WWI Events

Question 1

What sparked the chain reaction of WWI?

Answer 1

The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand from Austria - Hungary.
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Question 2

Who was Archduke killed by?

Answer 2

Gavrilo Princip of Serbia

Question 3

Which countries declared war on Serbia?

Answer 3

Austria-Hungary

Question 4

Who were the Allies?

Answer 4

France 🇫🇷, Great Britain 🇬🇧, Russia 🇷🇺

Question 5

Who were the central powers?

Answer 5

Germany 🇩🇪, Austria-Hungary, Italy 🇮🇹

Question 6

Tanks

Answer 6

-hard to destroy but slow and large/bulky

Question 7

U-Boats and Submarines

Answer 7

Used for surprise attacks 🫣

Question 8

Chemical weapons

Answer 8

-chlorine (ptsd for chem 🫣)
-mustard gas
-gas masks (Hitler mustache couldn’t fit the gas mask and built one for himself and his mustache)

Question 9

Trench Warfare 🐌

Answer 9

-defensive strategy
-miles long, feet wide
-protected by “no man’s land”, barbed wire, and mines

Question 10

Zeppelin

Answer 10

-bomb raids
-killing over 500 people in homing raids in Britain

Question 11

Battle of Tannenburg

Answer 11

Russia was not industrialized (unprepared)
- Russia worst defeat
- war unpopular in Russia: humiliating

Question 12

1st Battle of Marne

Answer 12

Schlieffen Plan - Germans wanted a quick victory of Paris
- defeat France first then focus on Russia
-German struggles ends, hopes of quick war or defeat of Western Front, now Germany has to fight two fronts
-Allies finally won

Question 13

Battle of Verdun/Somme

Answer 13

-fought with trench warfare
-wanted to break 11 months stalemate (little to no progress of situation) > shows resistance of British and French forces
-Germany gained 4 miles, Britain/French gained 5 miles