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German King in WWI.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
First major battle of 1914 that stopped the German advance.
What was the First Battle of the Marne?
This European country suffered the highest total military deaths in WWI.
What is Germany?
The year WWI began.
What is 1914?
This country implemented the Schlieffen Plan at the start of WWI.
What is Germany?
Russian King in WWI.
Who was Tsar Nicholas II?
A 1916 battle designed to “bleed France white,” resulting in enormous losses on both sides
What was the Battle of Verdun?
This percentage of British shells failed to explode due to poor manufacturing.
What is roughly 30%?
The month and year the Armistice ended fighting on the Western Front.
What is November 1918?
This empire mobilized first in WWI.
What is Russia?
British Commander-in-Chief of WWI.
Who was John French?
This battle is infamous for 60,000 British casualties on day one
What was the Battle of the Somme?
Total estimated casualties—military and civilian—during WWI.
What is about 37 million?
The year the U.S. entered WWI.
What is 1917?
This nation provided the largest colonial army, deploying over 1 million soldiers from across its empire.
What is France?
French Chief-of-Staff in WWI.
Who was Joesph Joffre?
This 1915 campaign attempted to force the Dardanelles Strait but ended in Allied evacuation.
What was the Gallipoli Campaign?
The amount of U.S. troops deployed to Europe by the end of WWI.
What is over 1 million soldiers?
The month and year Russia withdrew from WWI.
What is March 1918?
This country switched sides in 1915 after being promised territory in the Treaty of London.
What is Italy?
Austro-Hungarian King in WWI.
Who was Emperor Franz Joseph I?
This battle had the biggest land gain in all of WWI.
What was the Brusilov Offensive?
The percentage drop in Russia’s industrial output between 1914 and 1917.
What is approximately 50%?
The exact date of the assassination that triggered the July Crisis.
What is June 28, 1914?
This empire collapsed by 1918.
What is the Austro-Hungarian Empire?