Ww1 Flashcards
What is nationalism
Taking great pride in your country.
What is militarism
People taking great pride in thier military and armies.
The arms race wasโฆ.
a competition in which two or more enemy nations each try to produce the largest possible arsenal of weapons.
The arms race wasโฆ.
a competition in which two or more enemy nations each try to produce the largest possible arsenal of weapons.
What was imperialism
The race to controll other nations, particularly africa
What countries were included in the triple entente
Britain france and russia ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ
What countries were in the triple alliance
Germany, austria-hungary, italy
Who was a key leader that was assasinated
Franz ferdinand
Who assasinated the hier to the austrian throne
The black hand gang
Specifically gavrilo princip
4 events of the assasination
1.Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife arrived at Sarajevo train station at 9:28am.
2.one of the Serbians threw o bomb at the royal couple.
3.but decided to visit those injured by the bomb before he went home. At 11:00am, he again got into the chauffeur-driven car - but it drove a lot faster this time! As they passed Schillerโs cafe, the driver was informed that heโd taken a wrong turn. He stopped to turn around.
4.Gavrilo Princip - was standing outside the cafe. He took out a pistol, walked towards the car and fired two shots- both were killed from this
What was germanys plan to prevent a war on two fronts
The Schlieffen plan
What was germanys plan to prevent a war on two fronts
The Schlieffen plan
What was The Schlieffen plan
to quickly defeat France with a huge knock-out blow through Belgium before moving the soldiers east to face the enormous, but slow-moving, Russian army.
Place in trench where no one can go
No mans land
Trench rats
Dead bodies attracted rats
Some were as big as cats
So many due to how many they reproduce
Trench foot๐ฆถ
Caused due to bad conditions
What were some achievments of the battle of passchendale
Passchendale village taken
Germans also suffered heavy casualties
Technically a victory
At least 3 failures of the battle of passchendale
Very meddy
Germany knew the attack was coming
Tanks got stuck
Crater full of water
310000 men lost
Achievments in the battle of the somme
French army succeeded
Morse code
Failures of the somme
Barbed wire not cut
Germans survived in dugout
1/3 of the shells didnt explode
58000 deaths on day 1
Who was in charge of the british army
Douglas haig
