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894-900 Analyze an excerpt from the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front”

894-900 Analyze an excerpt from the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” Describe the course of World War I. 894-900 Analyze an excerpt from the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” Describe the course of The Great War (WWI). . 894-900 Analyze an excerpt from

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894-900 Analyze an excerpt from the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front”

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  1. 894-900 • Analyze an excerpt from • the novel “All Quiet on the • Western Front” • Describe the course of • World War I. • 894-900 • Analyze an excerpt from • the novel “All Quiet on the • Western Front” • Describe the course of • The Great War (WWI).

  2. 894-900 • Analyze an excerpt from • the novel “All Quiet on the • Western Front” • Describe the course of • World War I.

  3. All Quiet on the Western Front • Remarque was drafted into the • German army at eighteen and • later used these memories to • write this novel in 1927. • The book describes the German • soldiers' extreme physical and • mental stress during the war, • and the detachment from civilian • life felt by many soldiers upon • returning home from the front. • Read the excerpt about trench • warfare and highlight the most • descriptive portions.

  4. Reflections on Origins of the War • Why did Germany push so hard for WAR? • German leaders felt their nation was losing power: • Shifting alliances, such as the Triple Alliance loss of Italy to the Triple Entente, left Germany with no allies other than Austria-Hungary. • Germany also saw a need to distract and unite the German nation against the social tension and political threat of rising socialism.

  5. Stalemate and Slaughter!! • Schlieffen Plan failed, and when Germany invaded Belgium in 8/1914, all expected a quick victory, HOWEVER, German army was stopped once in France where a stalemate began. • On the Western Front, the war broke down into an equally matched war of attrition: • 9/1914 Battle of the Marne • French hurried troops to the front with taxi’s and any means possible. • In 4 days of fighting, both sides lost over 250,000 soldiers, but halted the German assault!.

  6. Stalemate and Slaughter!! • On the Western Front, the war broke down into an equally matched war of attrition: • Battle of the Somme, 1916 • Over 1 million lives lost between British/French and German army. • Battle of Verdun, 1916 • In NW France, over 750,000 lost from February to December on both sides, EACH, but a French victory. • Battles were fought using “Trench Warfare” • Troops would dig opposing trenches, use artillery shells and charges across “no-man’s land” to kill the enemy.

  7. Stalemate and Slaughter: War of Attrition Somme

  8. Trench Warfare

  9. Shell Shock • Shell shock was a psychological problem that developed from the experiences of soldiers at the fronts due to the harsh conditions of trench warfare, constant artillery attacks and other stresses.

  10. The Widening War • On the Eastern Front (Russia) the war did not stall into trench warfare. • On the Eastern Front, the Battles of Tannenberg and Masurain Lakes in late summer 1914 under German Generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff successfully repelled Russian army. • On the Austrian Front, battles went back and forth, finally though Russia is pushed back. • Italy declares neutrality at first, however, in 10/1914 joins Triple Entente (Allies). • Ottoman Empire (1914) and Bulgaria (1915) join the Triple Alliance (Central Powers). • British failed attempt to take the Gallipoli Peninsula (Dardanelles Straits and Constantinople) from the Germans/Ottomans in order to supply the Russians allowed Central Powers to occupy the Balkans.

  11. The War Expands… ….even MORE… The Sinking of the Lusitania 5/1915 by German U-Boats was in response to Britain’s blockade against German ports, President Wilson protested, Germany promises to ease U-Boat attacks.

  12. The Zimmerman Telegram

  13. The YanksAre Coming! April, 1917

  14. The War of the Industrial Revolution:New Technology

  15. “Art”ofWorldWar I

  16. “A Street in Arras”John Singer Sargent, 1918

  17. “Oppy Wood” – John Nash, 1917

  18. “Those Who Have Lost Their Names”Albin Eggar-Linz, 1914

  19. “Gassed and Wounded”Eric Kennington, 1918

  20. “Paths of Glory”C. R. W. Nevinson, 1917

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