country to the point of collapse through personel, material, and morale
Total war
Military leaders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to maintain a complete victory
Armistice
An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time, a truce
Reparations
The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged
War communism
Vladimir Lenin had the idea and Failed to organize a productive, well regulated economy
Central powers
Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy
Allied powers
Great Britain, Soviet Union, and France
Schlieffen plan
Prior to ww1 Germany established that in case of the outbreak of war, Germany would attack France first then Russia
Self determination
The process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms it’s own alliances and government
Red/ white army
Red- communism
White- anti communism
Gavrilo princip
Assainayed archduke Fran’s Ferdinand
Nicholes II
Monarch of Russian empire
Mobilized Russian army
Was assasinated
Alexandra
Nichole’s II wife
Left in charge when he was in war
Rasputin
Friends with Nicholes II
Was assainayed
Trotsky
Russian activist, became people’s first commissar for foreign affairs/ war
Assassinated
Supported communism, leader
Ludendorff
German general
Ebert
Served as German chancellor
Led Germany after difficult loss of wwI
Woodrow Wilson
14 points
Wanted to end all ware
George
King of United Kingdom
Clemenceau
French minister of war
Helped French victory
Battle of the Marne
Marked the end of German sweep into franchise and the beginning of the tench warfare
French victory
Battle of Somme
Bloodiest battle
Tanks used for the first time
Allied victory but at a high cost of death
Battle of tannenberg
German complete victory over Russians
Increased Russian tension at home
Second battle of the marne
Allied counterattack against Germany, turning point to Germany’s downfall
