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| Tension of the late 1880s- early 1900s |
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-Balkens had become the "powder keg of Europe" -Nationalists in Serbia wanted to form a large Slavic state. They wanted Bosnia and Herzegonia (Sarjevo, city of assasination of Franz Fernidad.) -Russia supported Serbia, but GB did not |
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| Germany and the Ottoman Empire before The War |
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| -G wanted the OE to join the Triple Alliance (Central Powers) (countries involved: Germany, Italy, A-H) with them and wanted to build a railroad through the Balkans. |
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Archduke Franz Fernidad, from Austria, was assasinated in Sarjevo by a Serbian nationalist, named Gavrilo Princip. -A-H blamed Serbia and was backed by Germany -A-H issued an ultimatum to serbia, bt Serbia did not comply, and A-H declared war |
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| Russia and France sent troops to German border. Germany declares war in 1914. |
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| -Germany had marched through Belgium, which was illegal since Belgium had declared themselves neutral. GB was angry and went to war in 1914. |
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Japan, Britain, France, Russia (Allies) |
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| Italy enters war, but leaves Triple Alliance in 1915 |
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| After the Zimmerman telegram really pissed of Wilson, America joined the Allied Powers. Another reason they joined was the sinking of the Lustiania in 1915. |
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LOCATION: France YEAR: 1914 and 1918 KIND: Western Front WINNER: France (allied victory) |
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LOCATION: Poland (Or East Prussia) YEAR: 1914 KIND: Eastern Front WINNER: Germany (-almost completley destroyed Russian Army) |
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LOCATION: Turkey YEAR: 1915 KIND: Allied expedition in World War I for the purpose of gaining control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits, capturing Constantinople, and opening a Black Sea supply route to Russia. WINNER: Turks |
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WHERE: France YEAR: 1916 KIND: trench war of attrition, western Front WINNER: Germans |
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Verdun (longest and bloodiest war!) |
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WHERE: France, YEAR: 1916, WINNER: France WHY?: A British offensive on the Somme relieved the pressure on Verdun in July, 1916, and by December the French had recovered most of the ground lost. The intention of the Germans had been a battle of attrition in which they hoped to bleed the French army white. KIND: Western Front |
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WHERE: North sea, coast of Jutland (near Denmark) YEAR: 1916 WINNER: British won strategically, but lost tactifully FACTS- naval battle |
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WHERE: France YEAR: 1918 WINNER: America!, KIND: Western Front -Its objective was the capture of the railroad hub at Sedan which would break the rail net supporting the German Army in France and Flanders and force the enemy's withdrawal from the occupied territories. |
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| Eastern Front and Western Front |
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EASTERN: Central and Eastern Europe WESTERN- (allied powers land) Belgium and Northeastern France |
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YEAR: 1915 -a merchant ship that Germany attacked. It sank and killed a whole lot of passengers. |
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-Issued by Wilson in Jan 1918 -encouraged German to surrender -Freedom of the Seas, no secret treaties, reduce arms, League of Nations |
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-Removed Russia from war -Lost alot of land to germany -civil war breaks out in Russia 2 SIDES: White:anti communists RED- Pro Communists |
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| Bulgaria and Turks ask for peace |
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NOV 1918 Kaiser William... |
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Abdicates throne, proclamation of German republic -cancels Birest- Litovsk -A-H split up and drop from war |
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1918 -Surrender of German Fleet -release of POWS -Germany occupied -release of all german munitions |
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Lloyd George represented Britain at the Versailles Peace Conference, clashing with French Premier Georges Clemenceau, American President Woodrow Wilson and Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando. Lloyd George wanted to punish Germany politically and economically for devastating Europe during the war, but did not want to utterly destroy the German economy and political system the way Clemenceau and many other people of France wanted to do with their demand for massive reparations. |
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| Treaty of Versailles cont. |
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reperations- 5 billion -restoration of Poland -no military for Germany -split of A-H -Bulgaria loses territory -OE split to two new states -creation of league of nations |
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