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Militarism |
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
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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 wilhelm2 |
was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and theKingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was the eldest grandson of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe.
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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 |
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 the German army's plan for war against France and Russia . It was created by the German Chief of Staff Alfred vonSchlieffen in 1903 the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was revised in 1905.
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Trench Warfare |
of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other allies, which encompassed Northern, Southern and Central and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.
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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 |
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).
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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.
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Woodrow Wilson |
was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and leader of the Progressive Movement. A Southerner with a PhD in political science, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910. He was Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, and led his Democratic Party to win control of both the White House and Congress in 1912.
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Georges Clemenceau |
was a French statesman who led the nation in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party, he played a central role in politics during the Third Republic. Clemenceau served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the France Peace Conference of 1919. Nicknamed "Père la Victoire" (Father Victory) or "Le Tigre" (The Tiger), he took a harsh position against defeated Germany, though not quite as much as PresidentPoincaré, and won agreement on Germany's payment of large sums for reparations.
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Fourteen points |
was a statement given on January 8, 1918 by United States President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe.
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Self-determination |
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
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Treaty of Versailles |
was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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League of nation |
The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
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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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Eastern front |
Second Fatherland War" in Russian sources) was a theatre of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian ...
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