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Emperor Franz Josef Austria-Hungry |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Austria-Hungry |
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Gabrilo Princip Black-Hand Serbia Assassinated Fanz Ferdinand |
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| Name and Describe the main Causes of the Great War. |
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Nationalism... Belief that your country is better than others Imperialism... Conquest of land for raw materials (Alsace-Lorraine controversy) International Anarchy... No one to settle disputes between countries |
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| What was Otto von Bismarck's Greatest Fear? |
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| What did Bismarck do to prevent a two front war? |
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| He created a defensive alliance with other European Powers |
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| What did he (Bismark) do in response to his greatest fear? |
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| What countries made up the triple Alliance? |
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Germany
Austria-Hungry
Italy |
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| What were the repercussions of the triple Alliance? |
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| France was isolated and the tripple entente was created |
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| What countries made up the Tripple Entente? |
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| ______ and _______ struggled over control of the Slavs. |
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| Russia and Austria-Hungry |
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| Typically, the Slavs looked to ____ to protect their interests even though ruled by ______ |
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| Balkan region was known as the _________ |
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| What was the Schlieffen Plan |
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| In case of a 2-front war, Germany is going to attack France, then move to Russia |
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| What countries made up the central powers? |
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| germany, Austria Hungry, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire |
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| What countries made up the Allies? |
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| Serbia, Japan, Russia, Great Brittan, France, USA |
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Austria's reaction...
_____ gave unconditional support
Austria gave ______ an ultimatum, but ______ could not agree with all of it |
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| When Austria declared war on Serbia, what did Russia do? |
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| mobilized troops toward the Austrian border |
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| Why was the Schlieffen Plan suppose to work? |
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| Russia was not industrialized and it would take a long time for them to prepare for war |
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| What was the Western Front? |
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| Battles that take place in France |
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| What were the mwestern-most battle lines buring the war? |
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| Know that the war was entirely fought in _______ and the westernfront was the____ (____) |
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France
Focal Point of the war
Trench warfare |
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| What was the 1st major battle of the western front? |
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| How did soilders get to the battle of the Marne? |
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| How many people fought in the battle of the marne |
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| What battle signaled the end of Germany's Schlieffen Plan? |
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| What battle was were both sides raced for the sea? |
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| Tell about the Battle of Verdun |
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Both sides began using deadly poison gas
Longest Battle in the war and left both ides where they started
Consumed 23 million shells and 650000 lives |
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| During what battle were tanks introduced and by whom? |
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Battle of the Somme
The British |
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| Who was head of the commitee that introduced tanks? |
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| Who was the German General on the Eastern front? |
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| What were the tools of war? Describe them? |
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Poison gas-German
Machine Guns- led to trememdous death toll
Tank- improved over time, 1st useless
Airplanes-1st used for intelligence later used in Dog fighting
Submarines-most effective for the Germans |
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| Duce et decorum est pro patria mori |
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| It is sweet and proper to die for one's country |
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| Why did america join the war? |
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Sinking of Lucitanea
Zimmerman Telgram |
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| What ended Russia's participatin in war? |
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| Describe the Gallipolo Campaign. |
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Allies tried to attack Ottoman Empire and open a supply line to Russia.
turned into bloody stalemate of trench war |
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| Describe the Naval Theater |
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England blockaded Germany with its navy
Germany fough w. unrestricted warfare
Stopped it for a while to avoid American particiation in the war. returned to it again in 1917 when it tried to blockade England |
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All resources devoted to war
goct. took control of economy and decided what was produced
unemployment almost disappeared
People practiced rationing in which they could only buy small portions of certain goods |
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| USA sends the "American Expeditionary Force" Led by John J. Pershing to Europe |
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Wilelm abdicates his throne , Germany becomes a republic
Germany Sued for peace outside of Paris |
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| Expand colonial empire, preserve naval industrial supremacy, make Germany "pay for the war" UK |
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| ensure french security against Germany |
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| Enlarge Italy's territory in Europe and overseas-Italy |
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| sough to implement his 14 points-America |
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| What was the treaty of Versailles |
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Peace treaty between Allies and Germany
Germany lost territory and all colonies
Disarmen- limited to 100000 volunteers no draft, no air force/subs/ or war industries de militarized Rhineland
War Guild Clausee- Germany accepted sole responbsibility for war
Creation of League of Nations |
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| 10 million dead, 20 million injured |
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| What was the totla cos of war? |
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| What countries were created in the aftermath of the war? |
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| Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Finland, Estonia, Latcia, Lithuania, and a bigger Romania |
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