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World War I

World War I. Chapter 18 Section 1 Pages 582-589. Causes. Nationalism : extreme pride in culture Imperialism : expanding control Militarism : building up weapons Schlieffen plan: Germany to attack France and Russia Simultaneously Alliances : partnerships between nations. Triple Alliance

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World War I

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  1. World War I Chapter 18 Section 1 Pages 582-589

  2. Causes • Nationalism: extreme pride in culture • Imperialism: expanding control • Militarism: building up weapons • Schlieffen plan: Germany to attack France and Russia Simultaneously • Alliances: partnerships between nations Triple Alliance Germany Austria Hungary Italy Triple Entente Great Britain France Russia BALANCE OF POWER

  3. Handout: Conditions in Europe 1914

  4. How it all began… June 28 1914 The assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Page 582) 1. Princip (Serb) kills Archduke Ferdinand in Bosnia 2. Austria Hungary declares war on Serbs 3. Russia (promised to protect slavic Serbs) mobilizes military 4. Germany feels threatened and declares war on Russia 5. Germany declares war on France 6. Great Britain declares war on Germany

  5. Who’s taking sides?? Central Powers Austria Hungary Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Germany • Allied Powers • Great Britain • France • Russia 30 additional nations enter the war before its conclusion. It was known as the GREAT WAR

  6. MAP of Alliances • Streaming Clip • Introducing the World War • Causes • How many causes can you identify in the clip?

  7. Fighting the War August 1914 • Belgium and the SchlieffenPlan • German forces invade Belgium with 700,000 forces burning villages and killing civilians “Our advance in Belgium is certainly brutal…all who get in the way must take the consequences” -German Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke

  8. A New Kind of War : Your Turn Page 585-586 • Describe the French Army: • Describe the German Army: • How had the face of warfare changed?

  9. Fighting the War (continued) September 1914 • France pushed Germany back 40 miles • This gave Russia enough time to mobilize • Germany then had to withdraw troops from France to fight Russia

  10. Fighting the War (continued) Late Fall 1914 • France and Germany are at a stalemate • Meaning: • A massive system of trenches stretched 400 miles across Europe

  11. Europe 1914

  12. The Trenches (pg 586-587)

  13. Trenches

  14. Schlieffen Plan Results

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