Quiz: World War I - The Spark and Early Stages

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Germany's invasion of France Russia's declaration of war on Germany Britain's naval buildup

Send all troops to defeat France first, then move them to Russia Attack Russia first to catch them off guard, then focus on France Divide forces equally between the Western and Eastern fronts Form a defensive line and wait for the Allies to attack

True

False

Belgium Netherlands Switzerland Denmark

They wore bright blue uniforms with red trousers They marched in tight columns through open countryside They had outdated weapons and equipment All of the above

One side would heavily shell the other, then send waves of attacking troops across no-man's land into machine gun fire to try to overrun the enemy trench Troops would dig underground tunnels to sneak behind enemy lines and attack from the rear Soldiers would leave the trenches at night to conduct stealth raids on the opposing side Trenches were mostly used for defense, with little direct attacks against the opposing side

Constant artillery bombardments Seeing the horrors of no-man's land The unsanitary conditions in the trenches Battling for months over small patches of land

Corpses and rats Disease and poisonous water Unbearable smells Comfortable living quarters