World War I Flashcards
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Germany hungry Italy
Triple alliance
Neutrality of Russia and Germany (?). Wilhelm III renewed it.
Russian-German reinsurance treaty
Britain=only county not in alliance
Splendid isolation.
Britain keeps Japan neutral. Ends splendid isolation. In case Russia threatens India.
Anglo-Japanese alliance
Britain and France make peace. Anglo German arms race.
Entente cordial
German tries to catch up to Britain
Anglo German arms race
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Britain France Russia
Triple entente
He’s against arms race. Won noble peace prize.
Sutter
Battleship
Dreadnoughts
Victory of boer war
Kruger telegram
Settles first Moroccan crisis.
Algeciras conference
Germany sent gunboat to protest French occupation
Second Moroccan crisis
Ottoman Empire
Sick man of Europe
Nationalistic movement. One Slavic nation.
Pan slavism
A Turk is leader. Parliament government in Ottoman Empire.
Young Turks.
Austria annexed Bosnia. Bosnians mad.
First Balkan crisis (Bosnian crisis)
- Serbia Greece and Bulgaria=allied against Turks.
First Balkan war
- Bulgaria mad at Serbia and Greece.
Second Balkan war
WWI
Third Balkan war
Assassinated. Started WWI
Archduke frank Ferdinand
Assassin. Terrorist for Pan-slavism
Princip, black hand
Leader of Germany. Offers blank check. Committed Germany to war.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany and Australia are allies
“Blank check”
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Germany Bulgaria Austro-hungry Ottoman Empire
Central powers
Britain. France. Russia. Later on Japan Italy us
Allies (triple entente)
French/ Belgium line. Most fighting
Western front
Invade Belgium. Get France out of war in 6 weeks. Made by Germany.
Schlieffen plan
France and Britain. Ruin schlieffen plan.
Battle of the Marne 1914
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Causes-new weapons.
Results- prolonged war. More casualties. Neither can break enemy lines.
Trench warfare
2nd bloodiest battle. General petain is national hero.
Battle of verdun 1916
Bloodiest battle. Britain and France counter offensive vs. Germany.
Battle of Somme 1916
Describes horrors of trench warfare.
Remarque. All quiet on the western front.
SHORT ANSWER Poison gas-not effective Radio-russia doesn't have it. Zeppelins-bomb cities FILL IN BLANK machine guns Airplanes Tanks
New weapons
Front against the Russians. Germans vs. Russians.
Eastern front.
Defeat Russian army at tannenburg.
Generals Hindenburg and ludendorf
Took Russia out of war. Lenin is responsible.
Treaty of Brest-litovsk
Britain and Austria take Dardanelles
Gallipoli campaign
Convince Arabs to fight ottomans.
T. E. Lawrence
Block central power trade access.
British naval blockade
German submarines.
U-boats
British passenger ship. 128 Americans killed. German u boats destroyed it.
Lusitania
Germans sink ships at war without warning
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Unknown war. Allies prevent bulshavik victory in Russian civil war
Archangel expedition
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Media censorship. Massive civilian population involved. Massive conscription. Propaganda.
Total war
Turned France into a dictatorship near the end of the war.
Clemenceau
Territory promised to Italy by allies.
Unredeemed Italy
German offer of alliance with Mexico.
Zimmerman telegram
Promise by Britain to Jews in Palestine to have autonomy if they joined allies.
Balfour note
President
Wilson.
Liberal and democratic plan to end WWI. By Wilson.
Fourteen points
Each nation determined their own government
Self determination.
Us arrive in time to stop German offensive
Meuse Argonne offensive
Write Versailles treaty.
Paris peace conference
SHORT ANSWER Lloyd George=British Clemenceau=France Wilson=USA Vittorio Orlando=Italy
Big four
Agreement that ended the war
Versailles treaty
Gave Germany soul blame for the war and they had to pay reparations.
Article 231
Russia and Germany are excluded. Main reason why USA won’t ratify versailles treaty.
League of nations
Treaty winds up hurting economy of Germany and Europe. Begins WWII.
Keynes. The economics consequences of peace
Irish stage independence movement.
Easter rebellion.
