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Junko WWI
Term | Definition |
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Diplomacy | The art of negotiation, persuasion, and manipulation |
Von Schlieffen | German general that devised a plan to avoid a two front war |
Serbia | Austria blamed this country for the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand |
No Man's Land | The area between the trenches |
Lusitania | 128 Americans were killed on this passenger liner which was struck by a German torpedo |
Reparations | Money paid to compensate for war damages |
Militarism | The glorification of armed strength |
Entente | Friendly understanding among countries, similar to an Alliance |
The Great War | War that took place from 1914-1919 |
Italy | This country decided to leave the Central Powers and join the Allied Powers |
Causes of WWI | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
Blood and Iron | Bismark's style of fighting in which he relied upon the strength of his industry and military might |
Kaiser Wilhelm I | The first leader of the newly formed Germany |
Alcase Lorrain | These were the catholic states that joined Germany after the Franco Prussian War |
7 Weeks War | The war fought between Prussia and Austria in 1866 |
Bismark | The architect of the German Unification process |
Garibaldi | The leader of the red shirts that helped to free southern Italy from Spanish control |
Victor Emmanuel II | The first king of the newly unified Italy |
Napoleon III | The leader of France that was granted Nice and Savoy after their victory of Austria |
Sardinia | The home country of Cavour who was the architect of the Italian unification process |
Congress of Vienna | Meeting held in 1815 to decide the fate of Europe in the post Napoleon era |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | This agreement removed Russia from WWI and allowed the Germans to focus on the Western front |
Dreadnaught | The battleship built by the British |