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who continued as chancellor of the new German
bismark
system of alliances that Bismarck created to prevent France from finding a strong ally for fear that France would seek revenge for its humiliating loss in the Franco-Prussian War
bismarks system
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy together in an anti-French coalition
Triple Alliance
secret alliance with Russia and germany
reinsurance treaty
became kaiser (emperor) of Germany.
In 1890, he forced Bismarck to resign as chancellor
kaiser wilhelm 2
Britain and France put aside their differences
entente cordiale
between Britain, France, and Russia
triple entente
heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated while visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia
franz ferdinand
Germany and Austria-Hungary
Central Powers
Russia, Serbia, and France
allied powers
germanys plan to defeat france before war with russia
schleifen plan
defeated the Russians at tannenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
(long, slender airships similar to modern blimps) to bomb eastern England and London
zeppelins
german submarine
u-boats
british sea liner destroyed by germans
luisitania
russian czar who abdicated in 1917
nicholas 2
took Russia out of the war
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
leader of the american expiditionary force
John J. “Black Jack” Pershing
stopped the German advance
ferdinand foch
U.S. president
Woodrow Wilson
French premier
Georges Clemenceau
British prime minister
David Lloyd George
Italian prime minister
Vittorio Orlando
Wilson had advocated a moderate settlement.
would not seek revenge upon the defeated powers