WWI 1914-1918
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- attack on naval and civillians using bombs
- aviation
- trench warfare, very slow progress high casulties
- battle of marne
- completely surrounded by germans
- tannenburg
- german commander; approves lundendorf's decisions
- hindenburg
- chief of staff for hindenburg; makes tactics
- lundendorf
- heavy critism. 610 deaths under his rule-
- tsar nicholas II
- assumes casulties will be 700000
- Verdun
- to draw germans away from Verdun.
- Somme
- major battle over indecisive conflict
- Battle of Jutland
- academic, virginian, historian- president during war
- Wilson
- luxury liner that sinks. 128 Americans die. Germans attack ship because of "so called ammunition aboard"
- lusitania
- head of foreign office contacts president of mexico to attack america in reward of mexo-america. this would put america in the war.
- the zimmerman telegram
- overthrows nicholas II.
- Balshevik Revolution
- soviet union has harsh treaty
- Brest-Litovsk