WW1 Flashcards

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Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives

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Alfred nobel

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Founder of the Nobel Prizes.

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Aflfred nobel

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Alfred nobel nickname

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Merchant of death

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Countries’ policy to strengthen their army and prepare for war.

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Militarism

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agreement between countries that provide aid, assistance, protection to each other.

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Alliance

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TRIPLE ENTENTE
(ALLIED POWERS)

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Britain, france, russian empire

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TRIPLE ALLIANCE
(CENTRAL POWERS)

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Italy , austria-hungary

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powerful emotion to unite and act for the people.

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Nationlism

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refers to the conquest and control of weak countries by strong countries

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Imperialism

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10
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.

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Assasination

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Developed by Gen. Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, this is a strategy of how Germany will deal with the enemies in the west and east.

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Schliffen plan

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Shliffen plan failures

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German Speed
2. Slow Russian Mobilization 3. Britain getting out of war

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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.

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Trwnch war

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The lands between the trenches where landmines are planted that are used as explosive weapons to prevent the enemy from advancing.

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No mans land

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The Allied and Central Powers dug trenches to defend their respective positions from the North Sea to Switzerland.

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Western front

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By the end of 1914, after just ? months of fighting, the number of dead and wounded exceeded ? million men.

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5,4

17
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someone who gets a Nobel Peace Prize

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Laureate -

18
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The militaristic view promotes the war in its entirety. T Or f

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False, The militaristic view promotes the beauty of war for the nation & the people, but not its harmful effects

19
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Germany invaded ? (a neutral country) on the way to ? (to outflank them)

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Belgium, france

20
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3 considirations of the schiliffen plan

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German Speed

  1. Slow Russian Mobilization
  2. Britain getting out of war
21
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Shliffen plan 2

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  1. Attack France using Belgium
  2. Focus on Russia
22
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Western Front

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[France v Germany)

23
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Trench War
[A military tactic used during the 1st World War where

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the opposing countries dug deep ground to hide and fight there to prevent the progress and attack of the enemy.]

24
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No Man’s Land

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[The lands between the trenches where landmines are planted that are used as explosive weapons to prevent the enemy from advancing.]

25
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Eastern Front

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[Germany v Russia]

26
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  • ? won the first battles but due to the combined troops of ? and ?, ? was defeated and retreated in 1915.
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Russia, germany, austria

27
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There were over ? casualties on the Eastern Front by the end of World War 1 (WW1).

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15 mil

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  • More about the Eastern Front
    Disadvantages: (3)
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  1. Austria-Germany troops
  2. Poor Innovation in Russian Weapons
  3. Civil War/Revolution in Russia (Bolshevik Revolution)
29
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West asia

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Ottoman Empire v Entente

Strait of Dardanelles

30
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East asia

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[Japan v German Territories]