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1914-1918: The World at War

1914-1918: The World at War. By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY & Edited by Mrs. Browne. Differing Viewpoints. “Family Feud” “Fall of the Eagles” “The War to End All Wars” “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”. Causes of the War.

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1914-1918: The World at War

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  1. 1914-1918:The Worldat War By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S.Chappaqua, NY & Edited by Mrs. Browne

  2. Differing Viewpoints • “Family Feud” • “Fall of the Eagles” • “The War to End All Wars” • “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

  3. Causesof theWar

  4. Causes of World War I • Long Term Causes • Militarism • Military power seen as a symbol of national prestige • Glorification of war by all powers • An arms race among Great Powers • Alliances • Agreements among nations to aid each other if attacked

  5. Causes of World War I • Long Term Causes (cont’d) • Imperialism • Rivalries between British, French & Germans • Nationalism • French wanted revenge against Germany • Pan-Slavism develops in Eastern Europe • Russia is protector of Slavic peoples • German pride in military & industrial growth

  6. 1. Militarism & Arms Race Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers [Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, France, Britain, Russia] in millions of £s.

  7. 2. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

  8. Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

  9. The Major Players: 1914-17 Allied Powers: Central Powers: Nicholas II [Rus] Wilhelm II [Ger] George V [Br] Victor Emmanuel II [It] Enver Pasha[Turkey] Pres. Poincare [Fr] Franz Josef [A-H]

  10. Europe in 1914

  11. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

  12. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

  13. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The“Powder Keg”of Europe Why?

  14. The Road to World War

  15. The“Spark”

  16. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

  17. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne • June 28th 1914 • Killed in the city of Sarajevo • Killed by GavriloPrincip, a Serbian nationalist and member of the Black Hand

  18. The Assassination: Sarajevo

  19. The Assassin: GavriloPrincip Member of the nationalist group The Black Hand

  20. Austria-Hungary Responds 1. Austria wants to punish Serbia for the murder 2. Austria gets support from their ally, Germany 3. Austria declares war on Serbia on July 28th, 1914

  21. Russia Mobilizes • Russia is ally to Serbia and “big brother” to all Slavic peoples in Eastern Europe • 1. Czar Nicholas II orders the mobilization of troops against Austria-Hungary • 2. Germany sees this as an act of war

  22. The Conflict Broadens • Germany wants to defeat France before engaging Russia (to avoid a 2-front war) • 1. Germany orders the Schlieffen Plan • 2. Germany invades Belgium and violates their neutrality • 3. Britain declares war because they are Belgium’s ally and ‘protector’

  23. The Schlieffen Plan

  24. German Atrocities in Belgium

  25. Summary… so far…. A Serbian murders the Archduke A-H declares war on Serbia Russia declares war on A-H Germany declares war on Russia (and France) France declares war on Germany Germany invades Belgium Britain declares war on Germany

  26. Who’s To Blame?

  27. Mobilization • Home by Christmas! • No major war in 50 years! • Nationalism! It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there!

  28. Recruitment Posters

  29. A Young Australian Recruit

  30. Recruits of the Central Powers A German Soldier Says Farewell to His Mother Austro-Hungarians

  31. New French Recruits

  32. A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier

  33. A Modern War of theIndustrial Revolution:NewTechnology

  34. French Renault Tank

  35. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

  36. British Tank at Ypres

  37. U-Boats

  38. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

  39. The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

  40. The Flying Aces of World War I FrancescoBarraco, It. Eddie “Mick”Mannoch, Br. Eddie Rickenbacher, US Manfred vonRichtoffen, Ger.[The “RedBaron”] Rene PaukFonck, Fr. Willy Coppens deHolthust, Belg.

  41. Curtis-Martin U. S. Aircraft Plant

  42. Looking for the “Red Baron?”

  43. The Zeppelin

  44. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  45. Poison Gas Machine Gun

  46. A Multi-Front War

  47. The Western Front: A “War of Attrition”

  48. Trench Warfare • The Western Front • Large trenches • Bodies used to repair the trenches • Often filled with mud, muck & water • rats • Barbed wire • Had to go “over the top” to attack • No Man’s Land

  49. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

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