World Wars

The USA entered the First World War in 1917. For exams connect it with the later stage of the war.

German submarines were called U-boats. For exams connect them with naval warfare and the entry of the USA.

Wilson's Fourteen Points were linked with the peace plan after the First World War. For exams connect them with the background of the League of Nations.

Appeasement failed to stop Hitler's expansionism. For exams connect the Munich Agreement with it.

The Munich Agreement was linked with the policy of appeasing Hitler. For exams place it in the background of the Second World War.

Blitzkrieg meant fast and sudden attack. For exams connect it with Germany's early successes.

In 1945 Japan surrendered after the atomic bomb attacks and Soviet entry into the war. For exams understand the causes together.

Nazi leaders were tried at Nuremberg. For exams connect these trials with war crimes and justice.

After the war Germany was divided into eastern and western zones. For exams connect it with the beginning of the Cold War.

The World Wars changed empires borders and international institutions. For exams remember the political and social effects of the wars.

Nationalism increased competition and tension among countries. For exams remember nationalism among the causes of the First World War.

Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. For exams connect Sarajevo with the immediate trigger of the First World War.

After the assassination the crisis grew between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. For exams connect Serbia with the Balkan crisis.

The Triple Entente included Britain France and Russia. For exams remember it separately from the Central Powers.

The Triple Alliance included Germany Austria-Hungary and Italy. For exams connect alliance systems with the causes of war.

The Western Front of the First World War was mainly located in northern France and Belgium, where German forces faced the Allied armies. It was marked by prolonged trench warfare and major battles such as Verdun and the Somme. Russia and Poland were more closely associated with the Eastern Front. Exam tip: remember the Western Front through France-Belgium and trench warfare.

No man's land was the dangerous area between trenches. For exams connect it with the hardship of trench warfare.

Tanks helped cross trenches and obstacles like barbed wire. For exams connect tanks with new war weapons.

U-boats were German submarines. For exams connect them with naval warfare and the entry of the USA.

The Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine. For exams connect it with anti-German feeling in the USA.