The Complex Nature of World War I (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Historian describing WWI origins as most complex modern event
Historian describing WWI origins as most complex modern event
Christopher Clark
Definition: armistice
Definition: armistice
Agreement to stop fighting temporarily to discuss peace terms
WWII's three decisive turning-point battles
WWII's three decisive turning-point battles
El Alamein, Stalingrad, and Midway
Definition: grand strategy
Definition: grand strategy
Overall approach using military, political, economic, diplomatic
Lloyd George's pledge as British PM (late 1916)
Lloyd George's pledge as British PM (late 1916)
Fight until achieving a 'knock-out blow'
Two dramatic 1917 developments changing the war
Two dramatic 1917 developments changing the war
Russian Revolution (March) and American entry (April)
Date of Wilson's Fourteen Points speech
Date of Wilson's Fourteen Points speech
8 January 1918
German Spring Offensive innovation (1918)
German Spring Offensive innovation (1918)
Storm trooper tactics - elite infantry infiltration
What Ludendorff called 8 August 1918
What Ludendorff called 8 August 1918
Black day of the German army
Nature of WWI's ending (not simple...)
Nature of WWI's ending (not simple...)
Multiple factors: battles, blockade, unrest, German decision