World War I

1. World War I

2. The Spark • Serbia and Austria-Hungary are in an argument • Archduke Franz Ferdinand A-H visits capital of Serbia, assassinated by Gavrilo Princip –radical Serbian • A-H declares war on Serbia

3. Russia has Serbia’s back– declares war on A-H • Germany has A-H back– declares war on Russia and France • Germany attacks France through Belgium, England has Belgium's back

4. World War I Begins • Allied Powers- England, France, Russia and later the US • Central Powers- Germany, A-H, Turkey and later Italy • Germany wants to defeat France quickly and then focus east on Russia– Schlieffen Plan • Germans attack France through Belgium, Belgians put up good fight– slows them down

5. British & French stop the Germans NE of Paris along the Marne River– Battle of the Marne • Fighting becomes a stalemate– neither side makes progress • Trench warfare begins from the English Channel to the Alps– the Western Front • Russia and Germany start fighting on Eastern Front

8. New weapons used for the first time: machine gun, poison gas, mines, barbed wire, tanks, planes, subs