When ,What was the battle of the Somme and Why was it significant?
- July - Nov 1916 -To relieve pressure of the Germans on French in Verdun
- First use of tanks in war
- The deadilist day in British history
What happened in the Battle of The Sommes
-continuous bombing of the German trenches for days
- German dug 40 foot deep trenches
- German unharmed and killed a lot of British when they walked over to No Man’s land
When and why did USA joined the war?
- April 6th 1917
- Because Germany destroyed ships which had Americans on them
- Britain intercepted a telegram send from Germany to Mexico to tell them to attack USA
How did WW1 end?
-Germany had low morale, protests in cities, food shortages, economy collapse
- Allies broke through
What factors led to the end of WW1?
- USA joining the war
- British naval blockade
- Germany advance failure
What was the Schlieffen plan and why did it fail?
- It was the plan to go through Belgium in peace to attack France, then turning east to fight Russia
- Failed because, Russia got prepared way earlier then expected
- British entered the war
- Belgium resisted more then expected
When and How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand led to war?
- Austria - Hungary blamed Serbia for it
- Russia supported Serbia
- Domino effect
- 28 june 1914
Conditions of Trenches
- Muddy and ice
- full of lice and rats
What were the new technology in WW1?
- Machine guns
- Artillry
- Poison gas
- tanks
- airplanes
What was the conditions of The treaty of versailles?
- War guilt
- 6.6 billion reparation fee
- reduce army to 100,000 men and no air force or submarines
- Lose territory
- Rhineland demiliterised
What was the name of the ship and telegram that cause USA to join the war?
- Lusitania
- Zimmerman Telegram
When was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
28th June 1914
When did Austria declare war on Serbia?
28th July 1914
When did Russia leave the war?
March 1918
What are propaganda and how are they used?
-They are media that are trying to get the people to think a certain way.
- They used posters, newspaper
What are the U boats?
German submarines that used to sink ships
What did Austria - Hungary send to Serbia and what’s in it ?
- An ultimatum
- Prevent smuggling of Weapons in the 2 borders
- suppress anti - Austrian propaganda
- they rejected the demand that Austrian official take part of their internal investigation as a breach of their country
How many people died in the battle of the sommes?
- First day, 57,000 casualties
- In total 1.1 million
Who was the assassin of the archduke
Gaurilo Princip
Why did the bomb miss the target
He forgot there were a 10 second delay
How many casulties in ww1
40 million aprox
