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| Which phenomena is NOT considered by historians to be a long range cause of WWI? | The Great War-WWI
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| Many people are familiar with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand but what terrorist group was responsible and what city did it occur in? | The Great War-WWI
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| By the late 19th century, the German General Staff realized the possibility of fighting a two front war and worked out a plan by 1905 detailing a knockout blow to France before having to face Russia. What was this plan called? | The Great War-WWI
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| Airplane use in warfare became popular during WWI and the Red Baron often comes to mind. Who was the most famous American ace of WWI? | The Great War-WWI
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| Who is generally credited with inventing a stuttering device that allowed machine guns to be mounted and shot between propellers of WWI era aircraft? | The Great War-WWI
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Fokker. However, the device was originally invented by Franz Schneider, who successfully sued Fokker for violating his patent.
Entente. Britain and the British Empire and Commonwealth were major participants on the Allied side.
Entente. France and Russia had formed an alliance in 1892. Most of the battles on the Western Front took place on French soil.
Central Powers. The Germans fought on two European fronts, the Western and Eastern, and was afterwards blamed for starting the war.
Central Powers. Austria-Hungary disintegrated at the end of WWI.
Entente. Russia became the first of the war's combatants to sue for peace after the Bolsheviks overthrew the democratic government which had replaced the monarchy.
Did not exist. Poland was a province in the Russian Empire. She was granted independence after the war and was given territory that formerly belonged to Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary.
Entente. Belgian neutrality had been guaranteed by Britain, France and Germany, but the German army crossed through Belgium to attack France in accordance with the Schlieffen Plan. This placed Belgium on the side of the Entente. Shortly after German troops crossed into Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany.
Entente. Serbia initially repelled invading Austro-Hungarian troops in 1914. However, Serbia was eventually entirely overrun and spent the remainder of the war under occupation.
Central Powers. Bulgaria joined the Central Powers in an attempt to seize Macedonia from Serbia.
Central Powers. The Ottoman Turks repelled the Allied attempt to seize the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Straights at the Battle of Gallipoli. However, like Austria-Hungary, the loss of the war resulted in a loss of considerable territory and the end of the monarchy.
Entente. Greece remained neutral through 1914 but was enticed into joining the Allies by Britain with promises of Turkish and Bulgarian land.
Entente. Italy was formally allied to Germany and Austria-Hungary but refused to honor the alliance when war broke out. She sat on the sidelines until 1915, when British promises of territory in the event of a Allied victory convinced her to join the war on the Allied side.
Entente. Romania also sat out the first two years of the war. She came in hoping to acquire Hungarian (and Austrian) territory. Romania, however, was defeated by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria shortly after joining the war and was occupied by the Central Powers. However, in the final weeks of the war, Romania succeeded in gaining all the territory it had hoped for - and more.
Neutral. Although the Western Front was very close to Dutch soil, the Netherlands did not join the war.
Entente. The Portuguese joined the war in February 1916 and sent troops to the Salonika and Western Fronts.
| Who was the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front in the Great War? | World War I
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French. French was later replaced by Haig, who remained in that position for the remainder of the war.
| The explosion of the mines at Messines began what major battle in 1917? | World War I
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Third Ypres (Passchendaele). The explosions were loud enough to be heard by Lloyd George in his office in London.
| Which British general commanded the Allied forces at Gallipoli? | World War I
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Hamilton. Sir Ian Hamilton was a well known hero of some of England's 19th century military actions.
| What battle saw the first large-scale use of tanks in the history of warfare? | World War I
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Cambrai. Tanks were used in very limited numbers in the Somme Offensive of 1916.
| Along what river did the Italian Army launch a series of disastrous offensives during the First World War? | World War I
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Isonzo. The failures along the Isonzo undermined Italian morale and contributed to the disaster at Caporetto later in the war.
| Who led the Royal Navy battle cruiser force in the battle of Jutland? | World War I
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Beatty. Beatty was one of the few commanders - on either side - to distinguish himself by his performance on that day.
| In what country was the Ypres salient located? | World War I
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Belgium (Flanders). The mud of Flanders did much to make the Ypres salient one of the most dangerous and unhealthy locations to be stationed on the Western Front.
| The Siege of Kut took place in what modern day country? | World War I
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Iraq. The Siege of Kut was a victory for the army of the Ottoman Empire.
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