World War I Voc

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Militarism the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
Alliances System s when countries join forces or worked together to achieve a certain goal. The reason that they have the alliances is so when they are in need, the other country or countries can help them out. Most of the time, the alliances were formed in secret. They were revealed later in public.
Triple Entente vs. Triple Alliance name 4 alliance bewteen Germany Austria Hungary & Italy ( Triple Alliance) vs. France Great Britain Russia ( Triple Entente)
Nationalism The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance
Imperialism a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand On June 28, 1914, a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. Next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne,
Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
Allied powers vs. Central power (Great Britian, France, Russia, Serbia) vs. (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bailogaira & Ottoman Empire)
Tranch Warfare a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other
No man's land disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies.
Battle of the Marne The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought from 5–12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army.
war attrition military strategy in which a belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel.
Total War a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
Western Front was the main theatre of war during World War I.
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