Ch. 8 -- The Great War -- I: War without Decision, 1914-1916

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Ch. 8 -- The Great War -- I: War without Decision, 1914-1916

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1. Describe the war on the eastern front in August 1914 that led to the battle of Tannenberg and the battle of the Masurian Lakes. And the results?
2. After German military advancement into France and the battles of the Marne and at Ypres, how would the war in the west be won?
3. How was the government of the British Liberal Asquith performing at the beginning of the war? And then Lloyd George?
4. Briefly explain French President Poincare's call for "sacred union." And how did the French respond to losing much of industrial north-western France at the beginning of the war?
5. Discuss the political environment in Germany at outbreak of war. Also, who made up the German High Command and why did the German High Command demand the dismissal of Chancellor Bethman Hollweg?
6. Discuss the reasons for Austro-Hungarian weakness at the beginning of the war.
7. Discuss the failures and controversies behind Germany's submarine campaign.
8. Explain how The Great War (WWI) differed from the Second World War.
9. Explain the idea the World War I was a "war of international insanity."
10. Discuss the situation of the European neutral countries during the war.
11. Why did the United States remain neutral through the years 1914-1917? *
12. How did the Turkish decision to enter the war change the history of the Middle East?
13. Why did Italy enter the war?
14. Describe the third Balkan war.
15. What were Bethmann Hollwegg's plans for a new continental Europe?
16. What were Russian aims for the war?
17. What were French aims for the war?
18. What were the British aims for the war?
19. Describe the battle of Verdun in 1916. Why Verdun? What did Verdun symbolize?
20. What new forces in the winter of 1916 and the spring of 1917 would change the course of the war?

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