WW1 Flashcards
Stalemate
Neither has advantage
Total war
Countries that devote all their resources to the war effort
Western front
Deadlock region in northern France
Eastern front
German and Russian border
New warfare advances
- tanks
- airplanes
- flamethrower
- mustard gas
- chlorine gas
- u-boats (submarines)
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Can sink without any warning any ship in the waters by Britain. Germany sunk a US ship and restricted them but after a while, but decided US wasn’t as much a threat as Britain, so they created a block around Britain with subs
Trench warfare
Soldiers fought in trenches protected from enemy fire and never gained much land.
“No mans land”: space between trenches
What is the first US ship sunk in 1915?
Lusitania
Zimmerman telegram
A telegram from Germany to help them reconquer lands they lost from America if they help Germany fight in WW1
What made US join the war?
- Zimmerman telegram
- unrestricted submarine warfare
Second Battle of the Marne
Germany fights France all the way to almost Paris But never takes France because the Americans come at the battle of the Marne. This makes the Germans retreat because they were fresh, clean, healthy and this made them fear a continuous war.
Russian Revolution
Because 5.5 million Russians die under Tsar Nicholas 2 & he wants to continue to fight, Russia fights a civil war and is overtaken by VI Lenin. Lenin creates a treaty with Germany, but loses land.
Nicholas 2
Czar of Russia during WW1 but is kicked out
Rasputin
Super Creepy wizard, magician, healer who helps make decisions for Russia by influencing their czarina.
Communist party
In 1917, Russia becomes communist under Vladimir Lenin after the revolution
What was the name of the Russian communist party ?
Bolsheviks
Who was the Russian communist leader ?
Vladimir Lenin
Rationing
Because of war, people could only buy small amounts of those items needed in the war effort
Propaganda
One sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support for the war
Paris peace conference
On January 18, 1919 (at the palace of Versailles) the big four met: Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of Great Britain, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy & discussed Germany’s punishment
Woodrow Wilson
America’s president during WW1
Treaty of Versailles
A treaty for WW1 between the allies and Germany signed on June 28, 1919
14 points
A peace proposal created by Woodrow Wilson and made by the US as a plan for just & lasting peace
League of Nations
Wilson’s fourteenth point, signed at the treaty of Versailles, a international association to keep peace between nations
War guilt clause
Article 231, saying the war was Germany’s fault and they need to pay reparations(money to all the other countries)
