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assasination of franz
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated/killed by a serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.Franz was assassinated because austria annexed the other province and the Bosnians didn't want to be annxed they want to be there own country -
woman roles
Some of the more well-known roles of women in WW1 include: nurses, munitions factory workers, sewing bandages, and selling war bonds, shipyards and spies. The Women's Royal Air Force was created, which is where women worked on planes as mechanics. -
the alli system
The allies for the US was Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenagro, Portugal, Italy, and Japan.The central powers were Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey. -
new weapons
Two new weapons in ww1 were Machine Guns and Tanks and it made it easier to kill poeple and moblize things. -
the war begins
The war started on August 5, 1914 and the war started in the town of Liege in the country of Belgium. -
First Battle Of Marne:
ended sept 18 1914) This battle was caused by a flaw in Germany’s plans to take Paris. The moment the war broke out, the French and German high commands began executing their carefully prepared battle plans. The French had the plan, XV11, A major assault to recapture Alsace and Lorraine. The Germans had the Schlieffen Plan to attack a weak point in the French boarder. This required the Germans to go through Belgium, bring them to outrageous anger and pulling them into the war. The french won. -
trench warefare
Trench conditions There was alot of disease, infection, rats, and lice. -
The war of Gallipoli
British wanted to size the peninsula and gain control of the Dardanelles. This would allow allies to capture Constantinople, and link up with southern Russia and perhaps knock Germany out of the war. This also opened up a new front against the central powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. This operation was a disaster and the Turkish Empire entered the war, well Russia and Britain gained control over Persia and their crucial oil fields, The Turkish lost this war. -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare:
A German U-boat sank a British passenger ship called Lusitania, 1,198 people died and 128, which were American. This led the United States into the war because of the killing of their innocent people. -
Lusitania
Built in 1906, Before she left New York on 1 May 1915 the German authorities in the USA published warnings that she would be attacked by submarines, and advised passengers not to sail, And the Germans were the ones to blame -
tsar nicholas
Tsar Nicholas takes commands of Russian armies. -
Battle Of Verdun:
The Germans wanted to, “bleed France white”, and the French wanted to recapture, Fort Douvaumont. Germans seized Mort Homme and Fort Voux, and their artillery and infantry attacked Fort Souve, the last major fortress before Verdun itself. The French lost this battle. -
The Battle Of Somme:
On the first day of the war 58,000 men were lost. The Belgian’s had a massive infantry assault that was only partly successful. The British troops tried to take Highwood. The South African forces seize Deluille and hold it for six days. This was also the first war were tanks were used, this caused terror in the Germany lines. Germany armies started to withdrawal to the pre-prepared Hindenburk defensive line. The war ended with heavy casualties on both sides. -
election of 1916
Woodrow Wilson was elected because Wilson's progressive policies appealed to working men. -
americans join the fight
Sinking of the LusitaniaBritish PropagandaZimmerman TelegramGermany unrestricted submarine warfareRussian Revolution -
zimmerman note
memo sent from the German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador to Mexico. It informed the ambassador that Germany would be resuming its policy of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and, crucially, ordered him to propose an alliance. If Mexico would join in a war against the US, they would be rewarded with financial support and re-conquered land in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. -
WIB
The Government of United States of America in the year 1917 has established an agency which is named War industries board in ww1. This agency was created during First World War so supplies of war that were required can easily be purchased. Companies were motivated to use modern equipments for production purposes so in order to increase levels of energy and efficient working. This was also a means to reduce waste and products developed can also be standardized through this. leader Woodrow Wilson -
Armistice
Also known as Remembrance Day is on 11 November and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning -
the big 4
United States France Great Britain and Italy The Big Four decided on making the Treaty of Versailles took away territory on Germany's borders. It also forced Germany to be responsible for the war and to pay the countries reparations. Germany's military size also decreased after the Treaty Of Versailles. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris - hence its title - between Germany and the Allies. The three most important politicians there were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson.
