World War 1 Flashcards
Luigi Cadorna
Commander of the Italian forces.
Lost all 12 battles
Alexei Brusilov
Hurricane Tactics. Discovered when he ran out of artillery shells.
Ferdinand Foch
French
Near the end of war, he became the supreme allied commander
Frans Ferdinand
Austro- Hungarian heir to throne. Assassinated by Serbian Black hand
the spark that sets off the war
Douglas Haig
British leader for most of the war.
Oscar Von Hutier
Hutier tactics
Attack the weak, avoid the strong.
–developed tactical answer to trench stalemate
Sir John Jellicoe
Commander of the main British fleet at Jutland
Joseph Joffre
French Leader until 1917 “papa joffera”
Alexander Von Kluck
Messed up the Schlieffen plan. Was the one in charge of the right swing, failed to go right enough
Erich Ludenforff
German, led attack on the Liege. Also fought at Prussian front.
Led till very end
Hemuth Von Moltke
Replaced Schlieffen and messed up the Schlieffen plan by not being there and very poor communication.
Nicholas Romanov II
The last tsar of Russia, assassinated by Bolsheviks
John Pershing
Leader of the American troops, fought to keep American troops together
Henri Petain
Replaces Nevelle, and helps Jofera, saved verdun
Savior of Verdun
Gavrilo Princip
Serbian Black Hand. Assassinated Frans Ferdinand
Grigori Resputin
The mad monk who befriend the tsar and his family. Claiming o have magic powers, he manipulate the Romanovs
Paul Rennenkampf
Leader of the Russian 1st army that attacked eastern Prussia
Corn Prince Rupprecht
Barvarian prince who attacked French troop and helped f up the Schlieffen plan
General Samsonov
Attacks the face of Prussia with 2nd army
Alfred Von Schlieffen
Had the Schlieffen plan to attack France quickly, died before executed
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
Joseph Lenin. Took over Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Leader of Germany
Woodrow Wilson
President of U.S 14 point plan
Arthur Zimmerman
German who wrote the Zimmerman note. (German Mexican alliance)