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World War One: 1890-14 - The Events Of The Summer Of 1914

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The crisis which unfolded in the summer of 1914 proved to be the one set of events that lead to outright warfare involving all the main European powers. It started in a familiar cauldron of tension - namely the Balkans - and then drew in nations from all corners of the world.

French troops were rushed to the front line from Paris to engage the German advance to the River Aisne. All public transportation and military conveyances were fully stretched, so private measures were necessary. What unusual transport was used to get the troops to the front?

Taxis

Hire cars

Hitchhiking

Bicycles

In a dire emergency special measures may be necessary. In the end sufficient troops did reach the Aisne, and the German advance was pushed back to the River Marne

At which battle in Belgium did some British troops report the sight of an angel, which guided them away from a superior German force?

Ypres

Loos

Mons

Passchendaele

All belligerent nations claimed that God was on their side, and they looked for signs that this might be so

Which European ruler saw himself as the protector of Slav states like Serbia?

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria

Kaiser William II of Germany

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

The Balkans seethed with tension: there were internecine rivalries among the small states of South East Europe, many of whom looked to bigger powers for support if they got into difficulties

Meanwhile, in the late summer of 1914 Russian forces invaded East Prussia, only to be defeated at two major battles. Which of the following was one of these engagements?

Tannenberg

Koenigsberg

Brest Litovsk

Memel

Russian forces mobilized quicker than the Germans had expected but they were no match for the Imperial German Army

German armies swept through Belgium and into Northern France according to a pre-arranged plan. Devised first in 1906, what was this plan called?

The Hindenburg Plan

The Moltke Plan

The Ludendorff Plan

The Schlieffen Plan

The plan was to avoid Bismarck's nightmare of a two-front war. Germany would move first to defeat France, then swing her forces over to the east to deal with Russia

The Germans employed cavalry to advance rapidly into France and Belgium - an elite force. What name was given to such troops?

Grenadiere

Uhlans

Cavaliere

Pferdwehr

The Western Allies also deployed cavalry for a short time at the beginning of the war

A small British expeditionary force crossed the Channel in early August 1914. Who was appointed to command them?

French

Haig

Kitchener

Rawlinson

This was the army so derided by the Kaiser, who called them "a contemptible little army"

What was the official reason for the British ultimatum to Germany to withdraw her troops from Belgium by the 4th of August 1914?

Britain had signed a separate military alliance with Belgium

Britain was one of several signatories to the Treaty of London of 1839, which guaranteed Belgian independence

British public opinion demanded action against a large bully attacking a small, weak power

Russia, already at war with Germany, requested help to relieve pressure on its Western border

Belgium attracted sympathy from many quarters. Britain had historically resisted one continental power dominating the channel ports, and thus threatening Britain's trade and security

Which Austrian notable was visiting Bosnia in June 1914, only to lose his life at the hands of a Serb terrorist?

The Emperor Franz Josef

The Archduke Rudolf

The Archduke Karl

The Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The members of the Habsburg family saw themselves as fathers to the disparate races of the Empire. Regular visits were believed to enhance cohesion

10.

The French were keen to attack Germany in the west in order to liberate the occupied provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. What name was given to this 1914 attack which failed?

Plan 17

Plan 231

Plan 1871

Plan 12

The recovery of Alsace-Lorraine was a major French war aim

Author: Edward Towne