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His assassination is credited with starting World War 1
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The immediate cause of World War I
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary?
The Allies began developing these armored ‘landships’ in 1915
What is Tanks?
A battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire
What is Battle of the Somme?
The first large scale use of ______ in warfare occurred during "The Great War," starting in 1916
What is motor vehicles?
A member of the Romanov ruling family and the last Russian Emperor, from 1894 to 1917
Who is Tsar Nicolas II?
Resulted in increased tensions among European countries
What is European Expansionism?
While most of the war’s casualties were caused by heavy artillery, the portability and power of the __________ made it an effective addition to arsenals on both sides.
What is machine gun?
A military campaign in the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula, from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916
What is Gallipoli campaign?
The first armored tank was demonstrated by ______ in 1916
What is the British?
Ran for re-election on the slogan "he kept us out of war," in 1916
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Slavic Serbs sought independence from Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
What is Serbian Nationalism?
flying contraptions called ______ were being used for reconnaissance in WW1
What is aeroplanes?
A series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War
What is The Hundred Days Offensive?
Can be defined as "any heavily armored and armed tank that is designed for front-line combat."
What is a Superheavy Tank?
A politician and revolutionary who ultimately gained control of the Russian government in 1917
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
_____ promised that each country would support the other if war ever broke out between an ally and another Great Power
What is an Alliance?
First used by the Germans in 1915, ___ proved largely ineffective as a traditional weapon; its success depended not only on the type of ___ and the sophistication of its delivery method but also often on the weather conditions on the day.
What is Gas?
Was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War.
What is The Battle of Jutland?
One of the most common American tanks in military tank museums, with over 4400 built between 1942 and 1945
What is the Sherman Tank?
A United States Army general who led the American Expeditionary Force, in association with French and British forces, to victory over Germany in World War I
Who is John Joseph Pershing?
The German government believed that the onset of war and its support of Austria-Hungary was a way to secure its place as a leading power, which was supported by
What is the Spirit of 1914?
Designed by Richard Fiedler in 1901
What is modern flamethrower?
_________ was an attack by the British Second Army, on the Western Front, near the village of ______ in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War.
What is The Battle of Messines?
______ were used to shoot high-trajectory shells at faraway targets, often lobbing the shells over other obstacles like hills or buildings before impact.
What is Howitzers?