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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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Nov 11 1918

  • lost Battalion
  • major push by us
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       /            \
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              | 
           U.S
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Tannenburg

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  • Russian attack on Germany
  • 2 side attack
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         Prussia.      |||
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Gallipoli

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Y beach
X beach
Darrensls

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\______/

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Verdun

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Ass load of FORTS

Hill 304

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Jutland

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  • sea battle

- ships making hook shapes

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Schlieffen Plan

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Kluck
Paris
5 waves (curved)

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