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WWI
Before/ During
Term | Definition |
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Three Emperor's League | Germany, Austria, Russia |
The Triple Alliance | Itlay, Austria, Germany |
The Triple Entente 1914 | Russia, England, France |
MAIN | Militarism (arms race), Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
William II | forced Bismark to resign, attempt at hurting Britain economically, the lapse in alliances |
Balkan Power Keg | the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the united pan-slavic movement |
Archduke Francis Ferdinand | the heir to the austrian throne, assasinated by Gavrilo Princip |
Schlieffen Plan | an all out attack on France. the gamble that France would be knocked out before Russia mobilized. Neutral Belgium resisted the lightning attack. Britain declared war. |
stalemate | schlieffen plan failed. a system of trenches that lasted 4 years |
total war | control of news and propaganda to rally hatred towards enemy. human and industrial resources went to war |
all quiet on the western front | Erich Maria Remarque. described the suffering and deaths of soldiers on the Western Front |