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David's WW1

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What day did World War 1 start? July 28, 1914
What day did World War 1 end? November 11, 1918
Whose assassination started World War 1? Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
What country did Austria-Hungary blame for the assassination of it's next leader? Serbia
Who were the Allies? Great Britain, France, Belgium, Russia and the USA
Who were the Central Powers? Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey
In what terrain was most of Word War 1 fought? Trenches that were dug by each side
What ended World War 1? Germany signed an armistice, which is an agreement to stop the fighting
Who won World War 1? The Allies
When did the USA join World War 1? April 6, 1917
Who was the American President during World War 1? Woodrow Wilson
Who was the emperor of Russia during World War 1? Nicholas the Second
Who was the German emperor during World War 1? Kaiser Wilhelm the Second
Who the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War 1? General John Joseph Pershing
Who was the leader of Russia after Nicholas the Second was murdered? Vladimir Lenin, who led the Bolsheviks
What killed one third of all the soldiers in World War 1? The Spanish Flu
Before World War 2 started, what was World War 1 referred to as? The Great War
What weapon was new during World War 1 which were used to crush the enemy on land? Tanks
What event caused the USA to get involved in World War 1? The sinking of the Lusitania (killing 128 Americans) by a German submarine, also known as a U boat
Why did Germany sink the Lusitania? The ship which was designed to transport passengers also had munitions in it
Where was the treaty signed that ended World War 1? At a palace called Versailles near Paris, France
What role did the Treaty of Versailles play in future global conflicts? The Treaty of Versailles crushed the German people by making them pay for all of World War 1. This made it easier for Hitler to take over Germany. Hitler started World War 2.
Which weapons were first widely used to fight in World War 1 in a new kind of battlefield? Fighter Airplanes
What did the call the fighter pilots of WW1? Aces
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