first world war stats

when was the tripple entente formed

1907 when russia joined

brisitsh anti international relations policy

splendid isolation

how many german soldiers prepared for mobalisation by what year

4 million trained soldiers ready for mobilisation by 1914

how myny russian miles of railway

37,000 miles of railway

what was the name of the british policy which ended the race for what boats

HMS dreadnought/Rheinland - two-power standard

german imperial policy name

Place in the Sun

the name for the ok from germany for war

blank check

german pre- mobalisation

Kriegsgefahrzustand

the treaty in which britan promissed belgium military defense if attacked

treaty of london

agadir date

1911

german ships ther at agadir

panther (gun boat)

how many american on the lusitania died

(159 in total), 128 died

what bill and what military plan for the german arms race on land

military bill of 1913, schleiffen plan

britsh force formed for the arms race and date

british expenditory force 1906

Algacerias date

1905 - 1906

out of how many cpuntries did how many countries support germany in the algacirias confrence

austria hungry alone put of 13

what treaty happened after Agadir and what did germany gain

treaty of fez, some parts of congo

bosnian crisis date

1908-09

balkan 1 date

1912-1913

when was balkan leauge created

1912

how long was the 1st balkan war and what was the resault

50 days, peace conf. in london → balkanns share gained land

balkan 2 date

june - august 1913

name of archduke assasin

gavrilo pincip

date of assassination of archduke

28th june 1914

1 balkan total cassualties acrosss all sides

360 000

what battle commenced after the failure of the schleiffen plan

the battle of mons

what were the palces called in which soldiers hid/lived in the trenches

dugouts

how long was the trench system and how deep

475 miles, 2 m

how many french soldiers gatherd at the german bordder prepared to invade the alscase-lorraine

1 mil

food in trenches

condensed milk and tee with bully beef and biscuits

where werer heavily wounded soldiers sent

Casualty clearing Stations(CCS)

when was the first arcraft and how many employed during the war

very new as 1903, 10 000, by great powers

how far and how many bullets did the solders have which they could shoot, machine guns

500 bullts over 2 km

what gases used in warfare

chlorene, phosgene and mustard gas

battlel of the somme date and time it started

july-nov 1916, 7:30 AM

cassualties at the somme

over 1 mil

how much land gained in the battle of the somme

15 km

how dep were german trenches during the somme

more than12 m

how many cassualties in first day of the somme

roughly 65,500 in total

paesschendale date

july - nov 1917

how many shells where sennt to start the battle of passchendale

over 4 mil

passchendale cassualties

460 000 in total

how much land gained at passchendale

about 800m

deaths of germans driving over their mine at great yarmouth

235

date and name of telegram involving USA in war

Zimmerman Telagram jan 17, 1917

what were the damages of heligolland

3 german cruisers 1 destroyer (4 in total), 712 men died

how many shells were fired and how many cassualties for the raids of scarberough whitley, etc.

over 1000 shells, around 730 cassualties - mostly civillian → british propaganda

What German ship did the British hijack at Dogger Bank and how many germans died

the Blucher, around 900 germans

british vs german cassualties at juttland

14 ships + over 6000 lives vs 9 ships + over 2500 lives

What were the fleets for juttland

2 dreadnought fleets (100 000 men)

what percentage of british ships were hit by germans submarines

4%

how many u boats did germans arsenal incrrase by

from 21 to 200

3 british ways of defending against submarine warfare

• mine fields → blow up ships

• depth charges (bombs straight down)

• Q-ships → surprise attack germans

date of lusitania

7 may 1915

gallipoli date

feb 1915 - jan 1916

three battle places, in gallipoli

anzac cove, kum kale, cape helles

how many allied cassualties during galipoilli

250 000

what the allies wantted controll of causing gallipoli

dardanelle straits

what had the ludendorf offensive created causing it to be susesptible to attack snd how large was it

salient/buldge 130km long

why did the ludendorf offensive fail - 3

• 400 000 killed in france → not enough to back up

• no supplies → lines easily disrupted → looting

• salient

how many american soldiers in europe and what was the name of their force

2 mil, American expenditory force

how long did it take for allies to overtake the buldge

4 days

what did G Ludendorf call the first day of the 100 day offesnive

“blackday of the german army”

how many people died due to what illness in germany the summer of 1918

influenza caused 400 000 deaths

name of period which led to mass starvation of german people, and the deaths from this

“Turnip winter”, 800 000