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WWI (Pages 329-333)
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Tommies
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British Soldiers
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Paul von Hindenburg and Erich von Ludendorff
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Became supreme commanders of all Central Powers forces
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Russian Revolution
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Occurred in March 1917 in which mutinous soldiers forced the czar to abdicate and a Provisional Government was established
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Vladimir Lenin
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Overthrew the Provisional Government in the Bolshevik Revolution and established a Communist dictatorship in Russia
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Russia was taken out of the war and surrendered much land and resources to Germany
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T. E. Lawrence
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Lawrence of Arabia who led Arab revolts against Turkish rule
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Edmund Allenby
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Captured Jerusalem with T. E. Lawrence in December 1917
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Gallipoli Campaign
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The largest British offensive in the East which was planned by Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
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England's First Lord of the Admiralty
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The submarine
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Also called the U-boat which was Germany's new weapon of war on the seas
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Lusitania
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Sank off the coast of Ireland by German submarines on May 7, 1915
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Battle of Jutland
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The most important naval battle of World War I
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Aces
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Pilots who shot down at least five enemy aircraft
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Manfred von Richthofen
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The German "Red Baron" who shot down 80 Allied Planes
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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The American ace who destroyed 26 enemy aircraft
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Zimmerman Note
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A secret message from German Prime Minister Zimmerman to a delegate in Mexico
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Woodrow Wilson
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Declared that "The world must be made safe for democracy"
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April 6, 1917
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American Congress declared war on Germany
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Big Bertha
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Germany's famous long-range guns that was used to bombard Paris from 75 miles away
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John J. (Blackjack) Perishing
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Led the American Expeditionary Force in France at a rate of 300,000 men a month
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Ferdinand Foch
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French Field Marshal who led the Allied Armies to drive the Germans back
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Weimar Republic
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The German representative government that was established
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November 11, 1918
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Armistice Day (Or Veterans Day)
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