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72159259Balkan Peninsulapowdered keg of Europe0
72159260Triple AllianceGermany, Austria-Hungary, Italy1
72159261Triple EntenteRussia, Britain, France2
72159262Principassassinator of Archduke Ferdinand3
72159263Schlieffen PlanKnock out France first - plan4
72159264Moltkeleader of German military responsible for carrying out schlieffen plan5
72159265Battle of TannenburgGermany won with General Hindenburg6
72159266Battle of YpresFight for port cities in the north; France stops Germany; and Germany dug; trench warfare7
721592671914Year Germany hoped to knock out France; failed8
721592681915Year Germany was going after Russia to knock Russia out9
72159269Gallipolitaking of Dardanelles to supply Russia at Sevastapol; bloody failure10
721592701916Year Germany returned to attack France both on land and sea Stalemate11
72159271VerdunGeneral Petain "They Shall not Pass" was said at this battle; six month battle12
72159272Somme4 month battle; 60,000 dead in first four hours; more than one million casualties total, but this battle changed nothing.13
72163456JutlandNaval Battle14
72163457LusitaniaLuxury British liner sunk by Germans15
72163458Sussex Pledgepromise by Germany on no more U.S. warfare16
72163459Zimmerman telegramGerman ambassador to Mexico to back Germans and attack U.S. if U.S. gets in WW117
72163460KerenskyRussian leader after overthrowing of Czar Nicholaus; kept russia in the war, which led to Lenin taking over18
721634611917year U.S. enters war after naval sinkages; Bolshevik Revolution19
72163462Leninsealed from Switzerland to Germany thru Russia; led Bolshevik Revolution October of 191720
72163463LudendorfGerman Commander21
72163464FochSupreme Commander (French)22
72163465Weimer republicgovernment set up to get all the blame for the war; brought about Great Inflation23
72163466ClemenceauFrench representative at Treaty of Versailles24
72163467peace, land and breadRussian motto by Lenin25
72163468Bloody Sundaymarch to winter Palace to inform czar26
72163469Brest-LitovskTreaty in which ended the war for Russia, but Russia lost lots of land27
72163470leon Trotskyleader of Red Army28
72163471Stalinintroduced gulag prison camps, five year plans, and great purges.29
72163472Black ShirtsItaly political group that Mussolini led30
72163473March on RomeMussolini set as leader and asked for emergency power31
72163474Stresemannleader of Germany during Economic Recovery from 1924-192932
72163475Martial lawrule by military before elections33
72163476Enabling Lawchancellor can rule by decree34
72163477Hessleader of Gestapo35
72163478Himmlerleadleader of SS36
72163479Goeringleader of Luftwaffe37
72163480Eichmannsuggested Final Solution38
72163481GoebelsPropaganda minister of Germany39

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