World War 1 Part 2 Flashcards
Explain what happened in the Armenian genocide
Ottoman Empire decimated the civilian Armenian population. Two million Armenians inhabited northern turkey in 1919, in 1918 one million murdered. Ottomans masked the war effort to systematically massacre Armenians, they march to Syrian dessert.
Define mutiny
Rebellion against authorities, especially in the military
What is trench foot and why is it so common
Trench foot is a disease that soldiers had gotten from not being able to change shoes when getting wet
What does the phrase “over the top” mean
Soldiers going over the top of the trench to the other side
Hidenburg and Ludendorff are credited with what major change to Germany
Totally changed the strategy of the German front
What was the significance of the Siegfried line
Better fortified than the front burned everything as they retreated keep the allies from retaliating
What was the Skyes picot agreement
French and British secretly plan to divide the Middle East after the Ottoman Empire
- French (Syria and Lebanon)
- British (Jordan, Iraq and Palestine)
What is shell shock
Traumatic war experience
What was the capital of Russia in 1917
Petrograd
What was the Russian revolution and why was it stationed in the capital
Woman begin wide scale work riots for food; government based on the people near Petrograd
Political power
October 1917
What were the three factors that contributed to the Russian revolution
Struggle of the peasants -extremely poor
Rise of industry- worker moved from farms to factories ; less farmers = less food than there already was
Incompetency in the government - czar Nicholas 11, more concerned with family and royalty
What type of government was established
The provisional government and soviet government
Elaborate on Marxism
Marxism is economic and social theory based on the writing of Karl Marx and fedrich Engels
Ultimate enemy of capitalism
Discouraged religion
Overproduction and money are evil factors
What is a soviet
Sockets are legislative bodies elected by the people who administer the jobs of people and soldiers
Who were the Bolsheviks
Bolsheviks were communist political party led by Vladimir Lenin
