World Wars

Caporetto showed Italian weakness and the need for coordinated Allied support. For exams remember the Italian Front separately.

The Salonika Front shows that the war was not limited to the Western Front. For exams study different fronts with maps.

Meuse-Argonne was linked with the Allied final advance in 1918. For exams do not limit the US role only to entry.

In total war government links industry and resources with war aims. For exams include the home front in causes and effects.

Propaganda strengthened civilian support and nationalist feelings. For exams treat propaganda as part of the home front.

At Jutland immediate battle outcome and long-term sea control were different. For exams view outcomes at different levels.

New borders left many minority and territorial questions. For exams also write unintended results of peace treaties.

Trianon greatly changed Hungary's borders. For exams remember the treaty with the related country.

These plans tried to manage Germany's payment crisis. For exams connect economic agreements with political stability.

Locarno gave hope but did not solve the whole European security problem. For exams distinguish partial peace from remaining tensions.

The principle of the pact was high but enforcement capacity was limited. For exams separate ideals from institutional power.

Manchuria exposed weakness of collective security. For exams include Asian events in the background of the World War.

The plan seemed like a compromise with the ideal of collective security. For exams connect the Ethiopia crisis with appeasement and League weakness.

The Spanish Civil War showed anti-fascist conflict and modern war methods. For exams understand it as a prelude.

Weak reaction encouraged Hitler for later moves. For exams remember reactions to early aggression.

This occupation further weakened the credibility of appeasement. For exams study events after Munich in sequence.

The secret protocol was linked with power politics over Poland and Baltic areas. For exams separate public treaty and secret terms.

The Phoney War shows limited western activity between 1939 and 1940. For exams remember stages of war in order.

The attack through the Ardennes was an example of geographic surprise. For exams understand the Maginot Line and German speed together.

Dunkirk became a morale success despite a defeat-like situation. For exams identify multiple meanings of one event.