Alliances & Treaties

Schlieffen Plan

Fast FactsName: Schlieffen Plan

Statitics: The Schlieffen Plan was a plan made by Alfred von Schlieffen himself, which

involved attacking France through Belgium. Germany wanted to defeat France as fast as

possible. Since Germany was at war with France and Russia at the same time, they

found it to be more helpful if they took out France first since Russia was obviously the

more threatening enemy.

Importance: The Schlieffen Plan has said to have caused Europe to go to war within itself.

Trivia: This plan was also known as the 'Hammer Plan'.

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Alliances & Treaties

Triple Alliance

Fast Facts

Name: Triple Alliance

Statistics: Germany and Austria agreed to form a Dual Alliance which soon turned into the Triple

Alliance after they included Italy. The three countries agreed to fight for one another if they

were attacked by France or Russia.

Importance: The Triple Alliance increased tension throughout Europe because other nations

believed they were going to declare war. This made other nations form their own alliances.

Trivia: Italy left the Triple Alliance when World War I started because they didn’t feel they were prepared to fight against Britain or France. Italy remained neutral with Germany and Austria.

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Alliances & Treaties

League of Nations

Fast Facts

Name: League of Nations

Statistics: The League of Nations (LON) was founded after World War I. After the chaos caused by the

Versailles Treaty, many believed the league would bring strength to the world.

Importance: The importance of the LON was to ensure that war never broke out again.

Trivia: The United States was never a member of the League of Nations.

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Battles, Places, & Events

Marne

Fast Facts

Name: Marne

Statistics: Marne is in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through that

part of the country. The capital of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne. It use to be called

Châlons-sur-Marne.

Importance: Marne is best known for 'the Battle of the Marne' being the first battle of World War I.

Trivia: Marne is one of the original eighty-three departments created during the French Revolution. It was created from the province of Champagne.

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Battles, Places, & Events

Paris Peace Conference

Fast Facts

Name: Paris Peace Conference

Statistics: The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the allied victors at the end of World

War I. It took place in Paris in 1919 and had more than 30 countries. They met, discussed and came up with treaties to maintain peace

throughout the world.

Importance: The Paris Peace Conference helped the world bring back peace after World War I

ended.

Trivia: Germany and Russia were not allowed to join the conference. Historians argue weather or not the banning of Germany helped the rise of the Nazis and cause World War II or whether the they were the best that could be expected.

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Battles, Places, & Events

Zimmerman Telegram

Fast Facts

Name: Zimmerman Telegram

Statistics: The Zimmerman Telegram was a coded telegram from the Foreign Secretary of the

German Empire to the German ambassador, Johann von Bernstorff on January 16th, 1917

Importance: This telegram infuriated many countries and caused Germany to be attacked by

countries such as the Untied States, Mexico and even Britain.

Trivia: American printed the contents of the telegram on March 1st which caused an outrage and contributed to the United States declaring war against Germany on April 6th.

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Eastern Front

The Balkans

Fast Facts

Name: The Balkans

Statistics: Gavrilo Princip out of the Black Hand from Serbia and two other Black Hand members shot and killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his

wife of the Austro-Hungarian empire in Sarajevo.

Importance:The Austro-Hungarian empire responded by invading the Kingdom of Serbia

and starting World War I.

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Eastern Front

Tannenberg

Fast Facts

Name: Tannenberg

Statistics: The Battle of Tannenberg was a battle between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War I, fought

by the Russian First and Second Armies and the German Eighth Army

Importance: The battle almost completely destroyed the Russian Second Army. A series of other

battles destroyed the majority of the First Army as well, and kept the Russians off-balance until

the spring of 1915.

Trivia: Although the battle took place near Allenstein, Max Hoffmann suggested to name it after Tannenberg in an attempt to erase the defeat in the medieval Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg). As pointed out by Christopher Clark, the actual Tannenberg is some thirty kilometres to the west, and there was no reason other than the historical battle to name it differently.

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Eastern Front

Russian Revolution

Fast Facts

Name: Russian Revolution

Statistics: The Russian Revolution is a phrase for the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which

destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.

Importance: Although the 1905 revolution failed, the 1917 revolution had succeeded in making

Russia a communist state.

Trivia: Since the 1905 revolution failed, we see, for the first time in Russia, millions of people in the cities and in the villages come together to fight for the same cause.

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Western Front

Trench Warfare

Fast Facts

Name: Trench Warfare

Statistics: Trench warfare was a form of warfare in which both sides had large fighting lines, which

was made mostly of trenches, where troops were immune to enemy’s fire

Importance: Trench warfare made hiding from the enemy a lot simpler and caused more men to

live then before.

Trivia: A typical British soldier's year could be divided as follows: 15% front line, 10% support line, 30% reserve line, 20% rest, and 25% other (hospital, traveling, leave, training courses)

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Western Front

Artillery

Fast Facts

Name: Artillery

Statistics: Artillery is a military combat arm that makes weapons capable of setting off large

amounts of bullets in combat.

Importance: Although many accidents were caused by artillery fire, it was used to restrain enemy

fire and shock them.

Trivia: The engineering designs of the means of delivery have likewise changed significantly over time, and have become some of the most complex technological application today.

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Western Front

Hindenburg Line

Fast Facts

Name: Hindenburg Line

Statistics: The Hindenburg Line was a system of defenses in Northern France constructed by the

Germans during the winter of 1916-1917.

Importance: It was temporarily broken through in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 by British and

Newfoundland force.

Trivia: Eighty years later the Hindenburg Line battlefields are among the most forgotten along the entire Western Front.

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People

Woodrow Wilson

Fast Facts

Name: Woodrow Wilson

Statistics: Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. The president who led the nation through the hard years of

World War I.

Importance: Wilson wanted the United States to be neutral. He made every effort to avoid war with

anyone.

Trivia: "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight..” – Quote from Wilson.

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People

Otto Von Bismarck

Fast Facts

Name: Otto Von Bismarck

Statistics: Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian/German statesman in the late 19th century.

Importance: He designed the German Empire in 1871, becoming its first Chancellor and

dominating its affairs until his dismissal in 1890.

Trivia: His diplomacy of Realpolitik and powerful rule gained him the nickname "The Iron Chancellor".

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People

Georges Clemenceau

Fast Facts

Name: Georges Clemenceau

Statistics: Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman, physician, and journalist. He

served as the prime minister of France from 1906-1909 and 1917-1920.

Importance: When World War I broke out in 1914 Clemenceau refused to act as justice minister

under the French Prime Minister.

Trivia: He was nicknamed "le Tigre" (the Tiger) and "le Père-la-Victoire" (Father Victory) for his determination as a

wartime leader.

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Weapons & Technology

Chlorine Gas

Fast Facts

Name: Chlorine Gas

Statistics: Chlorine gas destroyed the respiratory organs of its victims and this led to a slow death

by asphyxiation

Importance: One disadvantage for the side that launched chlorine gas attacks was that it made

the victim cough and therefore limited his intake of the poison.

Trivia: Both sides found that phosgene was more effective than chlorine.

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Weapon & Technology

Gas Mask

Fast Facts

Name: Gas Mask

Statistics: Gas masks used in World War One were made as a result of poison gas attacks that took the Allies in the trenches on the Western Front

by surprise.

Importance: The mask gave some protection but its eye-piece proved to be very weak and easy to

break making the protective value of the helmet not as strong. The mask gave protection

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Weapons & Technology

Machine Gun

Fast Facts

Name: Machine Gun

Statistics: A machine gun is a gun that fires rapidly and repeatedly.

Importance: Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were

one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths.

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War in the Air

Biplanes

Fast Facts

Name: Biplanes

Statistics: An airplane with two sets of wings, one above and usually slightly forward of the other.

Importance: Since the Biplane can lift up to twenty percent more than another plane, it has greater

maneuverability.

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War in the Air

The Red Baron

Fast Facts

Name: The Red Baron

Statistics: The Red Baron was the most successful pilot during World War I. He had eighty

confirmed air combat victories.

Importance: He started to paint parts of his plane red so that the German gunners on the ground would know who he was and not shoot him. He chose Red because it was the colours of his old

Uhlan Cavalry Unit. He had 16 kills before he went red.

Trivia: He had received credit of eighty kills before he died at the age of twenty-five.

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War in the Air

Dog Fights

Fast Facts

Name: Dog Fights

Statistics: "Dogfight" means an aerial battle between two or more planes.

Importance: Dogfights were extremely difficult because the pilot would have to dodge other

enemy aircraft while listening to the commands of the gunner as to where to fly to get the

enemy into his sights.

Trivia: The first fighter planes were only equipped with machine-guns which were fixed onto the top wing.

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War at Sea

Sea Mines

Fast Facts

Name: Sea Mines

Statistics: A Sea Mine is a naval mine that is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to

destroy ships or submarines.

Importance: Sea Mines were used to defend territory in the sea.

Trivia: The first plan for a sea mine in the West was by Ralph Rabbards, who presented his design to Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1574

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War at Sea

U-boats

Fast Facts

Name: U-boats

Statistics: U-boat is a different version of the German word Unterseeboot. It refers to military

submarines operated by Germany.

Importance: U-boats were used to attack enemy merchant shipping and warships mainly.

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War at Sea

Naval Blockades

Fast Facts

Name: Naval Blockades

Statistics: A blockade is an effort to cut off the communications of a particular area by force

Importance: About 750,000 German civilians died from starvation caused by the British blockade

during the War.

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