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The Franco-Prussian war
The Franco-Prussian war was another underlying cause of world war 1. This war lasted from 1870 to 1871, it was between France and Prussia(the future German Empire. This war resulted in a big loss for France. They lost the regions of Alsace and Lorraine, and was forced to pay a huge indemnity to Prussia. -
Wilhelm 2 accession to throne
When Wilhelm 2 ascended to the German thrown in 1888 he dismissed Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor and refused to renew the reinsurance treaty. This treaty mainained the very fragile peace between Russia and Austria-Hungary and it also kept France isolated.In that way he helped create a alliance between France and Prussia that became the basis for the future Triple Entente. -
Red Barron
His real name was Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen. He was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air service. -
Russo-Japanese War
It was the result of the rivalry between Manchuria and Korea. The Japanese won and the Russians lost almost their entire Baltic and Pacific fleet.This war led to the russian revolution of 1905. Thsi war put an end to russian ambitions in the far east, and as a result of that the Tsarist government focused its attention on Europe, in the first place to the Balkans. That just intensified the old rivalry withAustria-Hungary. -
Triple Entente
One of the underlying causes was that the Triple Entente was formed that alliance consisted of Great Britain, France, and Russia. -
Entente Cordiale
Thsi alliance was between the British and France and was created as a counterweight against Germany. Later Russia would join this alliance and it would become the core of the allies in world war 1. -
Bosnian Annexation Crisis
It began in 1908 and ended the following year. The crisis reupted on October 6th, 1908 whe Austria-Hungary anounced the annexation of Bosnia Herzegovia. -
Moroccan Crises
These crises put the european powers on the brink of war. The original plan was the cause tension between France and Britain, and try to bring Britain closer to the Central powers. But these crises just made their alliance stronger and increased the british hostility toward Germany. -
Italo-Turkish War
This war began in 1911 and ended in 1912. This war was started by Italy to gain colonies in North Africa and they attempted this by conquering the Turkish provinces of Tripolitana and Cyrenaica. -
Balkan Wars
It began on October 8th, 1912 and ended July 18th, 1913. The Balkan wars were two conflicts between four Balkan states and the Ottoman Empire. The two wars took place in the Balkan Peninsula in South-Eastern Europe. -
U-boats
U-boat is an abbreviation for 'unterseeboot' which in english means 'underseaboat'. In world war 1 the u-boats were responsible for the loss of 11 million tons of allied shipping. During ww1 Germany built 360 u-boats and loss 178. -
Aviation
Planes at the beginning of ww1 were really medeocre and basic, but by the end of world war 1 they had been developed to be fighters, bombers, and low-range bombers. They were first used to report things about enemy troops, then they mounted a machine gun on the front of the plane. They used something called an interruptor which alloud the gun to be syncronized with the engine of the propeller, so the propeller wouldn't get shot off. This worked very well, the famous pilots were called aces. -
Trench Warfare
Trench warfare was when both armies built trenches facing each other and fought. They stayed in those trenches forever. The area in between the two trenches was called no mans land because if you walked across you were nore than likely going to die. -
Central Powers
Another cause of world war one was the formation of the Central Powers. Which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. -
Immediate cause of world war 1
On June 28, 1914 Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand,along with his wife Sophie Duchess of Hohenburg. This was basically like tipping over the first domino in a long line of them. This was the final push that madde all the different countries go to war. -
Archduke Assassination
On June 28, 1914 Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. -
July Ultimatum
On July 23 1914 Austria-Hungary presented an ultimatum to Serbia. This ultimatum demanded things that was impossible so that Austria-Hungary could declare war on Serbia for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife. -
The western front
The western front was the result of the battle of Marne, after the battle was over and the French had prevented the Germans from marching on Paris. The germans started to dig trenches so they would not loose the territory that they had already gained in France. The French and the British were unable to break through the trenches so they built trenches to. The western front stretched from Belgium in the north to Switzerland in the south. -
The eastern front
It was the fighting between russia, germany, and austria-hungary on the eastern side of Europe. The fighting started on the eastern front on August 17 1914. -
chemical weapons
tear gas, chlorine, phosgene & diphosgene, mustard gas -
Battles at sea
Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battle of Coronel, Battle of the Falkland Islands, Raid on Scarborough and Hartlepool, Battle of Dogger Bank, Battle of Jutland, Battle of Ortranto Straits, Raid on Zeebrugge -
Christmas Truce
Took place on the western front, this was an unofficial cease fire on Christmas. -
Outer Banks
German ships and u-boats would sneak around and just hang around off the coast of North Carolina causing man feuds on American territory -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Unresticted submarine warfare first came into world war 1 in 1915, on May 1, 1915 the a British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat. After this Woodrow Wilson sent a note to the German government demanding stop unrestricted submarine warfare. By september they stopped submarine warfare.But at the beginning of 1917 the naval/army commander cinvinced Wilhelm 2 to resume the USW. They resumed on February 1,1917, and 2 days later Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany. -
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British passenger boat that was also carrying a supply munitions. The ship was sunk by a german u-boat on May 7, 1915. -
Kiffin Rockwell
Kiffin was born in 1892 in Tennessee, then later moved to Asheville, North Carolina. He joined the French army, and was wounded twice. He joined the French avaition service after that, where he was part of the Lafayette Escadrille. There he became the first American pilot to down an enemy plane. He flew dozens of patrols and fought in many air battles. His final air battle was on September 23, 1916 when his plane was downed by the gunner in a German Albatross observation plane. -
Tanks
The tank was first used in the battle of Flers, it was very unreliable but did alot to end the horror of trench warfare. The idea for the tank came from a developement of farming vehicles that could cross difficult land with ease by using caterpillar tracks -
Russian Revolution
The russian revolution was when the russians demolished the Tsarist autocracy. This revolution led to the creation of communism in Russia. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
This telegram was sent from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman to German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt. This telegram was offering Mexico land and other things if they made an alliance with Germany.
