ww1 Flashcards
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, assassinated due to his possible threat to serbia
General Arthur Currie
leading role in vimy ridge & hundred days
Triple Entente
france russia britain
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Gave AH a blank check after assassination to preserve german power
Robert Borden
oversaw canadian expiditionary force, 1917 wartime elections act & military service act (conscription)
Czar Nicholas II
russia monarch & bad army leader, 1917 revolution, 1918 executed
Sam Hughes
canada minister of militia and defence, pushed for ross rifle, raised the CEF
No. 2 Construction Battalion
1916 all black battalion, built roads trenches railways camps hospitals
Gavrillo Princip
assassinated franz on june 28 1914
Billy Bishop
good aerial man
Triple Alliance
germany austriahungary italy
“Black Hand”
serbian organization that assassinated franz
Mobilization
actions in anticipation of war, includes moving forces to key positions and war manufacturing
Military Service Act
aug 1917
borden conscription all british males 20-45 if called upon
Stalemate
neither side can achieve much and low gain
Schlieffen Plan
germany invading france through belgium for paris (avoiding maginot) figuring russia would take a while to mobilize, got to outskirts of paris but british joined bc belgium & russia mobilized fast
Treaty of Versailles
1919 ended ww1 & blamed war on germany (war guilt clause) : loss of territory, military restriction, pay
Western Front
france & belgium to swiss, lots of trench & death
Wartime Election Act
1917 let solder relative women vote (because a lot would vote for conscription) aliens could not vote though
The Balkans
serbia bosnia
War of Attrition
stretched out war where both sides wear eachother
No-man’s Land
area between forwardsmost trenches of both sides
Ross Rifle
jammed in muddy conditions, accurate, sam hughes
Ultimatum
choice of accept or DEATH
Alliance system
mutual agreement between nations for help
Militarism
governmental belief to strengthen military
Imperialism
extending the nation’s influence by getting more area
Nationalism
belief that your country is great and all
Canada’s Hundred Days
final 100 days of ww1, ends at mons
Trench Warfare
people popping out of trenches and shooting, muddy & unhealthy
Creeping Barrage
shooting shells in front and back of moving people
Conscription
mandatory enrollment in army
Dreadnaught
strong british ship
Unrestricted submarine warfare
1915 germany said that they would attack any submarine, which angered places like neutral US
Naval Blockade
WW1 muscular ship wall, british did it to germany, killing 400k germans
war measures act
aug 1914 borden
government could suspend civil liberties of aliens, more economic control
influenza pandemic
1918 spanish flu started in the US but spain was first to talk about it publicly
when was vimy ridge
April 9 1917
somme
mid to late 1916, 141 days of attrition
passchendaele
july 1917, 3rd battle of ypres
started with the british, australian, and new zealand people
canada came in october
currie was shocked at conditions and said there was no point
he was right and we gained nothing and lost 16k people
russian revolution
october 1917 due to economy, resources, war
workers councils overthrew government and killed the tsar Nicholas ii in 1918
what would have been a reason for the american citizens to be angry at germany
sinking of the lusitania in 1915 and the unrestricted submarine warfare
which battles started and ended the hundred days
amiens aug 8 1918
mons nov 11 1918
