people Flashcards
Leopold II
Belgian King Leopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession.
Otto von Bismarck
Who became Germany’s first-ever chancellor,
Allenices
Wilhelm II
a german genral, wanted germany to become the most powerfull, navy, bigger arrmy
Franz Ferdinand
Assassination archduke of AH by Gavrilo Princip a serb, major cause of ww1 gave AH a reason to go to war
Edward Gray
he led Britain into World War I against Germany.
Alfred von Tirpitz
, with the significant support of Kaiser Wilhelm II, for the build-up in strength of the German navy, including its submarine fleet,
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph was the emperor of Austria (1848–1916) and king of Hungary (1867–1916). He divided his empire into the Dual Monarchy, in which Austria and Hungary coexisted as equal partners.
leopold von Berchtold
Berchtold was the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister at the outbreak of war in 1914.
Erich Ludendorff
top German military commander in the latter stages of World War I. victory at the Battle of Tannenberg
Paul von Hindenburg
Hindenburg later drew the United States into battle with his use of submarine warfare. (german)
Erich Von Falkenhayn
He was one of the decision makers during the July crisis 1914 and responsible for the German strategy in the first half of the war. His strategy was successful in 1915, but failed in 1916 (Verdun).
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip – was a member of a Bosnian Serb nationalist group seeking to unite territories containing ethnic Serbs under Serbia’s control.
Count von schlieffen
maker of thw Schlieffen plan
avoiding a two-front war with France and Russia.
attack france first win, then go to russia,
it failed since it was very inflexable with train times, plus there was no plan b.
They went through belguim but it was defened by britian, then russia moblized faster which caused germany to have a 2 front war.
