Battles
German strategy to fight a war on two fronts
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
A formal military agreement between nations
What is a Military Alliance?
The location of the war in France and Belgium, (Trench Warfare)
What is the Western Front?
Punitive action pursued by France and Britain in Treaty of Versailles
What are Reparations?
French Prime Minister
Who is Raymond Poincaré?
September 6-12, 1914, Allied Victory
What is the First Battle of Marne?
Military agreement between Britain, Russia, and France
What is the Triple Entente?
French territory lost after Franco-Prussian war, regained at Treaty of Versailles
What is Alsace-Lorraine?
"The Tiger", leader of the French delegation in Paris 1919
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
The first battle of WWI to utilize tanks
Allied offensive, July 1 - November 18, 1916, ~1 million casualties
What is the Battle of the Somme?
Military alliance between France and Russia
What is the Dual Alliance?
German industrial powerhouse, briefly occupied by France and Belgium
What is the Ruhr?
Revenge, France wanted revenge on Germany because of the Franco-Prussian War
What is Revanchism?
Close friend of Clemenceau's, Clemenceau funded his artistic endeavors
Who is Claude Monet?
What is the Battle of Verdun?
War started by Napoleon III, led to humiliating French defeat?
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
German coal fields controlled by France after Treaty of Versailles
Saar
Clause that made Germany responsible for all damage caused by the war
What is Article 231?
Location of the proclamation of the German Empire and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles
What is the Hall of Mirrors?
Battle that ultimately led to Germany signing the armistice to end the war
What is the Battle of Amiens?
Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
What is the Triple Alliance?
Border between France and Germany. France wanted the area to be occupied by Allied forces as a buffer zone
What is the Rhineland?
A zone where conflicting nations agree to have no military presence
What is a Demilitarized Zone?
Famous French entertainer of color, civil rights activist, WWII intelligence agent
Who is Josephine Baker?