History

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  • Why was Gallipoli a failure? (5 Reasons)
    Turkey was brought into the war
    Bulgaria joined Germany in the war
    Churchill resigned
    200,000 deaths
    Russia was still blocked
  • Consequences of the Balkan war
    London conference held in May 1913 Turkey was forced to withdraw and the land it withdrew from was divided up
    Albania gained independence
  • When was the Franco-Russian Alliance formed?
    1894
  • Where and when was the first Moroccan Crisis
    Tangier-1905
  • Consequences of the agadir crisis 4 reasons
    Germany was given control of useless landlocked African land, Britain made more battleships, the Triple Alliance was weakened, France and Britain was brought closer.
  • What happened after the Kaiser Abdicated?

    Replaced by a government,social democrats, and Germany became a republic.
  • How many people died in the sinking of the lusitania?
    1200
  • When was Germanies Black day?
    8th August 1918
  • What was Germanies Black day?
    Push back of allies from the Summer offensive, 19km of land taken in the first week, 30,000 German casualties.
  • What ship did Germna Uboats destroy
    Lusitania
  • What were the Germn submarines called?
    U-boats
  • How did Britain try and break the stalemate at paschendale?
    new Tanks tactics- sitting infantry behind tnaks rather then sending them by themselves in the somme
  • Consequences of the somme
    1.25 millions deaths, Germany was pushed back and forced out of Verdun.
  • Why AH hate Serbia?
    Serbians wanted Bosnia to leave AH and join greater Serbia.
  • What happened at the Tangier Crisis?
    The Kaiser visited Tangier and supported their independence.
  • Consequences of the second Moroccan crisis?
    The Algerians conference in 1906 , Germany was humiliated, with only AH supporting them. France was giving sole control of Morocco.
  • What was the most popular empire before WW1
    British
  • How many people were in the British empire
    400 million
  • What was the biggest divide in Britain
    Poor-rich
  • What did France lose is the Franco prussian war
    Alsace Lorraine
  • What was important about Alsace Lorraine
    Abundant in resources-
  • 2nd largest empire before WW1

    France
  • Which country in WW1 was a republic only
    France
  • What was important about Russia befor the war
    Large but extremely poor
  • Who was ruling Russia before WW1
    Tsar Nicholas ii
  • What was did Russia lose before the war
    Russio-Japanese war
  • What was Germany before ww1
    Prussia
  • Who ruled Germany
    Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • When was Germany formed

    1871
  • When and who was the dual alliance
    Germany and ah-1879
  • When and why was the triple alliance
    Germany,ah and Italy-1882
  • What was the deal of the triple alliance
    Would support each other if they were attacked by two other military powers
  • When was the Franco Russian alliance
    1892
  • Why did the Franco Russian alliance happen
    To give Germany a war on fronts as France disliked Germany after the Franco Prussian war
  • When was the Entente Cordiale signed?
    1904
  • Who was in the Entente Cordiale?
    Britain and France
  • Why was the Entente Cordiale formed?
    Growing concern for Germany
  • When and who was in the triple alliance
    France,Britain and Russia
  • Why was morrocco so important to France
    One of the few areas of Africa that hadn't yet been colonised
  • Why did Europe defend France in their takeover of morrocco?
    1904 entente cordiale