Boer War
The Boers were a mix of what two ethnicities?
French and Dutch
Where did he spend most of his military career?
China
Who led Britain to victory in the Second World War.
Winston Churchill
What date does Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia, beginning World War I.
1914
Became Prime Minister in 1868, deemed careful and parsimonious, sound 'liberal reformer' became controversial for rousing moral indignation. (Answer is just last name)
Gladstone
Lead the Boer side of the war and former president of South Africa. (Answer is last name)
Kruger
What skills were Chinese Gordon famous for when fighting in the trenches of the Crimean War
Espionage and map making
What did he enter at the boarding school (he was sent to boarding school because of his neglectful parents.)
Calvary
a World War I military operation by the Allied Powers (Britain, France, and Russia) against the Ottoman Empire, aimed at capturing the Dardanelles Strait and Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) to weaken the Central Powers and aid Russia
Gallipoli Campaign
Captured the queen with his rizz, founded the young England movement, died in 1881, quick witted and polished. (Answer is lastname)
Disraeli
Led the British side of the war.
Milner
What year was he born and what year did he die.
1833, 1885
Are all of these true or false?
His nanny was named Mrs Everest
His nanny taught him biblical principals and was his best friend
He had many near death experience like jumping off a bridge and getting shot
He hated school
True
What range of how many people died in WW1?
15 to 22 million
in case of the outbreak of war, Germany would attack France first and then Russia.
Schlieffa Plan
Which side started out with more man and fire power?
Boer
What army did he lead?
The Ever Victorious Army
What was the prompt to think about Churchill.
Vision of Empire sense of purpose
What was the prompt given to think about WW1
Absence of a single power dominating Europe
an English mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia
Cecil Rhodes
What year did the Boer war start and what year did the boers sue for peace.
1899, 1902
He fought in which war and what year?
Arrow war/Opium wars 1856
Year born and year died
1874, 1956
It began in 1918, near the end of the war, and spread rapidly among troops and civilians due to the close proximity and movement of large numbers of people.
Spanish Flu
a conflict primarily involving Russia against an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia, sparked by disputes over religious sites in the Ottoman Empire and ultimately reflecting broader geopolitical tensions and imperial rivalries.
Crimean war