when did ww1 begin? End ?
Reasons the United States entered WWI
1. Zimmerman telegram 2. Sinking of the British luxury ocean liner, the Lusitania
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Capital cities and their importance
If a army takes a capital city its over
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
Flaw
defect
Neutrality
policy of supporting neither side in a war
Weapons of WWI
tanks, machine guns, grenades, poisonous gas, artillary, airplanes
No man's land
front line/ gonna die
Cost of WWI
human lives and lots of money
Paris Peace Conference
1919, meeting of the Allies at the end of WWI, concluded with Treaty of Versailles
Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States
Stalemate
A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
Trench Warfare
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
Armistice
An agreement to stop fighting
Location of the Western front
Between France and Germany
Location of the Eastern front
Border of Germany and Russia
New countries in Europe
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Czechoslovakia
Allies (WWII)
France, Britain, US and SU
when did ww1 begin? End ?
July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918
Causes of WWI (MAIN)
M- Militarism A- Alliances I- Imperialism N- Nationalism
Describe trench warfare and related key terms
Trench warfare was people in trenches fighting a war
2nd Battle of the Marne
Turning point in the war because Germany went to a defensive war after their defeat
Shell Shock
being told you were gonna go over the top into no mans land
Over the top
going out over the top of the trenches, into no man's land
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.
Lost Generation / Great Depression
people were depressed because they won nothing
Schlieffen plan
the Germans planned to take over Pairs
gas
the french were the first to use this during ww1
