Important People
Command the American Expeditionary Forces
Who is John J. Pershing?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
What was June 28, 1914?
type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other
What is trench warfare
Aircraft evolved from reconnaissance tools to specialized fighters and bombers
Germany's decision to launch unrestricted U-boat attacks intended to break the British blockade backfired
What is Unrestricted Submarine Warfare?
President that led the U.S war into 1917 and proposed the Fourteen Points for peace
Who is Woodrow Wilson
The Allied victory at the First Battle of the Marine halts the German advance into France
What was 1914?
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale especially caused by fire or a nuclear war
What is Holocaust
Poison gas used extensively introducing new horrors and the need for protective equipment
What is chemical warfare
Following the failed German Spring Offensive, this French American counter-offensive in July 1918
What is Aisne-Marne Offensive?
Supreme commander of German land forces
Who is Paul Von Hindenburg?
The United States declares war on Germany, joining the Allied Powers
What was 1917?
Information, especially of a biased o misleading nature, used to promote a particular cause
What is propaganda
Early war mobility stalled, leading to entrenched positions. Artillery evolved to include creeping barranges and advanced techniques to destroy heavily fortified enemy positions
What is Trench warfare
The United States entered the war, providing essential supplies and reinforcements to the Allies
What is U.S Entry & Russian Withdrawal?
" Red Baron" the top- scoring ace of the war
Who is Manfred Von Richthofen?
The Russian Revolution forces Russia to leave the war, allowing Germany to focus on the Western Front
What was 1917?
A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used
What is Total war
The war saw the often first widespread use of radio, telephones, and aiel surveillance to coordinate
What are communications and intelligence
Bu 1918, the Alliance achieved consistent control of the skies
What is Allied Air Superiority?
Member of the "Harlem Hellfighters" awarded the French Croix de Guerre
Who is Henry Johnson?
Germany launches the failed Ludendorff Offensive
What was 1918?
A member of the majority faction of the Russian social democratic party which has renamed the communist party after seizing power in October Revolution in 1917
What is Bolsheviks
The scale of causalities led to major developments and blood transfusions, mobile ambulances, and the now widespread recognition of shell shock
What is medical advancements
The largest operation in the U.S history began in the 1918, successfully breaking through German defenses
Meuse-Argonne Campaign