5. Great War Section B

French military leader who led victory at the Battle of Verdun in WWI.

• Georges Clemenceau

• Phillipe Petain

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

• John Pershing

Emperor of Germany during World War I

• Georges Clemenceau

• Phillipe Petain

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

• John Pershing

Germans were at the edge of Paris while France was falling. Taxis went through Paris to pick up the able soldiers to defend their homeland (Paris was saved). Russia invaded Germany from the East and GB blockaded the German coasts to the North Sea. Germany used U-Boats as an attack --- known as a cheap shot by the rest of Europe.

• Battle of the Somme (1916)

• Christmas Truce of 1914

• Battle of the Marne, 1914

• Trench Warfare

A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. It led to long, deadly battles with little movement of the front lines.

• Battle of the Somme (1916)

• Christmas Truce of 1914

• Battle of the Marne, 1914

• Trench Warfare

Some U.K. and Germany troops stopped fighting and exchanged gifts & pleasantries with one another- a soccer match broke out at one point. It was one moment of sanity along the Western Front, albeit brief.

• Battle of the Somme (1916)

• Christmas Truce of 1914

• Battle of the Marne, 1914

• Trench Warfare

It lasted five months with only a few kilometers of territory captured by the Allies. The Newfoundland regiment took part in the battle on the first day and had 90% casualties- the highest of any Allied battalion. There were some 1.25 million casualties suffered altogether on both sides.

• Battle of the Somme (1916)

• Christmas Truce of 1914

• Battle of the Marne, 1914

• Trench Warfare

Great Britain, France, Russia and eventually the United States

• Triple Alliance

• Triple Entente

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

• Triple Alliance

• Triple Entente

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

Which of the following were new weapons used during the Great War?

• Tank, mustard gas, jet airplane

• bayonet, mustard gas, tank

• machine gun, grenade, nuclear bomb

• tank, mustard gas, machine gun