WW1 Flashcards
Why we had it World War I
- Alliances
- Nationalism
- Arms Race
- Balkins
King of Germany
Wilhelm II
Heir to the Austrian crown
Archduke Ferdinand
A Serbian assassinated Archduke Ferdinand
July 28, 1914
Austria
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Central powers
Russia
France
England
United States
Allied powers
15 miles outside of Paris
France wins
Miracle on the Marne
It was the rest of 1914. When they tried to outrun each other
Race to the sea
Front where it was France and Germany
It was a stalemate
Western front
Front where it was steady
Russia and Germany
Eastern front
Front that is all trench warfare
Western front
New weapons made in WWI
Flame throwers Hand grenades Airplanes Tanks Mustard gas
Big western front battle; Germans try to break through the line
540,000 French casualties
500,000 German casualties
Battle of verdun
British offensive battle
600,000 British casualties
500,000 German casualties
Somme offensive
1917 Lenin takes over Russia and becomes communist and when Russia leaves WWI
Bolshevik Revolution
King of Russia
Czar nickolas
Why we went into WWI
We had history with France and England
Zimmerman note
U-boats: main reason
Germans used to blow up ships that crossed the line
U-boats
May 7, 1914
Luisitania sinks because of U-boats
1200 citizens die
Decorated pilot
Red bear
Shot down 26 planes
Rickenbacker
From Germany and was a promise to Mexico to fight US and in return they will help get their states back
Zimmerman note
Commander of the American expeditionary force
“Black Jack” Pershing
Allied commander at the Argonne forests
Ferdinand Foch
