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militarism |
The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war was known as militarism. |
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Triple Alliance |
The Triple Alliance was a military allianceamong Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy. It lasted from 20 May 1882 until World War I in 1914. |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II |
That year, Kaiser Wilhelm II who two years earlier had become ruler of Germany forced Bismarck to resign. |
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Triple Entente |
was the alliance linking the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente on 31 August 1907. |
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Central Powers |
was a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I; the members included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and their territories. |
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Allies |
These countries fought against the Central Powers which includedGermany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Archduke Ferdinand, of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by a Serb on June 28, 1914. |
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Western Front |
was the name applied to the fighting zone in France and Flanders, where the British, French, Belgian and (towards the end of the war) the American armies faced that of Germany. |
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Schlieffen Plan |
was a 1905 German General Staff thought-experiment which later became a deployment-plan and set of recommendations for German Commanders to implement using their own initiative. |
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trench warfare |
War in the Trenches By early 1915, opposing armies on the Western Front had dug miles of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire. |
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Eastern Front |
the German General Staff, Alfred von Schlieffen, planned a quick, all-out ground war on the western front to take France and, upon victory, Germany would turn its attention to Russia in the east. |
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unrestricted submarine warfare |
is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules also known as "cruiser rules". |
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total war |
a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded. |
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rationing |
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread. 2. an allotted amount: They finally saved up enough gas rations for the trip. |
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propaganda |
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
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armistice |
an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. |
