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12 Cards in this Set
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Allenby |
He led the British Empire's Egyptian campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the conquest of Palestine. (General) |
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Balfour |
British foreign minister and sparked a feud between British, French, and Arabs |
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Foch |
Foch was a commander of the Allied forces to try and not break up the French and British lines |
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Haig |
he commanded the British on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war and his victories include the Battle of the Somme. |
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Hindenburg |
Hindenburg drew the United States into battle with his use of submarine warfare. Shared power with Ludendorff as the commander |
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Ludendorff |
the leader of the German war efforts before the end of hostilities and the the end of the war (Shared power with Hindenburg) |
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Nicholas II |
The czar of russia before the second half of the war when a revolution broke out and deposed him. |
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Pershing |
The first American commander (general) in the First World War. His first stationing was in Paris. His arrival signaled the official end to the United States’ neutrality. Thus with this the first American armies came into play engaging for the first time in Europe against the Germans |
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Princip (Gavril) |
Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was armed and supported by the Black Hand (of Serbia) he was also a Serbian nationalist who believed that the heir to the throne would bring downfall to the Serbian people. |
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Schlieffen |
German Chief of Staff, Hoped to have encircled the French without having a battle. |
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Wilhelm II |
II-was the Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War reigning from 1888-1918. He pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain. His actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe |
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Wilson |
President of the United States that brought us into the war after being sufficiently instigated by the Germans and because of the pushing the American people because of the sinking of the second ship the Leinster and the Zimmerman telegram. |
