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Helmuth Von Moltke

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1906-1914

Assumed leadership over Schlieffen Plan after Schlieffen died.

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Alfred Von Schlieffen

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1891-1905
German military strategist
Devised the Schlieffen Plan

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Paul Von Hindenburg

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1916-1919

German chief of army staff at end of war

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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1888-1918

German Kaiser

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Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre

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1911-1916

French commander-in-chief

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Robert Nivelle

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1916-1917

French

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Henri Phillipe Petain

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1917-1918

French commander at end of war

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Sir John French

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1911-1915

British commander-in-chief

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Sir Douglas Haig

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1915-1921

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Herbert Henry Asquith

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1908-1916

British prime minister

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David Lloyd George

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1916-1922

British prime minister

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Theodore Roosevelt

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1901-1909

US prime minister

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Woodrow Wilson

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1913-1921

US president

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Militarism

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Political, diplomatic, social emphasis on military matters

ie. military spending, developing military technology

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Industrialization

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Decrease imports by self-sustenance

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Alliances

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Triple Alliance (Germany, A-H, Italy)
Entente Cordiale (Britain, France, Russia)
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Nationalism

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Emotional attachment to a certain cultural/territorial group, desire for independence

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Imperialism

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Set of actions/policies by which one national group dominates another national group and it’s territory

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Inciting Event

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie by Princip, member of Serbian Black Hand

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Schlieffen Plan

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August 3, 1914

March through Belgium and hammer swing around Paris

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Marne

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Sept 5-12

Caused troops on both sides to dig in and start war of attrition

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Total War

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War in which entire nation is involved

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Social Characteristics of Total War

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Involves civilians (fighting and home front) 
Recruiting women into male-dominant workplace
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Economical Characteristics of Total War

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War economy
Rationing
Industry shifted from consumer to war goods

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Military Characteristics of Total War

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Conscription
Massive destruction
High casualty rates
Weapons of mass destruction

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Political Characteristics of Total War

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Power is centralized (states becomes interventionist)

Propaganda used to encourage involvement in home front and reinforce nationalistic feelings

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Limited War

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Weapons, territory, objectives to war are limited

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Blockade

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Prevent country from receiving supplies

Britain blockaded Germany (Baltic Sea) -> starvation, “Turnip Winter”

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Dreadnought

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Most heavily-armed ship powered by steam turbines

Made by British, lead to British naval victory

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U-Boat

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Underwater submarines used by Germans in English Channel/Atlantic Ocean
Sank many merchant/passenger British ships

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Torpedo

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Carried on U-boats

Used to sink enemy ships

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Trench Warfare

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Series if trenches along front lines
Stretched across France and Belgium
Lead to war of attrition

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Machine Gun

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Automatic easy-use gun

Faster than rifles -> mass death

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Tank

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Armoured vehicle with caterpillar tracks and machine guns

First used by British at Somme

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Creeping Barrage

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Fire artillery directly in front of front line of infantry

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Dynamite

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Planted below enemy trenches

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Balloon/Dirigible

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Used to observe enemy movements

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Airplane

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Armed with machine guns

Aerial dogfights

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