Belshe Great War Flashcards

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militarism

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glorification of military

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nationalism

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pride for ones country (blind-maybe)

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imperialism

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manipulating another country for ones own resource gain

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assassination of archduke ferdinand

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catalyst for world war one

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triple alliance

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germany, austria-hungary, italy

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triple entente

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france, russia, britain

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girls with yellow hands

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factory girls whose hands turned yellow from ammunition chemicals

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otto dix

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famous artist, trench soldier, depicted realist situations

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vera brittain

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woman who wrote diary about how she lost fiancee, brother, and best friend

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propaganda

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material promoting or demoting a cause

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self-determination

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when a group of people get to rule themselves (not ruled by other countries)

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14 points agreement

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wilson's plan/requirements to end great war and prevent future wars

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paris peace conference

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convention where us, france and britain met to discuss peace treaty (all other countries left out)

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armistice day

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11-11, day when fighting stoppped

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attrition

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fighting to just to kill, no clear purpose

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passchendaele

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part of battle of ypres, nasty & miserable conditions, ordered by general haig to finally overthrow germany, unsuccessful, shows the pointlessness of ww1

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verdun

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symbolic battle, last stop before paris to be attacked, frenchmen fighting to save their country

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somme

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launched by britain against germany, sky high casualties, worst single day combat loss ever for britain, trying to get somme river, tried to weaken germany off with strong blow and then finish off easily

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poison gas

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virtually undetectable gas, causes choking, and a slow, miserable death, internal bleeding

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bayonet

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stabbey thingy on an end of a gun

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technology of ww1

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cutting edge for the time, poison gas, air warfare, guerilla warfare, trench warfare, tanks, machine guns all invented

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long term causes of ww1

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instability of balkan countries

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short term causes of ww1

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many deaths, people wanting to prevent future similar wars, germany humiliated, all countries in lots of debt, east balkans divided up, land ruined b/c of trench warfare

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pan-slavism

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idea posed by russia saying that slavic descended people should protect/defend each other (stick together)

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austria-hungary

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part of triple alliance, assasination of franz ferdinand=major catalyst of war, divided up after war

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russia

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part of triple entente, biggest army but not strongest, major slavic country, forced to pull out of war b/c of russian revolution

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csar nicholas

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head of russia, cousins with willhelm, didn't originally want to go to war (as seen in willy/nicky telegrams)

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kaiser willhelm

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head of germany, cousins w/ nicky of russia, strong militaristic attitude, very prideful

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italy

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part of triple alliance, stayed out of war b/c britain asked them to (in exchange for land), upset when didn't get it at end of war

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germany

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had a fast, strong industrial revolution, very strong army, second strongest navy, very militaristic, depicted as menacing people in ally propaganda

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britain

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dragged into war b/c of friendly understanding w/ france, strong navy

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otto von bismarck

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"iron chancellor" of germany, not a nationalist (real politiker) used nationalism to gain power, asked to step down by willhelm

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franco-prussian war

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war over alsace-loraine between france and prussia (germany), germany wins alsace-loraine, france bitter

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central powers

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austria-hungary and germany

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allies

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france, russia and britain

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friendly understanding

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depending on the situation of our country, we probably might help you out if you go to war

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ottoman empire

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had secret alliance with germany, armenian genocide happened there, became turkey

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gallippoli (dardinelles straight)

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located in turkey, port wanted by britain/france but defended and kept by turks/germans, had it been captured, access to sea for turkey

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gavrillo princip

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man who executed franz and sophie ferdinand, subsequently sending countries into world war

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the black hand

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turkish terrorist group, trained young serbs to be assasins

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wilfred owen

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english poet/soldier during great war, had shell-shock (ptsd), wrote realistic accounts of misery of war

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dulce et decorum est

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well-know poem by wilfred owen showing that the old saying (it is sweet and right) to die for ones country is a lie

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blank check

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support germany offered austria-hungary when it came to their war with ottoman empire

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schlieffen plan

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germany plan that assumed way to much (that france would be defeated shortly and russia would take a long time to mobilize)--attack and defeat france in less than six weeks then focus on russia

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secret alliances

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alliances made unknown to everyone else that ended up unneccessarily dragging everyone into the war

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western front

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france, belgium, britain, etc.; where most of the reparations from germany went

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eastern front

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russia, balkans,

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trench warfare

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when you dig yourself into a trench and sit and hide there somewhat "protected", miserable conditions, shoot over the top to other side

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trench foot

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when your foot "rotted" off-- or was taken off b/c the infection would spread, the mold growing from moisture in feet would rot of feet

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no mans land

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land in between trench, really dangerous (will most likely get shot)

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stalemate

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when neither side has the advantage in the war--fighting just to stay even

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ANZAC

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australia-new zealand army core, troops from down under who supported the allies

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zimmerman note/telegram

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note from germany to german embassy in mexico asking german ambassador to convince mexico to attack and distract us in exchange for germany's assistance in gaining back previously mexican land

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woodrow wilson

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us president, created 14 pts agreement, sent us to war b/c he was upset about unrestricted submarine warfare and the lusitania

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david lloyd george

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german prime minister at paris peace conference

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georges "le tigre" clemenceau

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french president, known as the tiger b/c of his fierce war policy

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total war

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when 100% of a country's resources go towards the war they are fighting

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unrestricted submarine warfare

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policy taken on by germany that would shoot down all boats originating from an allied (france, britain, russia) port

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lusitania

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ship with tons of americans on it sunk by germans (and unrestricted sub policy), one of the final straw for woodrow wilson

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treaty of versailles

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treaty signed by allies and germany blaming germany for the start of the war and forcing germany to pay reparations, and giving some balkan countries self-determination, but handing over germany african colonies to other countries

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general haig

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british commander in chief, ordered major ally offensive, tons killed

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hindenburg/hindenburg line

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germany's last major offensive before armistice, named after general vonhindenburg

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mutiny

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open rebellion against authority (i.e. soldiers just refused to go to fight that day)-- created lots of tension between officers and soldiers

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shellshock

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ptsd, nervous systems reaction to an intolerable reality

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league of nations

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league created for open communications between countries, didn't have much real power, but a good precursor to the united nations

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sigfried sassoon

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british soldier and writer, wrote about the tragedy of war in his poems, friends with wilfred owen

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jean jaures

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leader of socialist movement in france, really didn't want war, although homeland should be defended, weapons=waste of $, stop suffering instead of creating it

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general haig

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british commander in chief, ordered major ally offensive, tons killed

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hindenburg/hindenburg line

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germany's last major offensive before armistice, named after general vonhindenburg

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mutiny

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open rebellion against authority (i.e. soldiers just refused to go to fight that day)-- created lots of tension between officers and soldiers

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shellshock

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ptsd, nervous systems reaction to an intolerable reality

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league of nations

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league created for open communications between countries, didn't have much real power, but a good precursor to the united nations

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sigfried sassoon

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british soldier and writer, wrote about the tragedy of war in his poems, friends with wilfred owen

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jean jaures

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leader of socialist movement in france, really didn't want war, although homeland should be defended, weapons=waste of $, stop suffering instead of creating it