WW1

Question 1

Long term causes why WW1 started:

Answer 1

Nationalism: countries thinking their the best
Militarism: people took pride in their armies and wanted to use them
Imperialism: lots of other countries had an empire and it led to tension
Alliances: the triple entente and the triple alliance we formed and it meant of all europe would be dragged into the war

Question 2

What were the short term reasons why WW1 started:

Answer 2

28 July: Austria- Hungary blames serbia for killing the Archduke. It attacks serbia
29 July: Russia protect Serbia
1 August: Germany supports Austria- Hungary Germany declare war on Russia
2 August: Britain prepares warships
3 August: Germany declare was on France
4 August: Britain back up Belgium and declare war on Germany
6 August: Austria Hungary declare war on Russia
12 August: Britain and France declare war on Austria- Hungary

Question 3

What was Germany’s master plan?

Answer 3

Schlieffen Plan: quickly defeat France with a huge knock out blow theough Belgium before moving the soldiers east to face rhe Russian army

Question 4

What went wrong in Germany’s plan?

Answer 4

The Belgian army fought well and slowed down the charge. The BEF held the Germans back and then the Russians launched an attack on Germany.

Question 5

Key parts about the WW1 layout:

Answer 5

Duckboards: stop troops sinking in the mud
Fire step: Soldies stood on them to fire over the top
Barbed wire: slowed down attacking troops
Artillery: huge guns that fired enormous explosive or poisonous shells
Gas bell: tell the troops to put their gas marks on

Question 6

Bad bits about the trenches:

Answer 6

Trench rats, diseases( trench foot), rations for food