ww1

• when was battle of verdun?

  1916
• when was battle of somme?

  1st of july 1916
• what was the battle when german invaded belgium for the schliefen plan?


  battle of leige
• 'splendid isolation' was when britain avoided all european affairs in the 19th century
• when did britain become part of triple entente?

  1907
• why did france want revenge before ww1 and want military protection by britain and france?

  franco-prussion war in 1870 when germany took rich provinces of alsace and lorraine.
• what weakened russia's influence in the balkans?

  an embarrassing defeat by japan in 1905
• 'weltpolitik' was kaiser wilhelms belief that germany should have a 'place in the sun'- a large empire to fit its great power status, this required the building of a large navy
• when was the triple alliance formed?

  1882
• when was triple entente created?

  1907
• when and what did britain launch as part of the naval race with germany?

  • 1906
  • HMS dreadnought
• why and who won the naval race?

  britain- they had 29 dreadnoughts whilst germany had 17
• when was lusitania sunk?


  1915
• why did lusitania sink in 1915?


  torpedoed by german u-boats
• how many passengers died on lusitania and how many were american?

  • 1,200
  • 128
• why did germany attack lusitania?

  they believed it contained war supplies
• what did america give as a reaction to the sinking of lusitania by germany?

  a warning
• when was the battle of jutland at sea?


  1916
• when was arch duke ferdinand assassinated?


  june 1914
• who killed archduke franz ferdiand?

  gavrilo princip, a bosnian serb who was a member of the black hand
• why did black hand group assassinate ferdinand?

  due to their serbian nationalism
• what was the period between the assassination of franz ferdinand and the start of ww1?

  the july days
• during the july days, germany agreed to support austria-hungary in a potential conflict with serbia, known as a 'blank cheque'
• what was serbias reply to austria-hungarys ultimatum during july days?

  they agreed to all demands except one
• who supported serbia, mostly due to slav nationalism?

  russia
• what made britain enter ww1?

  britain gave germany an ultimatum to leave the war, but they ignored
• one of the reasons britain joined the war was because of the 1839 treaty of london, when britain promised to defend belgium
• why was britain worried about germany winning the war?

  because it would dominate europe, becoming unbeatable and threatening british empire
• what weapons were used in ww1?

  • machine guns
  • aircraft
  • poison gas
  • tanks
  • artillery
• what was the germans and frech/BEF tactic which created the 'race to the sea' during the marne in 1914?

  outflanking
• when was the gallipoli campaign?


  february 1915 to january 1916
• when was the ludendorff offensive?


  1918
• when was 100 day offensive?


  1918
• who planned the 100 day offensive?


  general foch
• who was the 'butcher of the somme'?

  general haig
• why did the us enter the war?

  • Zimmerman telegram from german foreign secretary to german ambassador in mexico
  • germany restarted u-boat campaign despite warnings
• when did USA join?


  1917
• when did russia surrender?

  1917
• the brest-litovsk peace treaty gave germany vast areas of farmland and raw materials which helped in dealing with shortages caused by gb blockade
• who took over russia in the 1917 revolution?


  the communist bolsheviks