ww1 outcome= Flashcards

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define armistice

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ceasefire

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2
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define reperations

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payments losers of the war had to pay to the victor

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3
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define abdicate

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give up the throne

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4
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when did germany get on its knees?

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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

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5
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define the hidenburg line-

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germany cement reinforced trenches

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6
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define naval blockade-

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the interdiction-the act of prohibiting- of a nation’s lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power.

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7
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why did kaiser wilhem have to abdicate his throne?

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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

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8
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the ceasefire=

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occurred at 11pm
11th november 1918

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9
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what was the Ludendorff offensive?

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german spring offensive -a series of germna attacks along the western front during ww1

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