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When was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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28th June 1914

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Where did the assassination take place

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Sarajevo, Bosnia

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Before the assassination what country had recently take control of Bosnia

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Austria-Hungary

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Why did Serbia want control of Bosnia

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Bosnia was full of Serbs

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Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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The heir to the Austria-Hungary throne

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Why was Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo

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It was his wedding anniversary
Public relations-he was trying to get Bosnia to like being apart of Austria - Hungary

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Who assassinated Franz Ferdinand

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Garvillo Princip

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What group did Garvillo Princip belong to

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A Serbian nationalist group called the black hand gang

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What did the black hand gang want

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To assassinate Franz Ferdinand

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Explain the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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The car of Franz Ferdinand turned into a side road and Garvillo Princip fired 2 shots into the open carriage killing both Franz Ferdinand and his wife

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In 1914 what country has the biggest army

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Germany

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In 1914 what country has the biggest navy

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Britain

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In 1914 what country has the strongest economy

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Britain

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In 1914 what country has the largest population

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Russia

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Who was Frances main rival

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Germany because they had taken Alsace Lorraine

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Who was germanys main rivals

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France -Alsace Lorraine
Britain-strong navy and military

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Who was Britains main rival

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Germany-rising military strength

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Who is in the triple entente

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Russia
France
Britain

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Who is in the trips alliance

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Italy
Austria-Hungary
Germany

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What is an alliance

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A group of countries which joined together, either for protection or to make themselves seem stronger

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Why would countries want to form alliances

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Strength in numbers
If one was attacked there would be help

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How could alliances avoid war

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Countries would be too scared to attack other countries because you would be fighting three countries
Countries were stronger so others were deterred from fighting each other

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Why did an Anglo German naval race happen

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Germans wanted to build their navy slightly bigger than Britains-risk theory
Britain wanted to build their navy equal in size to the next strongest navies put together-two power standard

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What was the British dreadnought

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Most powerful battleship to ever be built+had a modern design making all ships look out of date
Fastest and most thickly armoured
Other ships couldn’t get close enough to fire their in boat guns

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How did Germany try and create an army bigger than britains
Ordered the building of 41 battleships and 6 cruisers in 1900 Built a boat called Rheinland -German version of dreadnought
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Who had the largest navy by 1941 in terms of dreadnoughts
Britain-29 Germany-17
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Why wasn’t britains military growing over time?
There was no enforced conscription until 1916 do there was a decrease of people wanting to join the military
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When was the schlieffen plan made
1905
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What was the schlieffen plan
Avoiding war on 2 fronts-splitting their army in half Russian mobilisation-thought it would take 6 weeks for Russia to mobilise so they were going to attack France first Going through Belgium-quicker and would avoid mountains, they expected no resistance They were going to capture Paris- Capital Thought it would take 6 weeks to capture France Then they would fight Russia
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What was the German plan called
Schlieffen plan
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What was the French plan called
Plan seventeen
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What was plan seventeen
Attack via Alsace Lorraine High speed to surprise Germans Head for Berlin -Capital
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What does nationalism mean
Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, to the exclusion of the interest of other nations.
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Why were A-H scared of nationalism in the Balkan regions
One of the 15 nations apparat to A-H may try to become independent taking inspiration from the nationalism in the area
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When does Bosnia become apart of A-H
1908
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Why did the assassination cause an outbreak of war
Made A-H angry as they wanted to attack Serbia Created a Balkan war which escalated to a world war because if alliances and agreements. Russia saying they would help Serbia. And Germany giving A-H blank cheque
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Why did the alliances cause an outbreak of war
Got slimy,s of countries involved that shouldn’t have been involved Escalated Balkan war with 2 countries into world war Russia helped Serbia. Germany helped A-H Alliances started. Britains agreement with Belgium
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Why did militarism cause an outbreak in war
Germans wanted to build a navy stronger then the Brits, Britain wanted to create a navy stronger then the next two navies combined. Started a race further increasing tensions. Both were then ready for war
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Why would A-H want to fight Serbia
Black hand gang was supported by the Serbian government. They killed Franz Ferdinand. It would tell Serbia not to mess with them. Retaliation
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What was the blank cheque
Germanys promise to aid A-H if Russia gave support to serbia
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When did A-H declare war in Serbia
28th June 1914
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What happened on 28th June 1914
A-H declared war on Serbia
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What happened on the 29th June 1914
Russia supported Serbia mobilising their troops
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What happened on 30th June to 1st august 1914
Germany sent an ultimatum to Russia ordering them to stop mobilisation. Russia refused. France started mobilising
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What happened on the 2nd august 1914
Germany began the schlieffen plan
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What happened on the 3rd of august 1914
Germany declared war on france. British told Germany to withdraw troops back to Germany and to not go into Belgium.
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What happened on the 4th August 1914
German troops moved to belgium
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What happened on the 5th august 1914
Germany was at war with Britain
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What went wrong with the schlieffen plan
Belgium resisted, and Britain actually did help Belgium. France and Britain were stronger than expected took longer than 6 weeks to conquer France Russia only took 10 days to mobilise and they started attacking Germany only the eastern side
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What was the race to the sea
Germany realised that they cannot break any lines. They tried to get to the coast 1st to stop British and French army’s is getting supplies. Britain wanted to get, there first to secure a port for supplies
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What was the consequences of the race to the sea
There was a stalemate with neither the BEF or Germans able to advance. So trenches were built
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Why were trenches dug and where
To protect the soldiers. They extended from the Belgium coast to the border of Switzerland (400 miles )
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Why were trenches a zig zag pattern
If an enemy entered the trench and threw a shell only one part of the trench would be destroyed. Saving the entire trench
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What was the point of communication traverses
Allows Communicating between trenches
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Why was that barbed wire
So the enemy can’t get to the trench easily
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What was no man’s land?
Where no side had possession
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What was the parapet
Gives protection to the soldiers
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How deep was the trench
About 2meters Deep enough to hide a person, but still let them shoot enemies
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What was the dugout
Where soldiers slept
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What was going over the top?
When soldiers go into no man’s land to fight enemies
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What was general life in the trenches like
Food rations Unclean Rats Trench foot
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Advantages of gas
Easy way to kill/ injure enemy troops Covered a wide area Created panic
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Disadvantages of gas
If wind blew wrong way gas would come near you Visible
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Advantages of tanks
Protection for soldiers when advancing towards the enemy Well armoured Terrified the enemy
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Disadvantages of tanks
Slow Broke down often
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