152164543 | "War Guilt" Clause | a clause in the Versailles Treaty that states the war was provoked by Germany and her allies thus giving the Allies claim to reparations | 0 | |
152164544 | German Naval Buildup | a program to build up the German navy and improve naval weaponry; worsened relations between rivals Britain and Germany | 1 | |
152164545 | Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; signed in 1882 | 2 | |
152164546 | Triple Entente | Britian, Russian and France; Later joined by Romania, Greece and the United States; also called the Allies | 3 | |
152164547 | Eastern European self-determination | the want of the Eastern European ethnic minorities to be able to be given the freedom to decide whether or not to become an individual nationalistic state | 4 | |
152164548 | Archduke Ferdinand | heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary; assasinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip | 5 | |
152164549 | Gavrilo Princip | assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, one of six assassins attempting to do so; a member of the Black Hand | 6 | |
152164550 | Austrian demands | Sent out on July 23; responded to on July 25; caused Austria to declare war on Serbia on July 28 | 7 | |
152164551 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungry, Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria; new name of the Triple Alliance | 8 | |
152164552 | Italy | switched sides on April 29, 1915 in the Treaty of London in return for territorial concessions in Turkey and the Adriatic | 9 | |
152164553 | Trench Warfare tactics | dragged out the war due to effectiveness against infantry charge; tactics to defeat trench warfare included heavy artillery bombardment and frontal attaches which only resulted in huge casualties | 10 | |
152164554 | Battle of Verdun | Germans attached a key French fortress to force the Allies into a peace settlement in February 1916; huge numbers of casualties due to superior defense over offense | 11 | |
152164555 | Battle of Somme | British counter attach to the Battle of Verdun into German territory, Somme, also in 1916; huge numbers of casualties due to superior defense over offense | 12 | |
152312894 | Hindenburg and Ludendorff | replaced Falkenhayen; went on the defensive on land, creating the Hindenburg line; opened up unrestricted submarine warfare | 13 | |
152312895 | Treaty of Versailles | ended World War I | 14 | |
152312896 | Treaty of London | treaty between the Allies and Italy in which Italy agreed to fight for the Allies | 15 | |
152312897 | Admiral von Tirpitz | oversaw the German naval buildup in 1897 | 16 | |
152312898 | Kaiser William II | wanted a larger German naval force and better naval weapons | 17 | |
152312899 | Franco-Russian Alliance | alliance between Russia and France in 1894 to counter the Triple alliance | 18 | |
152312900 | Anglo-French Entente | alliance between France and England signed in 1904 | 19 | |
152312901 | Anglo-Russian Entente | alliance between England and Russian signed in 1907; finalized the addition of England to the Franco-Russian alliance; finalized the Triple Entente | 20 | |
152312902 | Black Hand | a Serbian militant group | 21 | |
152314124 | Dual Alliance | the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary signed in 1879 | 22 |
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