ww1 Flashcards
Industrialization as a casue of ww1
Countries wanted to have the best technology and military so competition grew
Arms race
Countries raced to produce the most large armies, battleships, high powered guns, and explsoives
Canada’s involvement and what do they control
Automatically entered when Britian declared war. Can control how many troops, money, and supplies they could send
German collapse at the end of the war
Naval blockade causes food shortages, spanish flu, USA joins the war, workers strike, military leaders and soldiers quit, Kaiser abdicates
American involvement
Selling supplies to the Triple Entente, and sends 1.2 million troops in June 1918
The Zimmerman Telegram
German telegram that invites Mexico to join the war against the USA. Intercepted by Britian.
Italian involvement
Was allied with Germany at first. April 1915. Signed Secret Treaty of London and allied with the Triple Entente. Was promised Tyrol, Trieste, and part of the Dalmatian coast.
Paris peace negotations (what did they want)
Britain: peaceful trade, some reparations
France: strict limiations for Germany, territory returned, heft reparations
Italy: territory they were promised. some reparations
USA: peaceful trade, rebuild European economy, League of Nations, no more imperialism. 14 points, limited reparations
Battle of Ypres
April 1915
Happened in Belgium
Germany vs France and Canada
First use of chlorine gas
First Canadian victory and gained a lot of respect
Battle of the Somme
July-November 1916
Happened in Picardy, France
Entente vs Germany
Many deaths
First use of tank
Vimy Ridge
April 1917
Happened in France
Canadian, British, and French soldiers led by Sir Arthur Currie
Destroyed supply lines
First time all four Canadian divisions fought and won together
Helped Canada to become independent in the Paris Peace negotiations
Shows a change in the way battles were fought in WW1
The battle for Hill 70
August 1917
Outskirts of Lens, France
Canadian Corp vs 5 divisions of German 6th army
Divert German attention from Passchendaele
Passchendaele
October-November 1917
Happened in Belgium
Canadian troops led by Currie and Haig
Supported the French and British
First use of mustard gas by Germans
Many deaths and little progress
Incompetent military leaders lead to deaths
Failure to adapt to modern warfare
The October revolution (1917)
The current democratic government refuses to pull out of the war
People took to the streets and rioted
Bolsheviks elected to the Petrograd Soviet, Trotsky as the leader
Lenin and the Bolsheviks plot a revolution
Trotsky and the Bolsheviks stage bloodless coup
Lenin becomes the dictator of Russia
The Schlieffen plan
Move most of their troops to Belgium
Defeat France in 5-6 weeks
Move entire army to the east after France’s defeat
Russia will take a long time to mobilize
Belgium will not resist
Britain will remain neutral
