Alexander Kerensky

the head of the Provisional Govt.

Archduke of Austria-Hungary

assasinated because he wanted Slavs to feel welcome in Austria-Hungary but Serbia didn't want this(assasination leads to war)

 Attrition

attack- not worried about winning- just trying to kill as many people as possible

Goal: British wanted to break through German line(end stalemate)

Plan:massive bombardment of German Lines- allies will walk across the no-man's land and capture the German Trenches- clear ground of all German Soldiers

Bombed for 7 days and nights

First time they use tanks!!!!

Germans attacked so they could break the french and the lines for the war. French cherished Verdun and would do anything to keep it.

Orlando(Italy)

Clearmorcean(France)

George(England)

Wilson(US)

comprimise five treaties

Black Hand

people who wanted to kill Ferdinand

(because he was giving rights to Serbia)

 Blank Check

Germany gives Austria a blank check

this is good- shows that Austria can do whatever they want and Germany will support them

Central

Powers

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Turkey

Belgium

Secret police

shoot people against revolution

Germany Fighting Russia

Guided German Military

tried to make one last big attempt to break the stalemate

Came up with the Ludenorf Offensive

Purpose was to look at causes of the war without blaming anyone- hoped this could prevent war

Made by Woodrow Wilson

man who asassinated Ferdinand

Premier(Prime Minister) of France

Led country to victory

(and they beleived that they deserved revenge against Germany)

 Great  Depression

time when unemployed and homeless filled the streets of the cities of the advanced industrial countries 

eliminated Bolsheviks

gained control of Communist party

created dictatorship

"Promote cooperation, peace, and security"

Part of Versaille's Treaty

a fervid revolutionist

chairman at the Petrograd Soviet

organized the Red Terror

 Russia out of War

Unrestricted Submarine warfare

US not enter war late

 NEP

New Economic Policy

modified version of the old capitalist system

peasants allowed to sell produce openly, private ownership now okay- saved nation from complete economic disaster

Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George

meet to create final settlement of the Great War

a WWI military hero 

was elected president at the age of 77 of the German Weimer Republic

the instution that had become the leading committee of the Communist party

decided to carry on the war to preserve Russia's honor

not smart because the people wanted to end the war

Kerensky was the head of it

Red

Terror

Moderate Revolution

&

Bolshevik Revolution

Wanted Serbian Nationalism(Pan-Slavism) but Austria-H kept taking their territory

wanted Slavs on their side

Treaty of

Brest Litovsk

 between Russia and Germany

treaty that let Russia leave war

but they had to give up land

FINAL TREATY ENDING WAR!!!

Germans and Austrians responsible for war

Germant lost land and Russia

new nations emerge from lost land

elaborate systems of trenches-

very protective

make fighting very difficult

TONS of men died

Slavs get rights in Austria

so they wont want to leave

makes Serbia mad because they are trying to unite all of the Slavs

leader of Russia who didn't give power to the people

got overthrown!

Unrestricted SubmarineWarfare

Germans' submarines sink merchant ships without warning

eventually caused US to enter war

Leader of the Bolsheviks

created NEP

came to power later on

Von Schlieffen Plan

 Germany would hold Russia back while most of army would invade France

could win war quickly this way

Failed!

War

Communism

Bolsheviks' attempt to keep economy from collapsing by taking control of all aspects of the economy

failed!

Weimar

Republic

German democratic state

established after WWI

Germany fighting France

German King

shows up to get invovled in Mococco

wants to see how strong Alliance really is

says he supports Moroccan Pasha(ruler) against France

Palace in Russia

got attacked by the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution

US president

wanted peace

made US Peace Proposal and the fourteen points

Why? people in Russia are angry with Czar due to shortage of food, they werent getting power, he was sending military to shoot them, and he closed the Duma

Result? Provisional government is created, czar is gone, brief unification

Result-

Destroyed Provisional Govt.

 Communist Goverment is formed with Lenin in power

Now Russia is out of the War

Eventually led to Civil War