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Ch. 27

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6 new countries
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Transjordan
Berchtold/Holwieg
One was the Austro Hungarian Foreign minister who sent the ultimatum to Serbia. Other was German Foreign Minister who gave the "blank check"
Pershing
Leading General of US in WWI
3 French Generals
Joffre, Nivelle, Petain
General Haig
Commander of the British Forces in WWI
Battle of Jutland
Largest naval battle of WWI. (May-June) Brits vs. Germans off N England. No clear winner
Von Schlieffen
German strategist. Designed the plan to take out France through Belgium to avoid a 2 front war.
May 7, 1915
Lusitania sunk by German U-boats
April 6, 1917
America enters WWI
Kerensky
Leader of Russia's provisional government. Armed and was overthrown by the Bolsheviks.
Spanish Flu
Epidemic hit all over world and killed 5% of the world's population.
Laurence of Arabia
Served in Middle East during WWI. Helped Arabs revolt against Ottomans.
Black Hand
Serbian Nationalist group. Helped start WWI with killing Archduke Ferdinand
Entente Cordial
UK and France. April 8, 1904. Ended pointless fighting b/e the two
Battle of Verdun
(Feb-Dec 1916) German Offensive under Falkenhayn against the French under Petain. French hold the line and defeat the Germans. About 700k casualties
Six new weapons
Tanks, poisonous gases, submarines, strategic bombers, depth charges, blimps, flame-throwers, Big Berthas
Sir Edmund Grey
British Foreign Minister. "Lamps are going out all over Europe". Saw WWI for what it would be.
Russia in 1915
Few weapons and soldiers, many deaths and losses
Stalin and Trotsky
One was educated and lived in the US. The other was more ambitious and stole the power.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
German submarine policy that attacked any ship in sight
Gavrilo Princip
Assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Duma
Russian Parliament
Reds vs. Whites
Bolsheviks defeated the Socialist Revolutionaries
Brest-Litovsk treaty
Treaty between Germany and Russia. Russia out of war, 1/3 of land, and half its industry
2nd Battle of the Marne
Last major German offensive. Tried to get Paris. Stopped by combined effort of allies
Moroccan Crisis
Germany wanted French territory, Britain stopped them. Increased tension
Lenin's Promises
New economic policy- people owned goods but not land. Starting point
Battle of the Marne
(Miracle of the Marne Sept 1914) German march toward France. Allied forces win and create a stalemate
Army Order #1
Russian policy that allowed the killing of officers
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WWI.
How to beat U-boats
Mines, depth charges, airplane charges, and the American Convoy system
"Big Four"
Clemenceau, Wilson, Lloyd George, Orlando
"Doomed Dynasties"
Romanov, Hapsburg, Hohenzollern, Ottoman
Sanitary Zone
Countries between Western Europe and Communist Russia. They fell and became part of the Iron Curtain
U.S. Involvement in the war
Delivered final punch. Very effective
Battle of Somme
(July 1916 to Nov. 1916) Allied Offensive under General Haig against Germans. Over 1 mil casualties. 6 mile front, first use of tanks. Allies Won
November 11, 1918
World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France. The war officially stops at 11:00
Zimmerman Note
Telegram intercept by the British to Mexico from Germany. Said Germany would help Mexico get back land from US if they helped
Lenin's resistance
Democrats and monarchists opposed him. Fanny Kaplan part of it
Cheka
Started by Lenin, his secret police force of 200,000 people. Ran labor camps and Gulags
Ottoman Empire
Sick man of Europe. Joined central powers
Italy in War
Flipped sides and declared itself neutral. Screwed in Treaty of Versailles
July 28, 1914
WWI begins
Reassurance Treaty
Bismarck tried to avoid a 2 front war by siding with Russia in 1887. Lasted only 3 years
3 German Generals
von Moltke, von Hindenburg, Ludendorff
June 28, 1914
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

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