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WW1
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History
10th Grade
10/23/2017

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Term

The Allies

 

the Germans had many allies during the war 

Definition

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War

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The Central Powers

 

Germany as part of the central powers in world war 1 

Definition

The Central Powers, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria – hence also known as the Quadruple Alliance – was one of the two main factions during World War I

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 Western Front

 the western  front is where most of the fighting happen during the war 

Definition

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium

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 All Quiet on the Western Front

All quiet on the western front was a movie that we watched about WW1

Definition

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war

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Trench Warfare

 

Trench warfare was a very bad thing to be doing back in WW1

Definition

Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.

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Stalemate

 

stalemate is  when your now winning or loosing and it not changing 

Definition

a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check.

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Battle of the Marne

 

the Battle of Marne wasn't an very big war that why not lots of people know about it 

Definition

The Battle of the Marne was a World War I battle fought from 6–10 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German armies in the west

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Battle of Verdun

I remember talking about the Battle of Verdun earlier in class 

Definition

The Battle of Verdun, fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was the largest and longest battle of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies

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Battle of the Somme

 

the Battle of the Somme was fraught between the Germans and the french .

Definition

The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire.

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Battle of Tannenberg

 

the Battle of Tannenberg was fraught in the first month of the war 

Definition

The Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Russia and Germany from 26–30 August 1914, during the first month of World War 

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