WW1

Question 1

Arms

Answer 1

country’s ships, weapons and soldiers

Question 2

Treaty

Answer 2

agreement between two countries

Question 3

Alliance

Answer 3

military treaty

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

Pride in you country, belief your country is the best and should Ryle yourself and others

Question 5

Triple alliance (when and who)

Answer 5

1882, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy

Question 6

Triple entente (when,who)

Answer 6

1907, France, Russia, UK
1915, Italy switched to triple entente

Question 7

Political assassination - who

Answer 7

Assassins - 7 - black hand gang - Bosnian gang sponsored by Serbian gov
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia

Question 8

MAIN reasons for WW1

Answer 8

Militarism (stock piling weapons and arms race)
Alliances
Imperialism(competitive)
Nationalism

Question 9

Von schlieffen plan (who, when created, why, what)

Answer 9

German military plan to avoid fighting on 2 fronts (Russia and france) created 9 years before war so outdated, invaded France through franco-german borders and Belgium

Question 10

Why did the schlieffen plan fail?

Answer 10

lots of resistance from Belgium, Russia mobilised way faster than expected, unflexible bc of railways,bad communication, bavarian troops didn’t allign to orders
Pressure from East (Russia had good war tactics, transport and experience - just fought russia-japanese war )
Bad replacement army

Question 11

Trenches features

Answer 11

Support trench, communication trenches, storage bunkers, machine gun nests, front line trenches, barbed were, listening posts, no mans land

Question 12

Why was there trench warfare?

Answer 12

Much more firepower than expected, old-style battle expected, first industrialized warfare using new tech eg tanks

Question 13

Why did people joining the army to fight ww1?

Answer 13

Propaganda, back by xmas (short war), pals battalion and peer pressure, naive, well payed, glory, patriotism, nationalism, duty, protect empire and vulnerable,embarrassing if you don’t, naive