Ww1

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Roger Casement

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He was a Irish nationalist. He was executed in 1916 in London. He fought for Irelands freedom.

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Georges Clemenceau

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He was the Prime Minister of France. And the Prime Misiter of war. He was appointed in late 1917. He strongly supported France staying involved with the warand throughout kept the country in a state of total war.

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Ferdinand Foch

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He was a French Soldier. Hewas able to coordinate both france and Britain to work together. He was also the person to accept theGermans request for armistice. Heis held in high regard to the French people.

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David Lloyd George

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He was the Prime Minister of England from 1916 until the end of thewar. He also publically supportedthe Russian revolution. He hadoften had conflicts with French generals.

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Douglas Haig

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He was a British Commander throughout the war. He was the commander for the British troops at the battle of the Somme. Churchill was critical of a lot of his decisions after the war.

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Alexander Kerensky

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He was the Russian ministerof war after the first revolution. He aided to the first revolution greatly. Then when Lenin started arevolution he fled to Paris.

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Rosa Luxemburg

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She helped start an anti war group in Germany that actually became acommunist party. She was executedin Berlin in 1919.

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Tomas Masaryk

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He was the first president of Czecholslovakia. He advocated for their independences and because of thisCzech was founded.

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Robert Nivelle

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He was a French commander during the war. He is known for his success at the battle of Verdun. He eventually became the commander andchief of their army. He is held inhigh regard by the French.

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John Pershing

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He was the American General that led the US troops to battle inFrance. He worked along side Frenchand British.

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Amiens

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French city located right near the allies front lines. The Germans launched an attack on thecity in early 1918. The city wasbombed severally by the Germans so lots of buildings were destroyed andcivilians were killed.

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Black Tom Pier

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Black Tom Pier is located in New Jersey, US it was a allied munitionssending area. In 1916 Germanagents planted a bomb there and 7 people were killed and there was about 20million in damage.

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Brest- Litovsk

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A treaty signed between Russia and Germany in 1918 to end Russia’sinvolvement in the war. This wasas a result of the Russian Civil war. The treated lasted on 8 months.

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Compiegne

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This is where Germany Signed the Armistice and it ended the war. It took place in a train car whichGermany made France surrender in during world war 2.

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Passchendaele

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Battle fought on the western front between the Allies and theGermans. The battle took place in1917. It was seen as a major lossfor the Germans.

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Bolshevism

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Group of people in Russia that revolted. They wanted the power to be with the workers. They were communistic. The Took over in 1917.

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Defense of the Realm Act

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Policy put in place by Britain when they entered the war in 1914. It allowed the Military to have morepower in war time and use private property for public use.

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Easter Rising

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Rebellion in Ireand in 1916. It was supposed to have the Irish rebel against the British and have them be their own country. The Irish horribly lost.

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Fourteen Points

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President Wilsons fourteen points that were made post war. It was a plan for world peace after the war and how the world would look. It was anti imperialism.

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Hindenburg Program

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Plan that Germany made in 1916 in order to increase production of munitions. The plan did not end up working because the goals were too unrealistic.

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Hussein McMahon

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Britain agreed to recognize Arab independence after the war. The Arabs were supposed to all have a unified revolt against the Ottoman empire. It didn’t work out as they planned because not many Arabs participated.

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Operation Michael

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German offensive in spring of 1918. The Germans did not capture the amount of land they wantedto and they has heavy casualties.

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Sedition Act

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Act the United State put into place in 1918. It was used to find people in America that we saying negative things about the country and to find spies in America.

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Zimmerman Telegram

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Telagram that Germany sent to Mexico in 1917 requesting Mexico to attackAmerica. America found out aboutthis and Mexico didn’t see it as a realistic thing to have happen.