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wwI begins
Question | Answer |
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How does the war begin? | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo Bosnia (6/28) |
What happens after the assassination? | 1. Austria Hungary goes to Germany for help 2. Germany gives them a "blank check" - AH can do whatever they want & Germany will support (early July) |
What happens after Germany gives a blank check to AH | 1. France tells Russia they would support Russia against Germany (7/20 - 7/23) 2. technically gives a "blank check" 3. wants to regain loss provinces & knows Germany will attack them |
What happens after F tells R they will support them against G? | 1. AH issues ultimatum to Serbia (7/23) 2. end anti-AH groups like Black Hand 3. removal of hostile Serbian officials 4. AH participates in investigation of assassination 5. 48 hours to reply |
What happens after the ultimatum is issued? | Serbia gets guarantee of support from Russia- form a secret alliance (7/23) |
What happens after Serbia gets Russia's support | Russia preps military (7/25) |
What happens after Russia preps military | 1. Serbia accepts most of ultimatum 2. doesn't want AH interfering with their justice system 3. AH says unacceptable, declares war (7/28) |
What happens after Serbia declares war? | Russia fully mobilizes army (7/30) |
What happens after Russia fully mobilizes | 1. Germany sends 12 hr ultimatum telling Russia to end war preparations & asks what France's position is in Russian-German war (7/31) |
What happens after Germany sends ultimatum to Russia and France | 1. France tells Germany it will consult its own interests and mobilizes (8/1) |
What happens after France mobilizes | Germany mobilizes, declares war on Russia bc they didn't respond to ultimatum (8/1) |
What happens after Germany declares war on russia | Germany also declares war on France, attacks thru neutral Belgium (8/3) |
What happens after Germany attacks Belgium? | GB declares war on Germany to protect neutral Belgium (8/4) |
who fought on the western front of Germany | Great Britain, France, Belgium |
Who fought on the eastern front of Germany | Russia |
Did the east or west use trenches? | west |
What happened with Russia on the eastern front? | 1. Russia beating Germany at first 2. Germany defeats them at Tannenberg (Aug 26) - flank the Russians & slaughter them 3. miscommunication w generals lead to defeat 4. Russians leave war after Germans send Lenin back & he starts a communist rev |
Battle on the Marne (September 5) | 1. Germans close to capturing Paris 2. French fight back and save the capital, germans retreat 3. build long lines of trenches where no side every gains more than a mile of territory |
Which side used poison gas? | Germany |
What was going in the US? | 1) cars more popular bc of Henry Ford 2) salaries increased 3) immigration banned - labor shortage 4) blacks from South go to North for jobs - Great migration |