WW1 Flashcards
World War 1 began when? & finished when?
July 28, 1914 and lasted until November 11, 1918.
Was differences in foreign policies were to blame,
Yes but not the whole reason
The immediate cause of WW1 was the assassination of A who?
Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Who were the coalition forces in WW1 included
The Allies of World War1 were the coalition led by France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan and the United States.
Were these important men related King George V (Great Britain), Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) and Tsar Nicholas II (Russia)
Yes they were cousins, and grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
Soldiers fought largely in trenches during the war, and thousands suffered from stress, known as ?
shell-shock.
The British and French trenches were often squalid, where the German trenches as bad ?
No the Germans trenches were almost luxurious in comparison, with bunks and decent cooking facilities.
By the end of WW1, how meany people had died?
over 9 million soldiers had been killed, and another 21 million wounded. Over a million soldiers were killed in the infamous Battle of the Somme alone, including about 30,000 in just one day.
What percentage of French people were killed ?
Around 11 percent of the population of France was killed or wounded during the war. About 116,000 Americans were killed, even though the US was only in the war for about 7 months.
During World War 1, were animals used ?
Dogs were used to carry messages in capsules. 500,000 pigeons were regularly dropped into enemy lines by parachute, and then sent back with messages.
Is it true that on Christmas Eve, 1914, both sides declared an unofficial truce and sang Christmas carols to each other. ?
Yes also Football matches were played in no-man’s land (the area between the German and British) trenches, and German and British soldiers exchanged food and souvenirs. The ceasefire was known as the Christmas Truce. The following Christmas, sentries on both sides had orders to shoot any soldier who did this.
How did the coalition forces fight in WW1 ?
Against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
Where, many new weapons invented or used during World War 1?
Yes, Big Bertha was one of the most famous; it was a 48 ton gun capable of firing a shell over 9 miles. It took 200 men several hours to assemble the gun.
What word can be used to express the speed up towards war.
catalyst, was nationalism
imperialistic stated when
1760
