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Describe the Schlieffen Plan (German War Plan)
Put majority of forces through France with the bigger group going through Belgium and swinging around to Paris with the smaller holding group in the Ardennes Forest resisting French Plan XVII
Who was assassinated in 1914 in Sarajevo which might be considered the catalyst for WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Britain was allied with France and?
Russia
Austria-Hungary was allied with Germany and?
Turkey [or Italy]
Australia was a British Dominion, just like New Zealand and ?
Canada, India
Name four areas where the war was fought
Russia and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Greece and Middle East including Palestine, France and Belgium.
What does BEF stand for?
British Expeditionary Force
What does AIF stand for?
Australian Imperial Force
BEF attempts to break the stalemate 1915 and 1916 on the Western Front occured at Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge and ?
Loos
French plans for the Battle of the Somme were interupted by German atacks where in 1916?
Verdun
Which division of the AIF was late into the Western Front in 1916, because it was being reformed and retrained?
3rd Division
In which part of the Western Front did the Australian divisions first learn about trench warfare in 1916?
Armentieres
Which Australian Division along with the British 61st launched the attack on Fromelles in 1916?
5th Division
The AIF 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions launched major attacks on which area of the Somme front between July and Sept. 1916?
Pozieres
As part of the Nivelle offensive of 1917, where did the AIF 4th Division attack?
Bullecourt - near Arras
As part of the Nivelle offensive in 1917 where did the Canadian forces have success against the German high positions?
Vimy Ridge
In June 1917 how many tons of shipping had the German U-boats destroyed?
Half a million tons
As part of the 3rd Battle of Ypres in 1917 where did the AIF 3rd Division see battle for the first time?
Messines
As part of the openeing of the major Battle of Ypres in 1917 in July, how many days of continuous bombardment did the allied forces pour on the Germans?
10
The Third Battle of Ypres lasted from July in 1917 to which month?
November
Name three battles as part of the Battle of Ypres, where the AIF gained all or most of their objectives?
Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodsiende
What connection does the decoration in our classroom have to the Battles in this reading?
Menin Gate at Midnight painting
In which year of WWI did revolution break out in Russia?
1917
In which month of 1918 did the German mount their offensives
March
Name the three places where the AIF were able to hold off the German Spring Offensive of 1918
Hebuterne, Morlancourt, Dernancourt