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What was the start of WW1? | Assassination of Francis Ferdinand |
What were the two different alliance systems? | Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente |
What were the Major countries involved with the Triple Alliance? | Germany, Austria-Hungry, Italy |
What were the Major countries involved with the Triple Entente? | Russia, France, Britain (and Later the US) |
What part did France play? | Biggest army on the Western Front |
What part did Russia play? | Involvement became a distraction towards Germany which allowed France to not be completely taken over |
What part did Austria-Hungry play? | This is where the assassination occurred |
What part did Germany play? | First to declare war. |
What part did Serbia play? | Many allies among the Triple Entente which made them powerful |
What part did Britain play? | Led the Allied Powers |
What part did Italy play? | Declared war on A-H alongside with the other Triple Alliances |
What part did United States play? | Got involved due to Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare |
Battle of Marne | Sept. 6-12, 1914 Between France/Britain and Germany |
Battle of Gallipoli | Feb. 1915-Jan. 1916 Allied powers attempt to capture Dardanelles Strait and Gallipoli peninsula from Ottomans |
Battle of Verdun | Verdun saw German forces attempt to gain the high ground around the city while drawing the French reserves into a battle of annihilation. |
Battle of Somme | The Battle of the Somme was designed to relieve the pressure on the French suffering at Verdun, won by France |
Why did we get involved with WW1? | Germany started unrestricted warfare |
What is the Zimmerman Telegram | The Zimmermann Telegram. In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. |
Why did Russia leave the War? | Neither their government nor military were able to cope with the pressures of a modern war; moreover they lost both battles the one against their enemy and the one against themselves. |
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | It was a separate peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers, that ended Russia's participation in World War I. |
What was the Paris Peace Conference? | The peace conference that decided the terms of WWI peace and Treaty of Versailles. |
What part did Woodrow Wilson play? | Created the League of Nations. |
What was the Treaty of Versailles? | Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment. |
What were the Positives and Negatives of the War? | Positives? – League of Nations and New Technology. Negatives? - WW2, Trench (the diseases) |
What country was the most affected? | Germany and France |
What were the lasting results of the war? | The fall of Germany and other major nations. |