Weapons
World War I popularized the use of this weapon and it was the most important weapon used
What is a machine gun?
This man and his wife were shot to death by a Bosnian Serb in Sarajevo
What is Archduke Ferdinand?
Another word for World War 1
What is The Cold War?
the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, his assassination was the most immediate cause of World War I
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This occurred on may 7 in 1915 where an ocean liner was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat and killed a total of 1,195 including 123 Americans
What is the Sinking of the Lusitania?
Weapon used in No Man's land starting with g
What is grenade/s?
After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, he led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy" and he was the 28th president
What is Woodrow Wilson?
one of the largest and famous battles of World War I, and among the bloodiest in all of human history that occurred in 1916
What is Battle of the Somme?
A Marshal of France and commander of all Allied forces during the closing months of World War I
Who is Ferdinand Foch?
This death occurred in 1915 due to Bosnian Serbs and took place in Sarajevo
What is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
Most commonly kind of poison gas used in ww1 that caused blistering of the skin and mucous membranes on contact first used by the Germans
What is Mustard Gas?
a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife
What is Gavrilo Princip?
This took place on the Eastern Front during World War I, from June 4 to June 6, 1916.
What is Battle of Lutsk?
Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924
Who is Vladmir Lenin?
April 6th is when the United States declared war on this country
What is Germany?
Reliable and extremely accurate, this weapon is regarded by most authorities as the finest rifle of the First World War
what is the SMLE/SMLE?
He was nicknamed "Black Jack" and he served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I
What is John J. Perishing or John Perishing?
fought between Russia and Germany between Aug 23 - 30 1914, the first month of World War I.
What is the Battle of Tannenberg?
AKA as the Central Empires, it consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and the kingdom of Bulgaria
What is the Central Powers?
This was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire, begun during the First World War
What is the Russian Revvolution?
Main US weapon in ww1 that was produced in 1903
what is Springfield rifle or Springfield?
A British soldier general known for leading the British campaign in Mesopotamia from 1915 to 1916 and has a record of the largest military surrender in British history
Who is Charles Townshend?
One of the two deadliest battles in WW1 fought from Feb 21 to Dec 18 1916 on the Western Front in Fra and was the longest battle of the First World War
What is the Battle of Verdun?
During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war and was senior officer of the British Army.
Who is Douglas Haig/1st Earl Haig?
This sparked the Russian Revolution of 1905, during which angry workers responded with a series of crippling strikes throughout the country to which farm laborers and soldiers joined leading to the creation of "soviets" and took place on a Sunday
What is the the Bloody Sunday Massacre?