World War 1 Flashcards

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Luigi Cadorna

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Commander of the Italian forces.

Lost all 12 battles

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Alexei Brusilov

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Hurricane Tactics. Discovered when he ran out of artillery shells.

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Ferdinand Foch

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French

Near the end of war, he became the supreme allied commander

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Frans Ferdinand

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Austro- Hungarian heir to throne. Assassinated by Serbian Black hand

the spark that sets off the war

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Douglas Haig

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British leader for most of the war.

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Oscar Von Hutier

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Hutier tactics

Attack the weak, avoid the strong.

–developed tactical answer to trench stalemate

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Sir John Jellicoe

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Commander of the main British fleet at Jutland

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Joseph Joffre

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French Leader until 1917 “papa joffera”

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Alexander Von Kluck

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Messed up the Schlieffen plan. Was the one in charge of the right swing, failed to go right enough

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Erich Ludenforff

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German, led attack on the Liege. Also fought at Prussian front.
Led till very end

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Hemuth Von Moltke

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Replaced Schlieffen and messed up the Schlieffen plan by not being there and very poor communication.

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Nicholas Romanov II

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The last tsar of Russia, assassinated by Bolsheviks

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John Pershing

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Leader of the American troops, fought to keep American troops together

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Henri Petain

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Replaces Nevelle, and helps Jofera, saved verdun

Savior of Verdun

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Gavrilo Princip

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Serbian Black Hand. Assassinated Frans Ferdinand

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Grigori Resputin

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The mad monk who befriend the tsar and his family. Claiming o have magic powers, he manipulate the Romanovs

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Paul Rennenkampf

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Leader of the Russian 1st army that attacked eastern Prussia

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Corn Prince Rupprecht

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Barvarian prince who attacked French troop and helped f up the Schlieffen plan

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General Samsonov

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Attacks the face of Prussia with 2nd army

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Alfred Von Schlieffen

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Had the Schlieffen plan to attack France quickly, died before executed

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

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Joseph Lenin. Took over Russia

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Leader of Germany

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Woodrow Wilson

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President of U.S 14 point plan

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Arthur Zimmerman

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German who wrote the Zimmerman note. (German Mexican alliance)

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Shlieffen's grand plan Von Moltke's failure to execute it
Plan- 2 front war Swing Far right (almost to sea) Go around through Paris Chase the French to Alsas and Loranie Moltke- Not near the battle Poor communication
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The "love Battles"
Somme and Verdun Casualties were so high, it is as if they were brainwashed by nationalism Stalemate 700,000 people killed Germans "bleed French white"
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Causes and Isms
``` Nationalism ( 4 the fatherland) Racism Militarism (heroic) (war -glory) Social Darwinism (survival of the fittest) Tangled alliances Sides -German and Austria ---Frans Ferdinad killed ---------WAR ```
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New weapons
``` Machine gun Poison Gas Subs- unrestricted sub warfare Tank Plane Barbed wire Breach-loaded guns ```
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The static problem and it's offensive solution
``` Trenches separated by no mans land (barbed wire, dead bodies, defensive weapons) Trench stalemate Tanks, planes Tactics -Brusilov and Huiter Solution- Tanks, planes, gas ```
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WW1 Tactics
"Gonna be a short war" ``` Poor leadership Machine Guns -trench warfare -troops march over the top -tank and plane ``` -try to invade enemy territory
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Meuse1 Argonne
Nov 11 1918 - lost Battalion - major push by us ``` /------\ / \ ----/ ^ \------ | U.S ```
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Tannenburg
- Russian attack on Germany - 2 side attack ``` -----------------//--| Prussia. ||| ||||| ||||| \\\\\\---------------|| \\\\\\\\ //////// ```
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Gallipoli
Y beach X beach Darrensls ------| |------ | | \______/
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Verdun
Ass load of FORTS | Hill 304
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Jutland
- sea battle | - ships making hook shapes
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Schlieffen Plan
Kluck Paris 5 waves (curved)