WW1 Flashcards
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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty made after the War had ended, in Paris they conferenced and came up with a draft. The big three where USA (Willson) , BRITAIN (George Lloyd) and FRANCE (Clemencu) who all wanted very different things but eventully came up with and unfair treaty and forced Germans to sign.
Legacies of the war
Wartime technologies and medical advances resulted in new industries and novel ways to fight disease and treat disability
Ex.Downfall of the monarchy, Posinous gas and New nations
Unit Geography
Edith Cavell
A German nurse that freed over 200 soldiers back to their countries whose execution was used to recruit people to the war effort.
Alliances / Triple entente
France, Us , Italy, Britain
Duma
Duma, elected legislative body that, along with the State Council, constituted the imperial Russian legislature from 1906 until its dissolution at the time of the March 1917 Revolutio
St. Petersburg March
Steel workers protested in the street and the army was sent to stop it but instead they joined it.
Kerensky
Prime minister of Russia who took over and continues the war effort even after advised not to and failed greatly.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky helpped Lenon in over throwing russina government and helped the civil war start.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A series of treaties with the central powers that took Russia out of the world was
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Schiller plan
For germany to hold off russia and attack france then turn all their strength to Russia- THis plan failed.
Lusitania - where is it