A Global Conflict Sec 3 – Flashcards

Treaty between Russia and Germany that would end Russia's involvement in WWI in 1917

Sinking ships without warning. German's sunk the Bristish passenger ship Lusitania in May 1915. Stopped this practice until the Germans, desperate for an advantage over the Allies, announced on January 1917 that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters

World War I became a total war. Countries devoted all their resources to the war effort. The Allies and Central Powers each used the force of their governments towards winning the conflict. They took over their own economies. They told factories what to produce, even converting some to make weapons.

So many goods were in short supply that governments turned to rationing. Under this system, people could buy only small amounts of those items that were also needed for the war effort.

Propaganda: WW I governments resorted to using propaganda, one-sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support for the war.

Peace agreement. On November 9, 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II stepped down. Germany declared itself a republic. A representative of German Republic met with French Commander Marshal Foch. They signed an armistice, an agreement to end WW I.

One factor was unrestricted submarine warfare on US civilian ships. Another factor was ties to Britain. The last factor was the Zimmerman telegram in which Germany tried to ally with Mexico against the USA. This telegram pushed the U.S. into war.

Total war meant that governments turned to help from women as never before. Thousands of women replaced men in factories, offices, and shops. Women built tanks and munitions, plowed fields, paved streets, and ran hospitals.

The Second Battle of the Marne caused the Central Powers to collapse. In July 1918, the Allies and Germans clashed at the Second Battle of the Marne. Leading the Allied attack were some 350 tanks that rumbled slowly forward, smashing through the German lines. With the arrival of 2 million more American troops, the Allied forces began to advance steadily toward Germany. The war would soon be over.

Lenin and the Communists overthrew the last Romanov Czar and withdrew from WW I