WWI Topics 3-5 Features

Question 1

The Schlieffen Plan

Answer 1

1. Reasoning and assumptions
2. Failure

Question 2

Trench Warfare

Answer 2

1. Stalemate
2. Poor conditions

Question 3

Trench System

Answer 3

1. Layout
2. Structure

Question 4

War in the Air

Answer 4

1. Dog fights
2. Reconnaissance

Question 5

Tanks in the First World War

Answer 5

1. Useless at the beginning of the war
2. Made a big difference later on

Question 6

Battle of the Somme

Answer 6

1. High casualties
2. Introduction of new weapons and tactics

Question 7

Battle of Passchendaele

Answer 7

1. Poor conditions
2. High casualties and limited progress

Question 8

Allied Leadership in the First World War

Answer 8

1. The role of General Douglas Haig
2. Unity under General Foch

Question 9

War at Sea

Answer 9

1. German unrestricted submarine warfare
2. British naval blockade

Question 10

Battle of Heligoland

Answer 10

1. British victory
2. Heavy German losses

Question 11

Battle of Dogger Bank

Answer 11

1. British victory
2. High casualties

Question 12

Battle of Jutland

Answer 12

1. Both sides claimed victory
2. Both sides suffered heavy losses

Question 13

Submarine Warfare

Answer 13

1. German unrestricted submarine warfare
2. British anti-U-boat measures

Question 14

Gallipoli Campaign

Answer 14

1. Failure
2. Evacuation

Question 15

Ludendorff Offensive

Answer 15

1. Germany’s desperate last attempt
2. Failure

Question 16

US Entry Into the War

Answer 16

1. Decisive in the Hundred Days’ Offensive
2. Influential in the background

Question 17

German Defeat in the First World War

Answer 17

1. Internal crisis
2. Political turmoil

Question 18

Anti-Submarine Methods Used by the British

Answer 18

1. Minefields
2. Convoy systems

Question 19

Sinking of the Lusitania

Answer 19

1. Losses
2. International response

Question 20

Hundred Days’ Offensive

Answer 20

1. Battle of Amiens
2. Allied victory