ww2 help

[ARTESH]

it says in my book he was a military commander, are these facts worded correctly?

Military Commander is a title and place of assignment of Generals and Officers of Army, mainly during war or martial law . Mostly Capital, big cities, strategically important places like Terminals, Airfields, Railway, Post, and any other places, if needed. During his assignment, Military Commander is most Senior person at area.
Depends on Political , Military , Strategic importance , His rank can varies from Warrant Officer to Field Marshal (or 4 star General, in most of today's ranking systems)

 

[Alecras234]

Here is my list of facts so far, do they look ok?


Battle plan designed by Alfred Von Shlieffen – 1905

Germany planned on attacking France via Belgium

Shlieffen plan was intended to avoid a two front war by defeating France in less than 6 weeks

Alfred Von Shlieffen died – 1913

Shlieffen plan used in 1914

The BEF – 80,000 men


August 2 1914, Germany demanded access into Belgium and being refused

August 3 1914, Germany attacked Belgium

August 4 1914, Britain declared war on Germany



The first battle of the BEF – 23 August 1914 , Belgium, Mons
The BEF stopped the Germans advance and caused a lot of casualties on Germans.
Creating the legend of the Angels of Mons
German army advance through Belgium to France
The retreating French Army and BEF reached the Marne River.
Gen. Gallieni sent more French troops to River Marne by taxi
The battle of Marne - 5-9 September 1914
The French Army and BEF stopped the German advancing further than River Marne



Austria Hungary annexed Bosnia
The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.
Gavrilo Princip - Bosnian Serb
Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Heir to Austria Hungary Empire
Franz Ferdinand and his wife went to inspect Army – 28 June 1914
Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo

 

[Wurger]

Yes these look OK. However the last part should be put somewhere at the beginning. The death of the Archduke Ferdinand is consider to be the reason for the start of the WW1.

 

[Alecras234]

Like this?

Austria Hungary annexed Bosnia
The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.
Gavrilo Princip - Bosnian Serb
Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Heir to Austria Hungary Empire
Franz Ferdinand and his wife went to inspect Army – 28 June 1914
Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo

Battle plan designed by Alfred Von Shlieffen – 1905

Germany planned on attacking France via Belgium

Shlieffen plan was intended to avoid a two front war by defeating France in less than 6 weeks

Alfred Von Shlieffen died – 1913

Shlieffen plan used in 1914

The BEF – 80,000 men


August 2 1914, Germany demanded access into Belgium and being refused

August 3 1914, Germany attacked Belgium

August 4 1914, Britain declared war on Germany



The first battle of the BEF – 23 August 1914 , Belgium, Mons
The BEF stopped the Germans advance and caused a lot of casualties on Germans.
Creating the legend of the Angels of Mons
German army advance through Belgium to France
The retreating French Army and BEF reached the Marne River.
Gen. Gallieni sent more French troops to River Marne by taxi
The battle of Marne - 5-9 September 1914
The French Army and BEF stopped the German advancing further than River Marne

 

[Wurger]

Yes that's in that way...
Also you may add a couple of additional points to the section about beginning of the war. The info there can be who else declared the war and when ...
Also I would change the order of the second and third points in your first section...
Additionally , the point of the number of the BEF soldiers should be moved to the section about the BEF...
I have edited it for you , see below..


Austria Hungary annexed Bosnia
The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.
Gavrilo Princip - Bosnian Serb
Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Heir to Austria Hungary Empire
Franz Ferdinand and his wife went to inspect Army – 28 June 1914
Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo
(here two or three points more )

Battle plan designed by Alfred Von Shlieffen – 1905
Shlieffen plan was intended to avoid a two front war by defeating France in less than 6 weeks
Germany planned on attacking France via Belgium
Alfred Von Shlieffen died – 1913
Shlieffen plan used in 1914

August 2 1914, Germany demanded access into Belgium and being refused
August 3 1914, Germany attacked Belgium
August 4 1914, Britain declared war on Germany


The BEF – 80,000 men
The first battle of the BEF – 23 August 1914 , Belgium, Mons
The BEF stopped the Germans advance and caused a lot of casualties on Germans.
Creating the legend of the Angels of Mons
German army advance through Belgium to France
The retreating French Army and BEF reached the Marne River.
Gen. Gallieni sent more French troops to River Marne by taxi
The battle of Marne - 5-9 September 1914
The French Army and BEF stopped the German advancing further than River Marne

 

[Alecras234]

do i need the extra points? what are they

 

[Wurger]

It seems yes . These can be ...

23 July 1914 Austra-Hungary sent Serbia ultimatum.
24 July 1914 Russia guaranteed Serbia help.
28 July 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
29-30 July 1914 Russia started mobilization.
1 August 1914 Fance started mobilization.
1 August 1914 Germany declared war on Russia.
3 August 1914 Germany declared war on France.

 

[Alecras234]

Like this? There are a few points i don't understand. Thanks for helping me to learn.

Austria Hungary annexed Bosnia
The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.
Gavrilo Princip - Bosnian Serb
Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Heir to Austria Hungary Empire
Franz Ferdinand and his wife went to inspect Army – 28 June 1914
Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo
23 July 1914 Austria-Hungary sent Serbia ultimatum.
28 July 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
29-30 July 1914 Russia started mobilization (was the mobilization against Serbia)?
1 August 1914 France started mobilization. Against who?
1 August 1914 Germany declared war on Russia. why?
3 August 1914 Germany declared war on France. why?

Battle plan designed by Alfred Von Shlieffen – 1905
Shlieffen plan was intended to avoid a two front war by defeating France in less than 6 weeks
Germany planned on attacking France via Belgium
Alfred Von Shlieffen died – 1913
Shlieffen plan used in 1914

August 2 1914, Germany demanded access into Belgium and being refused
August 3 1914, Germany attacked Belgium
August 4 1914, Britain declared war on Germany


The BEF – 80,000 men
The first battle of the BEF – 23 August 1914 , Belgium, Mons
The BEF stopped the Germans advance and caused a lot of casualties on Germans.
Creating the legend of the Angels of Mons
German army advance through Belgium to France
The retreating French Army and BEF reached the Marne River.
Gen. Gallieni sent more French troops to River Marne by taxi
The battle of Marne - 5-9 September 1914
The French Army and BEF stopped the German advancing further than River Marne

 

[Wurger]

Yes that's the correct order now.

To answer your questions ...

"29-30 July 1914 Russia started mobilization " - was the mobilization against Serbia?

No, the mobilization that was started on the 29 July 1914 was just because Russia wanted to help Serbia. The mobilization was against the Austria-Hungary initially. However , on the 30th July 1914 Russians started the general mobilization though. In reponse to that the Germany threatened Russia with a war if they wouldn't cancel the mobilization.

"1 August 1914 France started mobilization." - Against who?

The French mobilization was started because of the German's threatening Russia with a war. So it was against the Germany.

"1 August 1914 Germany declared war on Russia." - why?

Because Russia didn't stop and cancel the mobilization and got ready for a war..

"3 August 1914 Germany declared war on France." - why?

Because the France started the mobilization and was almost ready for war. Also because the France and the Russia were the allies.

 

[Alecras234]

i think i need to do a list of what countries had alliances with who, it's all very confusing.

 

[Wurger]

That's true Alec. The pre-war system of alliences was very complex.

 

[Alecras234]

which facts can i remove from my list that aren't important so that i can learn them better, or should i just learn dates?

 

[Wurger]

I think all of them are important so you don't need to delete any of them. But the dates can be omitted if you want. However the points without the dates may lose the timeline

 

[Alecras234]

Happy new year. im confused on what to learn from the list, theres so many points.

 

[Wurger]

Happy New Year Alec.

I think it is up to you only which facts you will learn. The most important thging is to keep the timeline. If you can do that the dates aren't needed, I would say.

 

[Alecras234]

im learning these for now,

Austria Hungary annexed Bosnia
The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.
Gavrilo Princip - Bosnian Serb
Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Heir to Austria Hungary Empire
Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot dead in Sarajevo – 28 June 1914
Gavrilo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife

Should i type things like Austria Hungary and Germany helped in a war with Russia and Serbia, or something like that? and who the Triple Alliance were

 

[Wurger]

Should i type things like Austria Hungary and Germany helped in a war with Russia and Serbia, or something like that? and who the Triple Alliance were

No I don't think you should. The info is in the next points of your list.
Just a note only .. neither Austria-Hungary nor Germany helped in war with Russia and Serbia. That's was the Austria-Hungary that started the war declared it on Serbia. They did that because Germany was friendly to Austria-Hungary and thay had the Germans' support. Contray to that the Serbia had the alliance with Russia.

The Triple Alliance was a secret treaty signed by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary against Russia. This pact caused that Russia signed treaty with France and became allies. In that way Germany was found itself between two hostile countries that had the alliance. Therefore the Schlieffen's plan was created. In 1915 the Triple Alliance was left by Italy.

 

[Alecras234]

i've typed out the facts as questions and answers because i feel it'll help me to remember but a few of them i can't think of how to put into questions, like why was Franz Ferdinand killed? was it because The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.

What year did Austria Hungary annex Bosnia? 1908.
The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.
Gavrilo Princip - Bosnian Serb
When were Franz Ferdinand and his wife shot? - 28 June 1914
Who shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife? Gavrilo Princip

When did Austria-Hungary send Serbia an ultimatum? 23 July 1914
When did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia? 28 July 1914
When did Russia start mobilization to help Serbia? 29 July 1914
When did France start mobilization against Germany? 1 August 1914
When did Germany declare war on Russia? 1 August 1914
When did Germany declare war on France? 3 August 1914

 

[Wurger]

... i can't think of how to put into questions, like why was Franz Ferdinand killed? was it because The Bosnian Serbs wanted Bosnia to be independent of Austria Hungary.

Yes that's was the reason. So it can be ..

Why was Franz Ferdinand killed? Because Bosnian Serbs wanted to be independent of Austria-Hungary.

 

[Alecras234]

do these sound ok?

When did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia? 28 July 1914
When did Russia start mobilization to help Serbia? 29 July 1914
When did France start mobilization against Germany? 1 August 1914
When did Germany declare war on Russia? 1 August 1914
When did Germany declare war on France? 3 August 1914