📜 World War I: In-Depth Articles on the Great War’s Key Events, Battles & Innovations As the 1914–1918 conflict came to be known, the Great War became a world war indeed as it drew in Japan, British colonies in the Pacific, and European colonial holdings throughout Africa, Asia, ...
By the fall of 1916 and spring of 1917, President Wilson believed an imminent German victory would drastically and dangerously alter the balance of power in Europe. Submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram, meanwhile, inflamed public opinion. Congress declared war on Germany on April 4, 1917....
If we can start by considering the points before we discuss any of the individual ideas The main thing that Woodrow Wilson wanted to accomplish at Versailles was defanging Germany, not allowing them to develop a huge war machine again. => 如果我们可以在讨论任何个人想法之前先考虑要点,那么伍德罗...
World War I summary: The war resulted in a dramatically changed geopolitical landscape, including the destruction of three empires: Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and Russian. New borders were drawn at its conclusion and resentments, especially on the part of Germany, left festering in Europe. Ironical...
Because its leader had been shot, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. As a result: Russia got involved as it had an alliance with Serbia. Germany then declared war on Russia because Germany had an alliance with Austria-Hungary. Britain declared war on Germany because of its invasion of...
Template:About Blitzkrieg (German, "lightning war"; Template:Audio) is an anglicized word describing all-mechanized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery and air power, concentrating overwhelming force and rapid speed to break through enemy l
S1 E22-The Race for Berlin (January - March 1945) - Countdown to Victory: World War II September 1, 2009 55min 13+ While the Russians moved towards Germany from the East, and the Western allies attacked from the opposite direction, the Japanese continued their battle in the Pacific, figh...
April 2nd: President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany. Congress does so four days later. April 7th: Cuba declares war on Germany, followed by Panama the next day. April 16th: The socialist leader Vladimir Ulyanov, or Lenin, returns to Russia after years living in exile...
Germany, allied to Austria-Hungary mobilized its forces and prepared to threaten Russia. War was avoided when Russia backed down. There was, however, the war in the Balkans between 1911 and 1912 when the Balkan states drove Turkey out of the area. The states then fought each other over ...
Who was the leader of America during WW1? Woodrow Wilson. What system turned WW1 from a regional affair to a world war? The Alliance System Who was the czar of Russia at the outbreak of WW1? Czar Nicholas II What type of warfare was Germany using in the Atlantic Ocean?