WW1 Booklet 2

Question 1

What assumptions were the Schlieffen Plan based on

Answer 1

France would be defeated in six weeks
No resistance from Belgium
No intervention from Britain
Russia would take at least six weeks to mobilise

Question 2

When did the German army invade Belgium

Answer 2

4th August 1914

Question 3

What does is the BEF

Answer 3

The British Expeditionary Force was a small but very well trained and professional

Question 4

Who were the BEF lead by

Answer 4

Sir John French and Lieutenant-General Douglas Haig

Question 5

The German commander

Answer 5

Con Kluck

Question 6

The German Supreme Commander Moltke had to do what

Answer 6

Pull 100,000 troops out of the army due to the Russian mobilise(only took 10 days)

Question 7

First Battle of the Marne

Answer 7

6th to 12th September 1914

Question 8

By the 8th September

Answer 8

Both sides were digging trenches

Question 9

What began on the 12th October

Answer 9

The race to the sea which was to try and outflank each other

Question 10

Outflank

Answer 10

Get round the end of

Question 11

How many days on average would a battalion be on the front line trenches

Answer 11

10 days a month

Question 12

What was the First World War

Answer 12

An artillery war

Question 13

Why machine guns important

Answer 13

Defending trenches from enemy attack

Question 14

When did the British army established its first Machine Gun Corps

Answer 14

1915

Question 15

When was the first poison gas attack

Answer 15

April 1915 in the Second Battle of Ypres

Question 16

What was the aim of a gas attack

Answer 16

To disable enemy troops so that your own infantry charge would be successful

Question 17

Chlorine gas

Answer 17

Made soldiers retch,cough and struggle to breathe

Question 18

Mustard gas

Answer 18

A perfumed smell but blinded, burned or slowly killed victims over four to five weeks

Question 19

How many British troops died of gas in the whole war

Answer 19

3,000 due to the development of the gas mask

Question 20

Who invented the tank

Answer 20

British

Question 21

What was the main significance of gas

Answer 21

It’s psychological effects

Question 22

Strategy of attrition

Answer 22

In 1916 Falkenhayn cam e up with the strategy it’s aim was to wear down the enemy’s strength until they could no longer resist