WW1 Flashcards
What does Main stand for?
M-Militarism A-Alliances I-Imperialism N-Nationalism
In the early 1870s. Europe had a enormous tension between which nations?
Franco-German Balkan Region
The assassination of. Austro-Hungary what did it lead to
It leads to WW1
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by
Gavrilo Princip
What happened to franz Ferdinand’s wife?
She got assassinated to
Because of the assassination……?
Austria-Hungary declared war with Serbia
• Because of their previously agreed alliance
Russia joined the war to help their ally Serbia
The triple alliance known as?
The central powers
The triple entente known as
The allied Powers
The fire steps were
Wooden planks built into the wall of trench that allowed soldiers to see over sandbags
Duckboards were?
Large Wooden planks laid over areas where water gathered
Germans expected war to be like
Attrition or stalemate
All trenches had
Lice rats dead bodies raw sewage
All Trenches were the
Downfall of all the trenches
The WW1 Western front ran to
English Channel to Switzerland