WW1 Test - war and peace process

Blank check

support and resources given from one country to another without restrictions

Home front

The civilian population of a nation at war working to support their military overseas

Militarism

military capability should be a nation’s top prioroty

mobilize

prepare troops and/or home front for war

reparations

compensation for war damage paid by the losing countries

self-determination

a nation’s right to have independence and run under its own government

stalemate

a situation where two nations are equally matched and choosing a winning side is impossible

total war

a war where an entire nation’s resources are mobilized (home front and military)

trench warfare

opposing forces fight from trenches facing each other

dugout

a cramped area dug out of the earth in a trench where soldiers sleep

Stand-To and Morning Hate

Solider are woken up at dawn to fire at enemy lines and deter them from attacking first

No man’s land

the stretch of land between two opposing trenches

Shellshock

PTSD from trench warfare - physical and mental trauma

Field punishment number 1

tying an offender to a fixed object often in range of enemy fire

Blighty

a self-inflicted wound that would hopefully allow the solider to be sent home

Death march

long and often deadly forced march of prisoners from one place to another

Armistice

an agreement signed by enemies to stop active fighting, not a final peace treaty

The “Big Three”

Wilson (US), Lloyd George (Britain), Clemenceau (France)

League of Nations

An alliance of nations proposed by Wilson to help avoid another war (not very successful)

War Guilt Clause

forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the war

Mandate System

Britain and France oversaw territories from the Ottoman empire and Germany after WW1 to prepare them for independence; colonialism in disguise