The Great War Notes

Triple Entente

An alliance during World War I consisting of France, Great Britain, Russia (which leaves in 1917), and America (which enters in 1917).

Triple Alliance

An alliance during World War I consisting of Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

Decline of Empires

The Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary were on the decline during the lead-up to World War I.

Italy's Alliance Switch

Italy switched sides in 1915 from the Triple Alliance to the Triple Entente.

George Clemenceau

The leader of France during World War I.

King George V

The king of Great Britain during World War I.

David Lloyd George

The Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War I.

Czar Nicholas II

The last Emperor of Russia before the Russian Revolution.

Vladimir Lenin

Leader who established the USSR after the Russian Revolution.

Kaiser Wilhelm II

The German Emperor during World War I.

Vittorio Orlando

The Prime Minister of Italy during World War I.

Emperor Franz Joseph

The Emperor of Austria-Hungary at the start of World War I.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

His assassination by Gavrillo Princip triggered the outbreak of World War I.

Gavrillo Princip

Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand; member of the Serbian nationalist group The Black Hand.

Schlieffen Plan

Germany's military strategy to avoid a two-front war, which ultimately failed.

Treaty of Versailles

The peace treaty that ended World War I, negotiated by Lloyd George (GB), Clemenceau (FR), Orlando (IT), and Woodrow Wilson (US).