Karteikarten
World War 1
Karten in diesem Stapel (14)
- 1Militarismthe belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
- 2Alliances systemone of the main causes of World War One
- 3Triple Entente vs. Triple Alliancean informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco-Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo-French entente (1904), and an Anglo-Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in Russia in 1917
- 4NationalismThe strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance
- 5Imperialisma policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 6Assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandOn June 28, 1914, a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. Next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne, Ferdinand had not been particularly well liked in aristocratic circles
- 7Gavrilo PrincipThe man who started ww1
- 8Allied Powers vs. Central PowersAllied Powers, also called Allies, those nations allied in opposition to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) in World War I or to the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) in World War II.
- 9Trench warfarea type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other
- 10Western Frontthe name applied to the fighting zone in France and Flanders, where the British, French, Belgian and (towards the end of the war) the American armies faced that of Germany.
- 11No Man’s Landdisputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies.
- 12Battle of the Marnetwo battles of World War I around the River Marne in north-east France.
- 13War of attritionmilitary strategy in which a belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel.
- 14Total Wara war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.