Ww1

Question 1

When did ww1 start

Answer 1

28 July 1914

Question 2

What were teh causes of ww1

Answer 2

Maniaa
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
Awful governments

Question 3

What were the alliances of ww1 and when did they start

Answer 3

1879 Austria and Germany alliance (ambitions to become a large power, Germany worried France might attack)
1894 France formed alliance with Russia (each were worried of attack)
1904 Britain formed entente cordiale with France (worried about German power)
1907 Britain and Russia formed a similar agreement (Triple entente)

Question 4

What is teh domino effect of teh beginning of ww1

Answer 4

Austria blamed Serbia for assassination declared war in Serbia
Germany supported Austria Hungary
Russia pledged for Serbia
France supports Russia
Germany declares war on France
Britain supports Belgium and declares war on Germany

Question 5

What was teh Schlieffen plan

Answer 5

Most influential plan for Germany( take Paris and therefore france before Russia could mobilise so as not to fight a war on two fronts)
Relied on:
German speed
Slow Russian mobilisation
Britain staying out of the war

Question 6

Why did the schlieffen plan fail

Answer 6

Underestimated distances (exhausted army and slowed them down)
Plan changed (right wing troops taken to strengthen left, right unable to advance)
Belgian resistance was stronger than expected
British expeditionary force inflicted heavy casualties (at mons)
French troops had enough time to get to Paris

Question 7

What was teh race to teh sea

Answer 7

The way the western front was formed
Troops on either side attempted to outflank each other all teh way to teh sea towards the end of 1914

Question 8

Wat was teh stalemate and how long did it last

Answer 8

By December 1914 war had reached a stalemate
Battle of attrition not movement
Both sides were evenly balanced neither could break through
1914 - 1916

Question 9

What advancements were made during ww1 and examples

Answer 9

Improvement in weapons
Motorised tank, poison gas, airplanes, battleships, submarines
Improvement in strategy
Improved medicine
Not amputating all the time anasthesia and antiseptic, ability to transport to hospitals

Question 10

Why did technology improve

Answer 10

To break the dead lock, as teh trenches proved impenetrable

Question 11

Describe a trench

Answer 11

Heavy artillery created craters Taht pockmarked no man’s land
Barbed wire between no man’s land and trench
British trenches were significantly worse in the begginning, muddy and shallow, German trenches were better as they were on teh defensive and knew teh war would be a long one

Question 12

How did guns improve in ww1

Answer 12

Early machine guns were big and heavy, needed a crew of people
Guns got smaller and more portable

Question 13

What were U boats

Answer 13

German submarines unrestricted submarine war fare
Aimed at starving Britain out by torpedoing any ships neutral or not supplying britain

Question 14

What was teh British blockade

Answer 14

The Blockade of Germany, or the Blockade of Europe, occurred from 1914 to 1919. The prolonged naval blockade was conducted by the Allies

Question 15

What was total war

Answer 15

Active participation of the whole conuntry

Question 16

Why did total war occur

Answer 16

War was waged against civilians
Led to teh creation of teh home front

Question 17

Total war in Britain

Answer 17

Dora
Unprepared at teh beginning of war implementation of Dora

Question 18

What was Dora

Answer 18

Defence of teh realm act
Illiberal atmosphere
Passed without debate
Seen as necessity
Revoked civil liberties which led to improved society and victory of war (paradox)

Question 19

German total war

Answer 19

Accepted need for total war at teh start ability to organise war on teh home front

Question 20

How were German shortages managed in teh beginning

Answer 20

Using occupied countries resources
Or makeshift ersatz goods
Companies set up by government to manufacture war effort

Question 21

What happened between 1916 to 1917 to German home front

Answer 21

Turnip winter
Farmers and food workers in teh military
Over burdened railways
Shortages due to British blockade

Question 22

What was teh impact of turnip winter

Answer 22

German home front started to falter

Question 23

Why was British propaganda successful

Answer 23

Morale crusade
Germany represented as pure evil (Kaiser was characterisation of evil)
Use of animalistic imagery gorilla
Atrocity stories used to evoke patriotism (murder of nurse Cavell on Belgium)

Question 24

Was German propaganda successful and what was it?

Answer 24

No
Less use than teh British
Theme was British suppression of her kultur and denying German rightful position of greatness

Question 25

Why was German propaganda unsuccessful

Answer 25

No need to recruit cause of conscription Massively elitist Germans were teh aggressors

Question 26

Censorship as a tool

Answer 26

Virtually indistinguishable from propaganda Soldiers prohibited from keeping I Diaries only one uncensored Letter per month

Question 27

Methods of propaganda

Answer 27

Posters newspapers Comics songs stories of atrocities Films censorship Poems

Question 28

What wa teh changing role do women

Answer 28

Women in teh military Women became more prominent in teh work force in ammunition’s Football teams for women Unequal pay was the norm

Question 29

Why did female employment initially go down

Answer 29

They worked in frivalous industries which were to expensive in war time

Question 30

Wat was isolationism

Answer 30

American neutrality and isolationism in beginning of ww1 Seperate from war

Question 31

When did teh Lusitania sink

Answer 31

1915 may

Question 32

What and when was teh preparedness movement

Answer 32

1915 Us needed to immediately build up strong naval and land forces for defence Theodore Roosevelt was an interventionist

Question 33

Role of russian revolution

Answer 33

German troops Abel to reinforce western front Germany determined to push re inforced submarines

Question 34

What was the Zimmerman telegram

Answer 34

1917 January Offered us territory to Mexico in return for joining teh German cause

Question 35

Roel do teh Zimmerman telegram

Answer 35

Not an actual threat Was trumpeted as one in teh news Increased support for intervention

Question 36

When did America go to war

Answer 36

April 4th 1917 Senate vote 82 - 6

Question 37

What was teh immediate impact of teh US

Answer 37

Naval convoys allowed supplies to get to allies Morale boost German loss of morale

Question 38

When did teh us fully mobilise

Answer 38

Mid 1918

Question 39

How many Us troops ended up fighting

Answer 39

1.3 million

Question 40

How many Us troops ended up fighting

Answer 40

1.3 million

Question 41

What was teh naval impact of us

Answer 41

Completely rendered teh German u boats useless

Question 42

We’re teh us part of teh counter offensive

Answer 42

Yes they were and played a key roel

Question 43

What and when was Ludendorffs spring offensive

Answer 43

All consuming effort for a new assault on the weaker spots of teh allied front line 21 march 1918

Question 44

What were stromtroopers

Answer 44

German tactic to send all best and strongest soldiers first to blitz through enemies strongest points Allowing infantry to mop up after them Was bad because it meant teh best and strongest soldiers got tired and died off at teh start of teh schlieffen plan

Question 45

What was Michael

Answer 45

1st attack Success Gained no good territory

Question 46

Georgette

Answer 46

2nd attack Attempt to cut off supply lines for allies Somewhat success

Question 47

Blucher York

Answer 47

3rd Huge success Almost reached Paris Stopped by Americans just in time

Question 48

Gneisenau

Answer 48

4th Failure French counter attacked

Question 49

Final offensive

Answer 49

5th Failure

Question 50

What was teh allied counter offensive

Answer 50

8 August 1918 Used opportunistic tactics (attacking salient bulge in German front lien) Swept forward taking Germans by surprise Achieved victory

Question 51

What is teh hinden burg lien

Answer 51

Teh line behind teh front of teh German line which holds stronger troops

Question 52

Who was the allied general who orchestrated the counter attack

Answer 52

Ferdinand Foch was a French military leader who served as supreme commander of the Allied armies during the final months of World War I.

Question 53

Reasons for German collapse long term

Answer 53

War on two fronts Significantly lacking economic and military power compared to allies Could not keep army supplied (ally blockade) Us entry

Question 54

Reasons for German collapse short term

Answer 54

Depleted after spring offensive Full mobilisation of us Improved allied tactics Ludendorff failed tactics

Question 55

Why were teh British keen to down play us involvement

Answer 55

Ww1 used as a story of heroic British triumph Ensure American saviour complex did not over shadow British dead

Question 56

Why did American not recognise their role in ww1

Answer 56

Ww2 had a bigger impact and outshined it