WW1 Flashcards
Balkan wars
1912, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece attacked Ottoman Empire #2 Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece over conquered land from war #1
Franz Ferdinand
Heir to Austria-Hungary throne and was assassinated
Sarajevo
Where Franz was assassinated
Black hand
A Serbian terrorist group orangization
Gavrilo Princip
Assassin of Franz Ferdinand
Schlieffen plan
Plan to prevent Germany from fighting a two front war the western being France in Eastern being Russia
Allied powers
Great Britain, France, Russia, Siberia, USA
Central powers
Austria-hungry, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Militarism
Policy of glorifying military powers and keeping an army prepared for war
Nationalism
Identification with one’s own nation plus support for its interests
Triple alliance
Alliance with Germany, Austria -hungry, and Italy
Triple entente
Great Britain formed alliance with Russia and France to ensure they wouldn’t fight again
No man’s land
Land in the between the trenches, mines that are designed to slow you down, leg blown off not death
Casualty
Total number of soldiers who are killed, wounded, missing, and taken prisoner of war
New weapons
Machine guns, poison gas, tanks, aircraft, submarines
Unrestricted submarine warfare
German policy that German submarines would sink any boat/ship in the waters around Great Britain
Total war
Where countries devote all of the resources to the war effort
Rationing
People can only buy certain amounts of products/gas/food/rubber/metals
Propaganda
One sided information designed to convince
Self determination
To allow people for themselves determine what type of government they want to live under
League of nations
General association of nations whose purpose is to keep peace
Excluded Russia and Germany
Zimmerman note
Said that Germany would help Mexico “Reconquer “the land it lost to the US if Mexico would join Germany side in World War I
Lusitania
British passengership that carried amnesions for the allied war effort – made Americans mad because it killed 128 Americans when it sank
14 points
USA president Wilson’s plan for peace
Why was the first battle of the Marne The single most important thing in the world
It brought a lot of countries into the war
What did George’s Clemenceau want in his peace plan
He wanted to basically make Germany pay for the devastation on France – take back French land and divide Germany
Why was the treaty of Versailles doomed to fail
Dim the fail because it directly blamed Germany for all the outbreak of hostilities(all the problems)
Explain the five new weapons of World War I
Poison gas: unpredictable because of wind – two flavors chlorine and mustard
Tanks: designed to break Barbwire in no man’s land
Aircraft: Lisa effective weapon – used for observation
Submarines: the most effective weapon in World War I
Explain in detail the four parts of the treaty of Versallies
League of nations: all countries except Germany and Russia
Territorial losses: Germany had to surrender all overseas land France
Military restrictions: size of Germany’s military, Germany can’t buy/sell weapons no submarines or aircraft
War guilt: everything was Germany’s fault Germany had to pay the allies for their part in the war three $3 billion over 30 years
