WW1/Preface Flashcards
(25 cards)
The US captured this, causing Germany to surrender in WW1
Sedan, France
Sedan provided this to Germany
Train Rail for supply transportation
WW1 was fought before the creation of…
Anti-biotics
The Great War describes…
The relationship between WW1 and WW2
Douaumont Ossuary
Memorial for soldiers who died during the Battle of Verdun
Who was scared of France, Italy, Serbia, and Russia?
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Turkey
Belgium’s significance for WW1
What country’s neutrality was broken by GB to protect France from Germany?
Germany’s most successful weapon during WW1
Submarines
The reason & YEAR the US joined WW1
The German’s submarines were too strong & 1917
The Paris Peace Conference Attendees
France, GB, US, Italy, and Germany
Treaty from Peace Conference
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles: France
Clemenceau: Weaken Germany & punish them with reparations
Treaty of Versailles: GB
George: Reparations and weaken Germany down to be even with France
Treaty of Versailles: US
Wilson: Peace based on 14 points
Treaty of Versailles: US SUCCESSFUL 14 points?
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles: Territory Losses
- Alsace-Loraine to France
- Saar to France for 15 yrs
- Strips of land to Belgium and Denmark
- Parts of Eastern Germany & Danzig seaport to Poland
- Memel to Lithuania
Treaty of Versailles: German Territory Losses
- 12% of population
- 13% of home territory
- 75% of iron ore
- 20% of coal
Area between Germany and Belgium demilitarized
Rhineland
Treaty of Versailles: Germany Military Limitations
No offensive weapons, Army limited to 100,000, Navy limited to 15,000 w/ limited vessel sizes
WW1 Germany Reparations Amount
33 million
Article 231
War guilt clause, saying Germany takes full responsibility for WW1
Nations created from WW1
Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia
Important building in France destroyed in WW1
Reims Cathedral
