World War 1 Dates

Question 1

By what year did The European Powers had formed two rival alliance blocks? (WWI Cause: Alliance System)

Answer 1

1907

Question 2

Naval Rivalry between Germany and Britain: When was the Second Naval Law Passed in Germany and what did it call for? (WWI Cause: Naval Rivalry)

Answer 2

in 1900, it called for the doubling of the German battleship fleet by 1916, including building 41 battleships and 60 cruisers

Question 3

When did Britain build the new battleship HMS Dreadnought as a response to the threat of Germany’s increasing navy? (WWI Cause: Naval Rivalry)

Answer 3

1906

Question 4

Between which period did the European powers more than doubled the spending on their armies? (WWI Cause: Increase in Military Spending: Militarism/Arms race)

Answer 4

1900-1914

Question 5

When was conscription introduced in the European continent and what did it allow for? (WWI Cause: Increase in Military Spending: Militarism/Arms race)

Answer 5

After 1871, it allowed for the creation of huge standing armies, and to support these armies, more destructive weapons were developed.

Question 6

When were attempts made to stop this massive arms build-up? However, what was the result? (WWI Cause: Increase in Military Spending: Militarism/Arms race)

Answer 6

The attempt took place in the Hague 1899 and in 1907. However, the result was that the nations were unable to limit their armaments production, though agreements were made regarding the practice of war.

Question 7

What was the key to any successful war plan? (WWI Cause: WAR plans)

Answer 7

Mobilization- getting the army ready for war.

Question 8

What was an important role to ensure effective mobilization? (WWI Cause: WAR plans)

Answer 8

Railways- Only the railways could transport these vast armies to the battlefront quickly.

Question 9

What was needed to ensure effective mobilization of armies through transportation by railways? (WWI Cause: WAR plans)

Answer 9

Detailed timetabling the success of which depended on rigid implementation. Once a plan was set in motion, there could be no alterations or be stopped without creating chaos.

Question 10

What was the common feature of all the war plans? (WWI Cause: WAR plans)

Answer 10

They assumed war would be a speedy affair. No one has anticipated a war that would last for more than a few weeks.

Question 11

When did France want to make Morocco one of its colonies, the same year when Kaiser visited The port of Tangiers to prevent this from happening. (WWI Cause: Moroccos Crisis Short term cause)

Answer 11

1905

Question 12

When did Austria-Hungary invade Bosnia-Herzegovina to add it to its empire? (WWI Cause: Bosnian Crisis short term cause)

Answer 12

1908

Question 13

When did a series of local wars in the Balkans occur, the key result which was the doubling of the size of Serbia?

Answer 13

Between 1912-1913

Question 14

When did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand happen and where?

Answer 14

on 28th June 1914 in the capital city of Bosnia, Sarajevo

Question 15

Who was responsible for the assassination?

Answer 15

Gavrilo Princip, who was with Cabrinovic a part of an organization of Serbian men determined to get rid of Austrian influence and create a Greater Serbia, called the Black Hand

Question 16

When was the Blank Cheque made between Germany and Austria-Hungary in which Germany promises it would support Austria-Hungary in whatever action it takes?

Answer 16

July 5th 1914 in Berlin.

Question 17

When did Austria present its harsh ultimatum to the Serbian government?

Answer 17

23rd July 1914

Question 18

When did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia after not being satisfied with the conciliatory reply from Serbia that it could not only accept the most extreme demands in the ultimatum?

Answer 18

28th July, 1914

Question 19

Russia was fully determined to support Serbia. When did Tsar announce the mobilization of the Russian army?

Answer 19

30 July, 1914

Question 20

in response to Russia’s mobilizing, what did Germany do?

Answer 20

It embarked on the Schlieffen plan. on 31st July, Germany presented France with an ultimatum; unless they. promise to be neutral in an event of a Russo-German war, Germany would declare war. Russia was also given an ultimatum: 12 hours to demobilize.

Question 21

When did the Germans present Belgium with an ultimatum demanding the right to send troops through their country.

Answer 21

2nd August 1914

Question 22

What treaty was signed that made Britain the signatory of this and guarantor of Belgium’s neutrality and when?

Answer 22

The 1839 Treaty of London- its violation because of Germany led to Britain’s involvement in the war

Question 23

When did Germany invade Belgium which was the same day Britain declared war on Germany?

Answer 23

4th August 1914 Tuesday

Question 24

Within how many weeks did the war plans of all European powers/belligerents fail?

Answer 24

3 weeks

Question 25

What delayed the Schlieffen Plan and slowed its momentum?

Answer 25

Belgium was able to resist Germany and hold the gERMAN ADVANCE FOR TEN DAYS. The British small expeditionary force slowed the momentum of the Schlieffen Plan in a battle at Mons.

Question 26

The German war plan - the Schlieffen Plan - failed to take France rapidly, why?

Answer 26

as the Russians attacked Germany far more quickly than anticipated and the German generals had to send forces to the east to fight there. This meant that the force that was to sweep through to Paris was weakened.

Question 27

The Germans were held back at the Battle of the Marne by British and French forces. When did this happen?

Answer 27

September 1914

Question 28

To prevent themselves from being pushed back, and
to defend their position and men from machine guns
and artillery, what did the Germans do?

Answer 28

the Germans ‘dug in’. This triggered the construction of trenches across the western front of the war - from Flanders in Belgium to Switzerland. Trench warfare meant stalemate - and mass slaughter.

Question 29

In the east, instead of taking six weeks to get its armies

to the front, Russia took only?

Answer 29

ten days. The Russians split their forces, attacl

Question 30

After some initial success for Russia, what did the Germans do?

Answer 30

replaced their generals in the east with Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

Question 31

What did the Germans notice in the Russian armies by the Masurian Lakes and what were they able to do?

Answer 31

The Germans saw that the Russian armies were split in two by the Masurian Lakes and were able to inflict a heavy defeat on them.

Question 32

When did the Battle of Tannenburg happen?

Answer 32

in August 1914

Question 33

When did the Battle of the Masurian Lakes happen?

Answer 33

Russians suffered a further defeat in September at the Battle of the Masurian Lakes. The casualty rate was horrific - over a quarter of a million Russians were killed.

Question 34

However, the Russians were successful in the south against?

Answer 34

However, the Russians were successful in the south against the Austro-H1ungarian forces. The Austro-Hungarian attack on Russia (pursuing ‘Plan R’) was repelled and their invasion turned into a rapid retreat

Question 35

What did the Austrian Hungarian forces do in front of Russia and why was this important for Russia?

Answer 35

they even abandoned their weapons and heavy guns. This was an important victory for Russia as it had taken Galicia and could now attack Germany from the south.

Question 36

When did USA entered the First World War on the side of the Entente powers

Answer 36

6 April 1917.

Question 37

The Americans had been provoked to join the war because?

Answer 37

by German U-boat action in the Atlantic when the cruise liner the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk in 1915, killing 128 of its American passengers. This led to an increase in anti-German sentiment in the USA and a rise in support for American intervention.

Question 38

The Germans did agree to restrict their U-boat campaign but reintroduced it again- when and why?

Answer 38

by the beginning of 1917, Germany wanted to bring about a quick end to the war by blockading supplies to Britain and France - and unleashed unrestricted submarine warfare again.

Question 39

What was The final trigger for US President Woodrow Wilson to join the war?

Answer 39

the publication of the ‘Zimmerman Telegram’,

Question 40

When was Russiaa convulsed by revolution and what was the outcome?

Answer 40

in October 1917, Russia

was convulsed by revolution and the communist Bolshevik party seized power.

Question 41

What was the impact of the Russian revolution on WW1?

Answer 41

The Germans had won the war in the east and imposed a severe peace settlement on the new communist regime. The Entente had lost its Russian ally.

Question 42

Determined to win the war in the west before the USA fully engaged, what did Germany do?

Answer 42

launched a massive offensive on 21 March 1918. The British, overwhelmed, fled their defensive trenches. The German General Ludendorff had broken the stalemate

Question 43

The Entente and American combined forces seemed at first unable to resist the German advance, but later The German momentum had been lost. How?

Answer 43

Ludendorff had overstretched his forces and sent too many men, and too quickly, forward into France. The Germans had created a ‘salient’ - meaning that the front line projected outwards so that it could be attacked on three sides.

Question 44

the Italians defeated the Austrians and Turkish in which battle and when?

Answer 44

In October 1918 the Italians defeated the Austrians in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto and the Turkish were also defeated.

Question 45

What was happening on the home front in Germany?

Answer 45

there were widespread strikes and riots and talk of revolution.

Question 46

Ludendorff had to accept that Germany could not win on the western front. What did he do?

Answer 46

He asked the German government to request an armistice or ceasefire from the USA

Question 47

When did the War end? When was the armistice requested from USA by Germans signed?

Answer 47

11 November 1918

Question 48

When did the leaders and ministers of the victorious powers met to draw up peace treaties to impose on the defeated powers?

Answer 48

January 1919 in Paris

Question 49

When did Woodrow Wilson announced his 14 Points when USA entered the war?

Answer 49

January 1918