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Conscription
compulsory enlistment in the armed forces, often driven by patriotism
Trench Warfare
Combatant nations dug hundreds of miles of trenches facing each other
Poison Gas
Using chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas, soldiers experienced long lasting extreme pain that would have lung effects for survivors
Machine Guns
Shooting over 500 round of ammunition per minute, warfare was made very deadly and hard to win any territory
Submarines
Destroyed shipping lanes in the Atlantic Ocean
Tanks
Landships developed by the royal navy that protected troops while traveling across battlefields, with the ability to fire powerfully at soldiers
Airplanes
Fitted with machine guns for aerial combat, fighters engaged in dog fights
Stalemate
battle condition in which neither side can progress position
Zimmermann Telegram Interception
The United States intercepted a document from Germany that proposed help to Mexico for them to regain American territory
Propaganda
information communicated in order to influence peoples opinions, in this case on the war
ANZAC
Australian and New Zealand Corps
Paris Peace Conference
Meeting between the victorious allies after WW1, to set peace terms with the defeated central powers
Leaders at the Paris Peace Conference
Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), David Loyd George (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
Wilsons peace proposal
no one country should be severely punished or rewarded
Clemenceau peace proposal
Revenge should be seeked and France should have special protection against Germany as they suffered the most
The Fourteen Points
Document stating President Wilsons peace principles including the creation of a League of Nations
League of Nations
Organization in which all nations would discuss tensions openly to avoid war
Treaty of Versallies
1919 peace treaty with Germany that was ratified by the U.S. Senate
Weimar Republic
German republic after WW1 and before Nazi rule.
Reparations
Payments as a form of compensation after a settled war.
Why did Italy leave the Paris Peace Conference?
In rage, Vittorio Orland left the conference after Italy would not get promised territories.
Why was Russia left out of the Paris Peace Conference
Concerns over Russia’s communist revolution.
Why did Arabs living in the Ottoman Empire join the Allies?
Promised self-rule in exchange for fighting in the war.