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26.3 part 2 Winning the War. Objective 1: Describe how WW1 became a total war and how these efforts helped to end the war Objective 2: Outline how Germany Collapsed. March Bread Riots lead to over throw of Tsar V.I. Lenin takes power with promise of ending the war
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26.3 part 2 Winning the War Objective 1: Describe how WW1 became a total war and how these efforts helped to end the war Objective 2: Outline how Germany Collapsed
March Bread Riots lead to over throw of Tsar • V.I. Lenin takes power with promise of ending the war • March 1918 – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Central Powers now only had one front – began attempts to break the stalemate
U.S. entry into the Great War • May 1915 – U-Boat sunk the British liner Lusitania • Almost 1,200 passengers killed – 128 Americans • Last straw was Zimmerman note. • April 2, 1917 Wilson and Congress declare war. • Doughboys bring new energy/money/resources to the fight. • 1918 – 2 million U.S. troops in Europe
The Fourteen Points • Issued in January 1918 by President Wilson • Self-determination – right to choose their own form of government • List of terms to resolve WW1 and future wars • Freedom of :the seas, trade, reduction of arms, end secret treaties
Demise of the Central Powers • German “Ludendorff Offensive” fails at 2nd Marne. Why? • Fresh American, French, Moroccan forces
Collapse of Germany • Nov. 3, 1918: German sailors mutiny • Nov. 9. 1918: Berlin rebels • The Kaiser flees to the Netherlands • CEASEFIRE 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month – ends Great War • FINAL TOLL: • 4 years of fighting, involving 30 nations • 26 million dead ( half are civilians) • 20 million wounded • 10 million refugees • COST= $350,000,000,000