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Schleiffen Plan
Germany surprise attack on Franch at the beginning of the war through belgium using all their army to quickly wipe out france so they werent surrounded by TWO enemy countries
Who was in the Triple Entente
Britain, France, Russia
Who was in the Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
What was the Fokker
First plane armed with a syncronized Machine gun (made by germany)
What is the Sopwith Camel?
similar to Fomker made by allies in 1917
What is Nationalism and how did it start WW1?
Feeling of instense pride in ones country
it started ww1 because of a group called the black hand
What is the "Black Hand"
Group created by Serbia to prevent them becoming a part of A-H, They were terrorists and assacianted A-H future leader to "permenantly" weaken them
What is Imperialism and how did it help start WW1
a policy of strengthing a nation by controlling valuble land (colonies)
started ww1 by:
-great competion between nations to aquire colonies
-when an imperialst country declaed war all of its colonies are also at war
What is Militarism
A belife that military should be used to settle distrbutes and the best way to prevent war is to be prepared for war.
Started WW1 by:
-countries nationalism would cause them to build military and neighbouring countries would be suspicious of this and do the same
-this started an arms race and all counties were looking for a way to use their military
Whats an alliance?
agreement between nations for the purpose of protection and/or trades
this started ww1 by;
-countries making alliances caused fear for other countries so they made their own
-once a memeber of an alliance declares war all memebers are at war
Whats an assasination? example?
the planned deliberated killing of a PUBLIC FIGURE.
-Archduke Franz Ferdenand assasinated by Black Hand
What is the Polish Corridor?
a strip of land that allowed poland to accsess the Baltic Sea
Who was Arthur Currie?
Canadian Commander in the battle Vimy Ridge
Explain the battle or Ypres
took place in 1915 it was canada vs germany, the first battle canada had a reputation of being brave, Canadas first battle with chlorine gas, canada won the battle
What is a U-boat? and whats the purpose?
U-boats were equipped with steel hulls and were much stronger than british ships. Germany made these to sink ships going to Britain with things like food and materials
Explain the battle of Passchendaele
battle in 1917, germany vs canada, extremely muddy, too muddy to use the tatic "creeping barrage", was a win for canada
Who was Douglas Haig
Commander of all British forces
Explain the battle of Vimy Ridge
1917, germany vs canada, used cameras to build model of the feilds, first time all canadian divisions fought together, canadas greatest win of the war
explain the battle of Somme
1916, Germany vs Canada, germans call it the bloodbath due to the large amount of deaths, designed to be the "big push" to win the war. Canada lost
What is Conscription?
Forces canadian men to sign up for war if they are between certain ages since canadas soliders were dying faster than men being enlisted
What was the Military Service Bill?
Compulsory for all males between the ages of 20-45 to serve armed forces. there were some execptions: religious belifes, if they were ill, or worked in a factory.
What was the Military Voters Act?
Gave men and women involved in the Canadian Expeditionary Force the right to vote.
What is the Wartime Elections Act?
gave female relatives of soliders the right to vote
What is Lustiania?
British passenger ship germans sunk and almost 2000 passengers died. Several were american which brought america into the war. once the US joined the war it ended