WW1 Flashcards
(13 cards)
Schlieffen Plan
Germany planned to move through Belgium and circularly move around Paris to surround a big portion of the French Army
First Battle of Marne
September 6-10th (where the german advance was halted)
war in the west with French and German forces
Western Front
Russia vs Germany (fought in eastern Germany) Russia defeated at the battle of tannnenberg August 30th
Eastern Front
Galicia
Where the Austrians were defeated by the Russians and thrown out of Serbia
Trench Warfare
Battle fought from behind a trench. Artillery and soldiers were stationed behind the barbed wire. Trenches were dug deeper and deeper. Poison gas was developed. Trench warfare led to a stalemate between Germany and France.
Britain set up a naval block, so Germany retaliated by using submarine warfare to fight back. The Lusitania was a british ship sunk on May 7th, 1915 more than 100 soldiers lost lives. Germans forced to ban this warfare in september of the same year
Lusitania
Submarine warfare
The use of submarine vehicles to attack
War that heavily affects the moral and safety of civilians
Total war
Defense of the Realm Act
The British Parliament made this act to be able to arrest anyone who protested against the war, censor news, and publication (literature) was suspended.
Erich von Ludendorff
The man who commanded German military operations: He made the gamble to break the military stalemate between Germany and France. His attack failed due to the arrival of 100,000 U.S. troops who fought in the second battle of marne
Friedrich Ebert: New republics were being formed around Germany. Ebert established a new republic in Germany with Socialists after William II abdicated the throne november 9th
Adolf Hitler
He argued that the German Army had not lost, but Jewish Marxxists established a republic to stop germany from winning (sabotage)
Armenian Genocide
Armenians were being killed at an alarming rate (600,000) in 6 months by the Turkish government because Armenians were believed to collaborate with russians and their acts of rebellion
War Casualties: From 8-9 million soldiers died/22 million were left wounded. The birth rate lowered in many European countries because there were less men
