WW1 Flashcards
Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives
Alfred nobel
Founder of the Nobel Prizes.
Aflfred nobel
Alfred nobel nickname
Merchant of death
Countries’ policy to strengthen their army and prepare for war.
Militarism
agreement between countries that provide aid, assistance, protection to each other.
Alliance
TRIPLE ENTENTE
(ALLIED POWERS)
Britain, france, russian empire
TRIPLE ALLIANCE
(CENTRAL POWERS)
Italy , austria-hungary
powerful emotion to unite and act for the people.
Nationlism
refers to the conquest and control of weak countries by strong countries
Imperialism
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.
Assasination
Developed by Gen. Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, this is a strategy of how Germany will deal with the enemies in the west and east.
Schliffen plan
Shliffen plan failures
German Speed
2. Slow Russian Mobilization 3. Britain getting out of war
A military tactic used during the first world war where the opposing countries dug deep ground to hide and fight there to prevent the progress and attack of the enemy.
Trwnch war
The lands between the trenches where landmines are planted that are used as explosive weapons to prevent the enemy from advancing.
No mans land
The Allied and Central Powers dug trenches to defend their respective positions from the North Sea to Switzerland.
Western front
By the end of 1914, after just ? months of fighting, the number of dead and wounded exceeded ? million men.
5,4
someone who gets a Nobel Peace Prize
Laureate -
The militaristic view promotes the war in its entirety. T Or f
False, The militaristic view promotes the beauty of war for the nation & the people, but not its harmful effects
Germany invaded ? (a neutral country) on the way to ? (to outflank them)
Belgium, france
3 considirations of the schiliffen plan
German Speed
- Slow Russian Mobilization
- Britain getting out of war
Shliffen plan 2
- Attack France using Belgium
- Focus on Russia
Western Front
[France v Germany)
Trench War
[A military tactic used during the 1st World War where
the opposing countries dug deep ground to hide and fight there to prevent the progress and attack of the enemy.]
No Man’s Land
[The lands between the trenches where landmines are planted that are used as explosive weapons to prevent the enemy from advancing.]
Eastern Front
[Germany v Russia]
- ? won the first battles but due to the combined troops of ? and ?, ? was defeated and retreated in 1915.
Russia, germany, austria
There were over ? casualties on the Eastern Front by the end of World War 1 (WW1).
15 mil
- More about the Eastern Front
Disadvantages: (3)
- Austria-Germany troops
- Poor Innovation in Russian Weapons
- Civil War/Revolution in Russia (Bolshevik Revolution)
West asia
Ottoman Empire v Entente
Strait of Dardanelles
East asia
[Japan v German Territories]
