ww1 outcome= Flashcards
define armistice
ceasefire
define reperations
payments losers of the war had to pay to the victor
define abdicate
give up the throne
when did germany get on its knees?
early summers whan the allies were succesful after their sucessful100 day offensive and blockade w germany
their people wre starving-naval blcokade
economy ruined
army found itself in retreat behind the hidenbrug line- germany cement reinforced trenches
define the hidenburg line-
germany cement reinforced trenches
define naval blockade-
the interdiction-the act of prohibiting- of a nation’s lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power.
why did kaiser wilhem have to abdicate his throne?
by autumn germany was crumbling and in pieces back home and army was in retreat ahving experienced heavy defeat so that is why kaiser was forced to abdicate his throne and remaing government called for a caesefire
the ceasefire=
occurred at 11pm
11th november 1918
what was the Ludendorff offensive?
german spring offensive -a series of germna attacks along the western front during ww1