Causes of WW1
The assination of this political figure
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Bonus: Who assintaed this figure?
Known as: “A war of…”
Attrition
Was fought between…
Russia and Germany
Bonus: Commanders of Germany side
One of the leading cause of soldier death
Dysentry
Used to limit information and sway public opinion
Censorship AND propaganda
The two alliance systems AND who was in each.
Triple Entente=Russia + Britain + France
Triple Alliance=Germany + Austria-Hungary +Italy
Bonus point:The year each system was complete
German plan for avoiding a two front war...
Schlieffen plan
Stretched… KM long
1600
The weapon that killed soldiers via choking…
Gas
This group were given more rights than before
Women
Name of the French movement against Germany…
Revanche
Bonus point: What caused this movement?
Causes of the stalemate?
Failure of the Schlieffen plan, inability to adapt to modern industrialised warfare, communication issues, bottleneck.
Not a stalemate it is…
Dynamic or war of movement
The old term for traumatic condition soldiers were left with after war…
Shell shock
Submarine attacks from Germany cause Britain to impose…
Rations
The imperial land grab that left Germany feeling cheated...
Scramble for Africa.
Bonus point: Name of policy that allowed for expansion…
Key battles…
The battle of Verdun, The battle of the Somme, Battle of Passchendaele (third Ypres)
Type of warfare in relation to technology, described as…
'stepping back in time'
The time in the soldiers routine when they would fire on the enemy…
Morning hate
The … that isolated Germany
Blockade
Bonus point: By who?
The ‘boiling point’ of tensions involving the ‘old man’ of Europe.
Balkan wars.
The technology first used on the Western front…
Tanks
Bonus point: Year...
1916
Major battles of the Eastern Front…
East Prussia and Galicia, Brusilov offensive, Gallipoli, The Italian Front.
The combination of things that led to the horrendous smell in the trenches…
Dead bodies, body odour and latrines.
Name of British law that allowed the government to control industry…
Defense Of The Realm Act (DORA)