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24 Cards in this Set
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Ypres |
Town in western Belgium. Strategic importance = region where Germans passed through Belgium to attack N. France. Location of a total 5 battles (1914-1918). Battles were noted for their enormous casualties and horrific conditions. |
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U-boat |
German submarine. Derived from the German word "unterseeboot" which literally means "undersea boat." Played critical role in naval warfare. |
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Cambrai |
Location of the Battle of Cambrai (1917). Battle noted for being one of the earliest successes in tank warfare. |
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Gallipoli |
Peninsula in the Ottoman Empire, forms northern bank of the Dardanelles, a strait that allowed access to Russia. Site of a massive campaign (called the Gallipoli Campaign or the Dardanelles Campaign) from 1915-1916. Allies tried and failed to secure the area. |
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Jutland |
Danish city, gave its name to the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of WWI. Battle took place in the North Sea (1916). German HSF intended to lure out British warships stationed near Scotland and weaken the British blockade of Germany. No clear victor: the British blockade remained, but the Germans managed to destroy many British ships in the process. |
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Kut |
City in E. Iraq (then Mesopotamia). Site of a major battle (1915-1916) in which the Turks took control of Kut and took the remaining British soldiers prisoner (despite an attempted negotiation). The British would recapture the city in 1917. |
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Kaiserschlacht |
Means "Kaiser's battle." Also known as the "Spring Offensive." Took place in 1918. |
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Meuse-Argonne |
1918. The final Allied offensive against the Central Powers in Europe. The primary campaign in which the AEF was involved. |
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Tannenberg |
1914. Russian-German battle in the early war. Resulted in the destruction of most of Russia's 2nd army and the suicide of Alexander Samsonov. A crushing Russian defeat. Was not actually located near Tannenberg, the name was given for nationalist reasons. |
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Verdun |
1916. NE France. Site of a major battle on the Western Front. French victory. Noted for being the longest battle of WWI, and one of the bloodiest. |
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Arab Revolt |
1916. Arab tribes & nationalists, led by Hussein bin Ali, joined the Allies in rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Resulted in the creation of an Arab state, though it was not as large as originally promised. |
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Battle of the Marne |
1914. Battle which ended the Schlieffen Plan and made it clear that the war would NOT be short. Resulted in a "race to the sea" where each side tried (and failed) to outflank the other while heading north to the Belgian coast. |
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Caporetto |
1917. Battle in N. Italy between the Italians and Germans/Austro-Hungarians. Crushing Italian defeat. Name became synonymous with defeat. Prominent in "A Farewell to Arms." |
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Franz Ferdinand |
Archduke of Austria-Hungary, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Assassinated 1914, set off WWI. |
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Edmund Allenby |
British. Commander on the Middle Eastern front from 1917 to end of war. Successful. Famously walked through the gates of Jerusalem (as opposed to on horseback). |
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Brusilov Offensive |
1916. Russian offensive on the Eastern Front. Overwhelming victory for the Allies. Successfully forced Germany to redirect troops from Verdun to the Eastern Front. Crippled Austria-Hungary's military forces. Good tactics on Brusilov's part. |
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Nivelle Offensive |
1917. French-British offensive on the Western Front. Was supposed to break through German line in short period of time. Attack failed. Resulted in the French "mutinies." |
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Gorlice-Tarnow |
1915. German offensive on the Eastern front. Pushed Russians back. |
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck |
Led the East African campaign. Very successful. |
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Armenian Massacres. |
The Ottoman Empire's systematic expulsion and genocide of the Armenian people. |
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August von Mackensen |
German commander, mostly in Eastern and Central Europe. |
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Conrad von Hotzendorf |
Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff during WWI. |
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Hindenburg/Ludendorff |
The dynamic duo of WWI-Germany. Hindenburg was the Chief of the General Staff, while Ludendorff was his deputy (and the brains of the operation). |
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Franchet D'Esperey |
French general. Involved in the Battle of the Marne. |
