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Question 1

Franco Prussian war

Answer 1

Formation of Germany
Forged in blood and iron

Question 2

Balkan crisis

Answer 2

End of ottoman war
Rise of pan slavism
AH annexes Bosnia 🇧🇦
Balkan league formed
First Balkan war 1912-13
Second Balkan war 1913

Question 3

Verdun

Answer 3

Longest battle
Verdun destroyed
Massive losses for French and Germans
France considers it a successful as they held Verdun
Feb to dec 1916

Question 4

Somme

Answer 4

Largest battle
1916
Britain and France gain land but lose around 620,000 men

Question 5

Passchendaele

Answer 5

Muddiest battle
July to nov 1917
400,000 British men killed/injured -many drowned in mud

Question 6

Jutland

Answer 6

Only major sea battle
Germanys attempt to destroy British navy
Stalemate at sea
Naval blockade
U boat campaign

Question 7

War in the air

Answer 7

First planes for reconnaissance
Pilots would fight each other in the air
Bomber planes ✈️ German zeppelins

Question 8

Kiel mutiny

Answer 8

October 1918
German sailors refused orders
Soldiers were sent to deal with them but they joined in too
Workers as well
They took over councils

Question 9

Armistice

Answer 9

An armistice was signed by November criminals
Fighting finished
Alsace Lorraine was returned
Led to treaty of Versailles

Question 10

Schlieffen plan

Answer 10

Germany would invade Belgium
(They thought Belgium was weak and poorly defended)
Drive their army into north of France
Take Paris as they believed France would collapse
After France was defeated Germany would turn east and defeat Russia
Germany believed they could defeat France quickly before Russia could fully mobilise

Question 11

Y did schlieffen plan fail?

Answer 11

Belgium resisted far more than expected - gave France and Britain longer to mobilise
Russia mobilised than expected - 10days
France defended Paris at the Marne

Question 12

Race to the sea

Answer 12

They tried to outflank - trying to get around the enemies defences
To stop their enemies they extended their flanks
Led to a stalemate

Question 13

Life in trenches

Answer 13

Muddy
Poor hygiene led to frequent illnesses
Exposure to wet conditions caused trench foot
Shell shock
Food was poor-thin stew
Dirty water
they’d receive letters from loved ones

Question 14

Ludendorf offensive

Answer 14

Small units of soldiers armed with light machine guns and grenades would either in darkness or under the cover of a bombardment advance ahead of a main attack and destroy key areas such as machine guns posts and dugouts

Question 15

Y did ludwndorf offensive fail

Answer 15

The German attack became cut off from its supply lines which made it easy to surround them
Mass surrenders

Question 16

100 days offensive

Answer 16

Battle of Amiens
British French candin and Australian forces
Broke through German defences armistice signed on 11/11/1918