End of World War One

Germans announce unrestricted submarine warfare, February 1917

• USA declares the war, April 1917
• Canada declares war on Germany
• Britain asks for help from the Americans
• Germany sinks the Lusitania

Why were American troops invaluable in defeating Germany

• experienced and combat ready
• fresh and experienced
• better soldiers
• fresh and not war weary

Brilliant German commander who led victories over Russia

• Hindenburg
• Bismarck
• Hamburg
• Ludendorff

Russian surrenders with the Treaty of

• Versailles
• Brest-Litovsk
• Vienna
• Paris

description that shows Germans were tired of the war as the British naval blockade was working

• lack of propaganda for the war effort
• Communists were threatening power
• strikes and protests in Berlin
• Socialists gained power

Group that wanted to seize power in Germany

• Communists
• Socialists
• Nazis
• Bolsheviks

October 1918, event that signals the end for Germany

• Navy mutinied
• Army laid down their weapons
• Hindenburg resigns
• Bolsheviks gain power

Signed at 6 am on November 11th

• Treaty of Versailles
• Armstice
• Peace without Victory
• Treaty to end the war

Germany has no choice , but to sign the

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Vienna
• Treaty of Brest-Litvosk

Agreement to end the war and discuss Peace Terms

• Armistice
• Treaty of Versailles
• Diktat
• Schreiben