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Vocab
WWI
Term | Definition |
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Militarism | n. A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war |
Triple Allience | n. An 3 way military alliance |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | n. Last German Emperor and King |
Triple Entente | n. A 3 way military understanding |
Schlieffen Plan | operational plan for a designated attack on France. Led British declaring war on Germany. |
Central Powers | n. World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary , along with other nations that fought on their sides |
Allies | n. A group that cooperates to help in war |
Western Front | n. Region of norther France where the forces of the Allies and Central Powers battle each other |
Trench Warfare | n. A for of warfare is which opposing armies fight each other other form trench dug in the battlefield |
Eastern Front | n. a major theatre of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire |
Unrestricted submarine warfare | n. The use of submarine to sink without any warning. Found in enemies water. |
Rationing | n. The limiting amount of good people can buy - often imposed by governments during wartime when goods are in short supplies |
Propaganda | n. Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage on opponent's |
Armistice | n. Agreement to stop fighting |
Woodrow Wilson | n. American politician and academic |
Georges Clemenceau | n. French statesman that led the nation into the first World War. |
David Lloyd George | n. British Liberal politician statesman |
Fourteen points | n. A series of proposals in which the U.S president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I |
Self-Determination | n. The freedom of people to decide under what form of government they wish to live |
Treaty or Versailles | n. The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I |
League of Nations | n. A international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
Total war | n. A conflict in which the participating countries develop all their recourse to the war effort |