World War I- 1915 Flashcards
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| 699652763 | Defense in Depth | -Deep amount of trenches and supporting trenches -Traverses: breaks in the trench to prevent artillery damage -Salient: a bulge in the line - to break an enemy you locate a salient and envelop it | |
| 699652769 | France going into 1915 | -Germans know your every move -Limited supply -Germans control 70% of steel, 80% of iron ore | |
| 699652778 | Russia going into 1915 | -Czar leaves Russia to command troops on the Eastern front | |
| 699652790 | Germany going into 1915 | -Breakthrough in Russia -Alot more yet to do | |
| 699652795 | Britain going into 1915 | -Crushed by the Germans in every engagement so far | |
| 699652808 | Gallipoli Campaign | -Brits want and open route to the Black Sea and Russia -Land in Gallipoli -Make little headway, 250,000 casualties | |
| 699652819 | Enver Pasha | "Young Turks" 1908 -Revolution in Ottoman Empire overthrows gov. leave sultan though -Enver becomes PM -Makes alliance with AH/Germany | |
| 699652829 | Count Shigenobu Okuma | -PM of Japan -Is convinced to declare war on Germany | |
| 699652833 | Japan's Reasons for entering the war | 1. Control shipping routes, appease GB 2. Please the Entente as a whole 3. Take over German colonies | |
| 699652843 | Kato Takaaki | -Okuma's minister -Concerned about potential military control of Japan -Wants to prove that civilian leadership can be successful | |
| 699652853 | Field Marshal Yamagatu Aritomo | -Wants a military run government -Thinks their is a race war building between the Asiatic people and Europe |