WW1 Flashcards
5 causes of WW1
MANIA Militarism, Alliance system, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Militarism
Great powers began to build up their army’s and navies, Glorification of the military made governments want to have the most powerful military
Pre-war Triple Entente members
Russia, France, Britain
Pre-war Triple Alliance members
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
During the war Allied powers members
Britain, France, Russia, US, Italy, and Japan (Pacific)
During the war Central powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
How did the assassination of the archduke spin war into motion
Him in his wife were killed going through Sarajevo by a conspirator from Serbia who was apart of the Siberian Nationalist terrorist group
What was the bank check
Germany would give Austria Hungary unconditional support if they went to war with Serbia
Name the 5 events following Austria declaring war on Serbia
1.Russia began to mobilize to protect Serbia,
2.Germany declared war on Russia,
3.France began mobilizing (Russian ally)
4.Germany declared war on France
5.Germany invaded Belgium to crush and encircle France
What led to stalemates
Trench warfare
Kaiser Wilhem ll ran
Germnay
Franz Joseph l ran
Austria- Hungary
Abdul Hamid ll ran
Ottoman Empire
David Llyd Gerorge ran
Britain
Raymond Poincare ran
France
Tsar Nicholas ll ran
Russia
Woodrow Wilson ran
U.S
Vittorio Orlando ran
Italy
What are the 3 western front battles
Battle of the Marne, Verdun, Somme
What battle set the stage for 4 years of trench warfare, Ended Germans hope of a quick victory, and was a Allied victory
Battle of the Marne
What battle was 10 months long, France vs. Germany, No strategic advantages for either side, 540,000 french causalities, 430,000 German causalities
Verdun
What battle is Britain and France vs. Germany, Six months, Five miles of advancement for the allies, one of the bloodiest battles in recorded history
Somme
What were the 4 eastern front battles
Tannenberg, Turkish straights, Battle of Gallipoli, Caparetto,
What battle was the eastern front, Russian vs Germany, Russia lost over a million soldiers, Russian army pushed back, Russia was outgunned and under supplied
Tannenberg
What battle was ottoman Turks vs. British international force, The Dardenelles.
Turkish straights
What battle did allies try to capture the dardanelles which are a key supply route to Russia, 10 month battle, Victory for the Turks.
Gallipoli
What battle Italy vs. Austria/German combined forces, Major loss for the Italians, the use of poison gas played a major role, Italians lost 300,000 soldiers occurred in present day Slovenia, German win
Caparetto
What is the plan that Germans rushed into France as fast as possible, but machine guns stopped the plan
Schlieffen plan
Were trenches long or short
long
What was the area between trenches
No mans land
How did trench warfare effect the WW1 timeline
It extended it from a few months to 4 years
What war was the first major war to use chemical weapons
WW1
What were the 2 most popular gasses in WW1
Mustard, Chlorine
What were 3 effects of Mustard and Chlorine gas
Suffocation, blindness, death
What was Germans secret weapon during the war
U-Boat
What were airplanes like WW1
slow, clumsy, unreliable
Who was the most famous pilot
German Baron von Reichthofen
What were 2 outcomes to the Treaty of Brest-litovsk
- allowed Russia to exit the war
2.Germany gained part of the Russian empire including the baltic states and parts of poland and ukraine
Who sank the Lusitania
German u-boats
What was the Sussex pledge
Germany promised not to slink merchant chips without warning and saving human lives
Zimmerman note
Germany sent a letter to Mexico for a compromise that if they declared war on U.S they would help them gain back territory from the u.s and then the u.s would leave europe, but britain intercepted it, the u.s saw it and Mexico never responded
What was the last reason for the u.s joining the world war
Germany sank 3 merchant ships, congress wanted war, they declared war on Germany in 1917
2 reasons why Russia exited the war
they had a government change due to the Russian revolution in 1917, Vladimr Lenin and the Bolsheviks reached an agreement with the german goveremnt
What u.s president joined WW1
Woodrow wilson
National defence act
expanded the army and authorized more warships
What are the 3 reasons the central powers crumbled at the end of the war
revoulitions in Austria-Hungary, Ottoman empire surrenders, German soldiers mutiny and the public turns against Kahier Wilhem ll
Kaiser Wilhem resigned (Abdicated) on…
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918
armistice
cease fire
