WW1

Question 1

When did everyone expect the war to be over ?

Answer 1

Everyone expected the war to be “over by Christmas”.

Question 2

What type of war did everyone expect?

Answer 2

A short and decisive war.

Question 3

What lade the ground work for power to be in hand?

Answer 3

New technologies

Question 4

In 1914 what were the the weapons of war?

Answer 4

Machine guns

Question 5

What did soldiers have for Christmas?

Answer 5

Soldiers had a truce.

Question 6

What is the Western Front?

Answer 6

The western front was a theatre of WW1 in Northern France and Belgium.

Question 7

Who did Germany fight against?

Answer 7

Britain, France, Belgium and later the US.

Question 8

What was Germany’s plan called?

Answer 8

Germany’s plan was called the Schlieffen plan

Question 9

What was the Schelieffen plan

Answer 9

Sweep through Belgium, round into South France and cut off French Army.

Question 10

Who implemented the Schlieffen plan?

Answer 10

Chief of Staff Moltke.

Question 11

Who were Expenditionary Force Allies?

Answer 11

Britain and France

Question 12

What was the French plan?

Answer 12

The French wanted to sweep into Belgium.

Question 13

Was the French plan implemented?

Answer 13

No it was not.

Question 14

Why was the French plan not implemented?

Answer 14

They did not implement it because of Belgian Neutrality.

Question 15

Where did France end up sending most of their troops?

Answer 15

France sent most of their troops South to recapture Alsace-Lorraine.

Question 16

Why did Advances stop?

Answer 16

Because Moltke put troops on the eastern front.

Question 17

Who specifically sent troops from France to recapture Alsace-Lorraine?

Answer 17

Joffre

Question 18

What happened at the end of 1914?

Answer 18

The exhausted Germans entrenched themselves and the allies created temporary trenches.

Question 19

What taught commanders that bombardments can break through enemies lines?

Answer 19

Battle of Neuve-Chapelle

Question 20

What did Germans use that was the first of the war?

Answer 20

Chlorine Gas

Question 21

Who was assassinated?

Answer 21

Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.

Question 22

Who assassinated the Archduke?

Answer 22

Gavrilo Princip

Question 23

What gave Austria a reason to go into war?

Answer 23

The assassination gave them a reason.

Question 24

What group had a assassins all over Sarajevo?

Answer 24

The Black Hand.

Question 25

What created the July Crisis?

Answer 25

The assassination.

Question 26

What date was the Archduke assassinated?

Answer 26

June 28 1914

Question 27

What is the acronym M-A-I-N mean?

Answer 27

Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

Question 28

Why did they use m-a-i-n?

Answer 28

To analyze war.

Question 29

What type of assasination happened to Franz

Answer 29

Shot

Question 30

Who declared WW1

Answer 30

Austria

Question 31

Who did Russia defend at the begging of war

Answer 31

Serbia

Question 32

Who did Germany declare war on

Answer 32

Russia on August 1

Question 33

Where did Germany first enter their troops?

Answer 33

Belgium

Question 34

Who declared war on Germany?

Answer 34

Britain

Question 35

How was militarism affected in the war?

Answer 35

Each countries military had increased due to war

Question 36

What were the two big Alliances?

Answer 36

The Triple Entente - France; Britain and Russia
The Triple Alliance - Germany; Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 37

Germany only had one main Allie, who was this

Answer 37

Austria-Hungary

Question 38

What did Italy do

Answer 38

Italy decided to stay out.