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Unit 1: The Great War

Terms in this set (34)

Dreikaiser Bund
Three Emperors League, Germany, Russia, Austria Hungary
Hindenburg
Supreme commander of all Central Power's forces
Triple Alliance
Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry
Triple Entente
An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI.
Dual Alliance
Bismarck's secret treaty with Austria Hungary which provided for support if attacked by Russia
Reassurance Treaty
treaty between Germany and Russia that lapses when Bismark is dismissed.
Entente Cordiale
The series of understandings, or agreements, between France and Britian that led to their alliance in World War 1
Anglo Japanese Alliance
An agreement for an initial period of five years, in which the UK and Japan agreed to remain neutral if either was involved in a war with a third power. If either was involved in a war with two other countries, then the other would assist
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire
Plan 17
French military plan to invade Germany, at the beginning of the war.
Plan R
revision of Plan B, it allowed for a greater volume of troops to guard against Russian troops in the south, while assuming German activity in the north.
Schlieffen Plan
Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia.
Fourteen Points
American plan for peace after WW1
Plan 19/A
Revision to plan G after Russia's French partners pressed the Russian military to devise a more offensive war strategy.
July Crisis
A diplomatic crisis among the major powers of Europe in the summer of 1914 that led to the First World War.
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