Vocabulary
Nationalism
An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia
Triple Entente
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat.
The Russians attacked the Central powers along the border of Germany and Austria-Hungary on this front
Eastern front
A German submarine
U-boat
An independent country that became part of Austria-Hungary.
Bosnia
Central Powers
Naval warfare in which submarines sink both merchant and civilian ships without warning.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
A plan of the Central powers to conquer the Allies.
Schlieffen Plan
Alliance between Britain, France, Russia, Servia and other nations during WWI.
Allied Powers (Allies)
torpedo
An Alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy
Triple Alliance
A line of trenches between Belgium and Switzerland where fighting occurred between the Germans and Allies during WWI.
Western front
Soldiers fought from muddy ditches while enduring lice, bad smells and rats.
Trench warfare
The country that was responsible for the shooting of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
Serbia
After this battle...the Germans realized they could not use the Schlieffen Plan.
Battle of the Marne