Terms Flashcards

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Dreadnought

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British battleship that fought in one battle lost and never fought again

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Spanish Influenza

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A lethal flu virus that killed millions worldwide in 1918 and spread around the world because of the men in the trenches that went home

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Shell Shock

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What is now known as ptsd was caused by the stress of a soldier experiences during battle and the horror the saw and did

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Triple Entente

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A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years before World War I.

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Triple Alliance

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A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy in the years before World War I.

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Schlieffen Plan

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Plan where they wanted to overthrow France by crossing thru Belgium, then attacking Russia Belgium put up a good fight, slowing down German. Resulted in the trench warfare

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