Chapter 29 Section 2- Europe Plunges into War – Flashcards
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Russia
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Was allied w/ Serbia and first moved its army to the Russian-Austrian border.
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Germany
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Declared war on Russia and France.
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Great Britain
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Declared war on Germany.
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Central Powers
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(1914) Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire. (B and O joined later)
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Allies
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Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and Italy. (J and I joined later)
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Italy
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Switched sides due to Germany declaring unjust wars.
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Sir Edward Grey
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Britain's Foreign Minister; predicted that World War I would last for a long time.
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Western Front
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Deadlocked region in norther France.
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Schlieffen Plan
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Germany used this plan in war. It called for attacking and defeating France quickly, then rushing east to fight Russia.
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The First Battle of the Marne
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The defeat of Germany. Possibly the most important even of the war.
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trench warfare
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Soldiers fought each other in trenches. This type of warfare became known as:
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terrain of death
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A nickname for the Western Front for its violent, harsh conditions.
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The new weapons of war
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Poison gas, machine gun, tank, submarine
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more death
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Result of new tools of war (fast-movement or more death)
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Germany
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launched a massive attack against the French near Verdun.
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Great Britain
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Attacked Germans in the valley of the Somme river in defense for France
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Eastern Front
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Stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
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Russia
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launched an attack on both Austria and Germany near the start of war on the eastern front
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Russia
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This nation lost the war on the eastern front and was in heavy struggle as a result
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Russia
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wasn't an industrialized nation and suffered shortages of food, ammunition, guns, clothes, boots, and blankets
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Germany
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controlled the Baltic Sea at this time
