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2 Unit 7, Chapter 29
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GUIDED READING Europe Plunges into WarSection 2
A. Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects As you read this section, note theeffects of each of the actions or situations (causes) listed below.
B. Summarizing On the back of this paper, identify each of the following:
Schlieffen Plan Central Powers AlliesWestern Front trench warfare Eastern Front
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Causes Effects
1. Russia mobilizes along the German border.
2. Germany declares war on France.
3. The Allies defeat the Germans in the Battle of the Marne.
4. Machine guns, tanks, poison gas, and airplanes are used in battles along the Western Front.
5. Russian forces attack both Austria and Germany.
6. The Allies are unable to ship war supplies to Russia’s ports.
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Russia's mobilization amounted to a declaration of war. On August 1, the German government declared war on Russia.
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Great Britain declares war on Germany. Much of Europe is now involved in the war. Germany has to fight a war on two fronts.
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The defeat left the Schlieffen Plan in ruins.
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victory in the west no longer seemed possible for Germany.
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Killed a greater number of people but not shorten the length of the war.
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30,000 Russian soldiers were killed. Austria eventually defeated Russia and pushed them out of Austria- Hungary.
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Russian army was continually short on food, guns, ammunition, clothes, boots, and blankets.
