WW1 Flashcards
Who was involved?
32 countries
Who were the allies?
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and United States
Who were the central powers?
Germany, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Austrian-Hungarian empire
When was the landing?
April 25th 1915
What does Anzac stand for?
Australian and New Zealand army corps
What were nurse ships?
Ships that were brightly decorated with lights to prevent being sunk
What happened 28 June 1914
Assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
What happened 23 July 1914
Austria-Hungary presents ten demands to Serbia
What happened 25 July 1914
Serbia agreed to nine of ten demand
What happened 28 July 1914
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
What happened 29 July 1914
Russia promises support for Serbia
What happened 1 August 1914
Germany declares war on Russia
What happened 3 August 1914
Germany declared war on France and invades Belgium
What happened 4 August 1914
Britain declares war on Germany
What happened 6 August 1914
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
What happened 23 August 1914
Japan (Britain ally) declares war on Germany
What happened 29 October 1914
Turkey enters war on side of Germany
What happened 23 May 1915
Italy enters war on side of triple entente
What is conscription?
Force enlistment of men into armed forces
What is it also
The right to send men overseas
Why was it needed?
After people began to hear the horrors of war they didn’t want to enlist
What happened July 1916
23 000 Australian casualties in poiziers France
Who was the pm
Billy Hughes
What did he do?
Tried to introduce conscription after visiting Anzac troops in France
What was his observation
32 000 more men were needed
What was he a member of
Labor party and they didn’t support his idea
How did he try to introduce it
Holding a plebiscite on this issue
What is plebiscite
National Australian vote
What were the arguments FOR
Patriotism
Need to support men
Country might be taken over my Germany
What were arguments AGAINST
More men wouldn’t make a difference
Men were needed at home for work
War wasn’t Australia’s concern
What were vote results on October 1916
No
What was the vote in December 1917
No
How long did the Great War last
1914-1918
What is imperialism
Land and empire rivalries
What is nationalism
Usually springs out of a sense of belonging
What are alliances
Designed to prevent conflict
What was militarism
Nations display there power and influence by the size of their armed forces
What caused the war
Imperialism Nationalism Alliance system Arms race and militarism Assassination of franz Ferdinand
How was assassination commited
Assassinated by young Serbian
What was the goal in Gallipoli
Take our Ottoman Empire
Secure Gallipoli peninsula
What was the plan
Launch land attack on Gallipoli peninsula from Aegean Sea
What was the campaign
Landed at Anzac cove
Naval attack that developed into land attack
What were the results
They had to withdraw from Gallipoli
