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W1N2 Mr.Smiths Class

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Global History and Geography 10

The Opening Stage of the War(1914-1916) in the West

The war on the _________________ Front in 1914 began with a German attack
aimed towards France.
The ________________ Plan was a German strategy of invaded France from the
North through the neutral country of ____________ as a way to evade the mass of the
French army that was on the French-German border.

BRITAIN
HOLLAND

BEL

PARIS

GERMANY

SWI
FRANCE
ITALY

Major Battle Sites

The German invasion began with great speed and success until they were
stopped at the Battle of the _____________ east of Paris.
As _________ troops arrived to sure-up the French defense, a stable ___________
developed in the West and the war entered a period of ____________ where neither side
seemed to gain the advantage.
In 1916 the Germans launched a major offensive near the French fortress city of
_____________, but after losing 300,000 men in a year-long battle, they gave up the
attack. The French lost an equal number of lives in the battle.
In 1916 the British tried a counter-attack of their own at the Battle of the _____________.
Despite unveiling a new weapon, the _____________, the British also failed to open up the
front and they suffered thousands of casualties as well.

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The Opening Stage of the War(1914-1916) in the East

The first strike of World War I was a German invasion of ____________ to the East.
The Russians suffered an early disaster at the Battle of _______________ from which
they never recovered. Here they were utterly defeated and ____________ from the
battlefield.
The Russians were also attacked by the _____________ on the Eastern Front.
Throughout the war, the Russians suffered from lack of ______________ and inferior
military ________________.

III.

The War in the South(1915-1916)

A year after the war began, ___________ opened up a Southern ___________ against
the Austrians and attacked them.
However, quickly the Austrians counter-attacked and the war moved into northern Italy
where, much like on the Western Front, trench warfare produced a ______________.
Though the Italian offensive failed, the war in the south kept the Austrians from helping
the ____________ fight the French and British in the West and the Russians in the East.
Also in 1915, the ______________ tried to get a foothold in Southeastern Europe
by attacking _________________, an Ottoman coastal position south of Istanbul(formerly
Constantinople).
The British hoped to gain a foothold in the Balkans, and force the Central Powers to
divert troops from the _____________ Front in France/Belgium to the south.
The __________________ operation was a disaster, and the ______________ assault,
or beach-landing operation, was heavily opposed by strongly entrenched Ottoman forces.
Eventually the British forces(mainly _____________ troops) retreated and gave up the
campaign after heavy losses and not being able to get a firm foothold.