WORLD WAR (Mainly WW1)-Ch 13,15,

Exam review 1

What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany? (WW2)

German invasion of Poland

Policy of unrestricted submarine warfare (WW1)

Germany's policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning

The German blitzkrieg (WW2) was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

Surprise and overwhelming force

Prompted US to join WW2

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Significance of the Battle of Midway in WW2

It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese

Location of Nazi extermination camp

Auschwitz

Where were atomic bombs dropped?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?

Militarism

Germany's Schlieffen Plan to prepare for two-front war

Attack France first, then Russia

Which nation's actions caused the U.S. to fight in WWI?

Germany

Triple Entente, Allied Powers 1907

Britain, France, Russia

Triple Alliance, Central Powers 1882

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Leader of Germany WW1

Kaiser Wilhelm II

WW1 Eastern Front

along the German and Russian border.

WW2 Western Front

French Battlefields

Primary form of warfare on the Western Front

Trench warfare

Zimmerman Note (Last Straw)

Message proposing alliance between Germany and Mexico

Gallipoli Campaign

(1915) Failed attempt by the Allies in World War I to take control of the Dardanelles

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

ended war w/ Ger. & Russia was forced to give up lands.

Black Hand

secret society committed to ridding Bosnia of Austrian rule.

2nd Battle of the Marne

Last major German offensive. Tried to get Paris. Stopped by effort of Allies

Armistice

Agreement to Stop Fighting: Surrender.

14 Points

Plan for peace, End secret treaties, Freedom of Seas, Free Trade, Reduce national armies/navies

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WWI and gave harsh punishment.

Versailles Effect

No Lasting Peace, Germans Bitter

Coalitian Government

temperary alliance of several parties, did not agree

Weimar Republic (1919-1933)

Weak Democratic government established in Germany after World War I. Germans blamed them for defeat/post-war humiliation.

Why were European Democratic Govs not succesful?

New democracies in Europe were unstable, Coalition Governments

Dawes Plan (1924)

Attempt by the U.S. to strengthen Germany's economy and help pay reparations.

Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)

Almost all world countries pledged not to use the threat of war.; agreement to outlaw war.

Fascism

Militant political ideology; loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader.

Appeasement

Accepting aggressor's demands in order to avoid conflict

Nuremberg Trials (Postwar)

put Nazis on trial for "crimes against humanity"

How does US occupy postwar Japan?

Demilitarization, Democratization, Economic Reforms:

What region was referred to as Europe's "powder keg"?

Balkan Peninsula

What was the purpose of the Schlieffen Plan?

To avoid fighting a two front war

What Allied leader was NOT one of "The Big Three" that met in Paris to decide the fate of Germany?

Winston Churchill

What caused Great Britain to declare war on Germany in WW1?

German Invasion of neutral Belgium

What Front had WW1's fiercest fighting scene?

Western Front