World War 1 Flashcards

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British Plan W

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Blockade German Coast and help defend Belgium

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German Von Schlieffen Plan

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Knock out biggest threat first which was France

Wanted to pass through Belgium

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French Plan 17

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Attack Alsace Lorraine

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Great Britain National Intrest

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  • Maintain Naval Supremecy

- Protect Belgium

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French National Intrest

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Reclaim Alsace Lorraine

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Triple Entante

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France, Russia, Great Britain

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Russian National Intrest

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Aquire warm water ports

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Italian National Intrest

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Acquire Austrian Land and Ottoman Land

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German national interests

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-Challenge British naval supremecy

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Triple Alliance

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German, Italy, Austria-Hungary

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Ottoman Empire interests

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Keep Russia out of Mediterranian

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What did Serbia want to do?

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  • Unite all Serbs into one country

- Annex Bosnia-Herzgovina

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Causes of WWI

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-System of allies
-Black Hand
-Blank Cheque
-Nationalism
-Eastern Question- Sick Man of Europe
(Ottoman Empire)

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Who assassinated ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand?

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Gavrilo Princip

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What did Austria want to do after the assassination?

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Leopold Von berchtold -foreign minister

Wanted to punish Serbia

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Central Powers

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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire

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Allied Powers

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France
Great Britain
Russia
USA

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New weapons

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Airplanes, tanks, U boats

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Russian Commander in Cheif and his goal

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Grand Duke Nicholas

- Goal: Invade Germany and tie down German Troops

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German Millitary Leaders

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Paul Von Hindenburg

Erich Ludendorff

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Battle of Tannenberg

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Russia vs Germany

- German victory and turning point of war in the East because it stopped the Russian Advance

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French Millitary Leader

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Gen. Joseph Joffre

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British General

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First Battle of the Marne

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Results:

  1. Turning Point of war in the west
  2. Trench Warfare begins
  3. Ends German advance into France
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German Strategy
1. Break Blockade w/ U-Boats | 2. Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz
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Battl of Neuve-Chapelle
British victory
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Gallipoli
``` Winston Churchill -British Commander Mustafa Kemal - Ottoman General Goals of the mission: 1.Capture Dardanelles 2. Aid Russia COMPLETE FAILURE ```
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Treaty of London
Italy signs treaty to join Allied Powers. | -They receive territory for signing treaty
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Battle of Verdun
French commander- Henri Pertain | French victory
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Battle of the Somme
``` Douglas Haig (British commander) First battle where tanks were used ```
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Brusilov Offensive
Last great victory of Russian Imperial Army
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Gen Edmond Allenby
British commander who lost at the battle of Kutel-Amara
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Battle of Jutland
1. only major naval battle | 2. Germans defeated and never venture out again
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Sussex pledge
Germans will not sink any ship w/o warning or providing saftey for passengers
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Ferdinand Foch
Supreme Allied Commander
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Russian Revolution
- First revolution: Tsar steps aside and Alexander Kerensky put in charge of democracy - Second Revolution: Provisional govt falls to the Bolsheviks under Lenin
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia drops out of war
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Espionage act
Illegal to spy
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Sedition act
Anyone who criticizes the war effort could go to jail
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Name of US army in WW1
American expeditionary force
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Leader of American Army
John J Pershing
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14 Points
1. No secret treaties 2. Freedom of the seas 3. Leauge of nations
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Balfour note
British promise to create Jewish homeland
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Peace offensive
Last major German offensive | -kaiser abdicates
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Armistice
November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM
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Big Four
Woodrow Wilson- USA Davis Lloyd George - G.B Georges Clemenceau - France Vittono Orlando - Italy
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Treaty of Versailles
- Alsace Lorraine returned to France - Rhineland becomes demilitarized - Germany takes blame for the war and pay reparations and disarm
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New nations
Yugoslavia, Lativia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland
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Treaty ratification
Senators Henry Cabot Lodge defeats treaty and its never ratified