Chapter 25 section 2
Which nations joined the war on the side of the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire made up the central powers.
Why did Italy, after declaring neutrality in 1914, decide to join the Triple Entente in 1915?
Italy joined the Triple Entente in return for promises of Austrian territory.
What was the common effect of western-front offensives during the First World War?
Most trench warfare occurred on the western front in Belgium and northern France. The soldiers who participated in this type of war became exhausted and found it difficult to comprehend or describe the bloody realities. They were also generally depressingly similar slaughters of massed infantry units.
How did the war on the eastern front differ from the war on the western front?
On the eastern front, the slaughter did not immediately degenerate into trench warfare, and the fighting was dominated by Germany.
Why did the German military command recommence submarine warfare in the Atlantic despite knowing that it would lead the United States to enter the war against them?
The German military command hoped that improved submarines could starve Britain into submission before the U.S could come to its rescue.
Throughout the First World War, what mistake did military commanders repeatedly make?
The commanders struggled to understand trench warfare. For four years, they repeated the same mistakes, mounting massive offenses designed to achieve decisive breakthroughs. Brutal frontal assaults against highly fortified trenches might overrun the enemy;s frontline but attacking soldiers rarely captured any substantial territory.
Germany's initial offensive was stopped on the outskirts of Paris at the Battle of ____ ?
the Marne
