World War 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Franco-Prussian war
1870-71
Treaty of London protecting Belgium neutrality
1839
Treaty of Frankfurt
Alsace Lorraine and £200m in reparations to Germany
1871
Triple alliance formed
1882
Britain declared as the ‘Two power standard’
1889+
Franco-Russian alliance
1893
Germany start to build up navy
1898+
Boer War
1899-1902
Britain ally with japan
1902
Entente cordiale
Between Britain and France
1903-04
Schlieffen plan devised and…..
First Moroccan crises (Kaiser visits Tangier)
1905
1906
HMS dreadnought launched
Algeçeras Conference
Russia and Britain sign a treaty (triple entente formed)
1907
Bosnian crises…
Bosnia annexed by Austria-Hungry from Turkey
1908
1911
Second Moroccan crises (gunboat Panther sent to Agadir)
Balkan wars
1912-1913
1914
Italy makes secret pact with France, saying it will stay neutral if France is attacked.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are shot by who? When?
Gavrillo Princip
28th June 1914
When did Serbia declare war on Austria?
28th July 1914
When did Britain enter the war?
August 5th 1914
Who was prime minister in Britain 1914?
Asquith
When did Russia declare war on Germany?
1st August, 1914
When did Germany declare war on France?
3rd august, 1914