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WWI Notes

WWI Notes. 1. The Alliance System. Triple Entente :. Triple Alliance :. Two Armed Camps!. Allied Powers :. Central Powers :. Triple Alliance Germany Austria-Hungary Italy Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire. Triple Entente England France Russia Allied Powers

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WWI Notes

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  1. WWI Notes

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

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

  4. Triple Alliance Germany Austria-Hungary Italy Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Triple Entente England France Russia Allied Powers England, France, Russia, United States, Italy, Serbia, Belgium, Switzerland The Two Sides

  5. 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]

  6. Women during WWI

  7. Financing the War

  8. For Recruitment

  9. Munitions Workers

  10. Working in the Fields

  11. A Woman Ambulance Driver

  12. Red Cross Nurses

  13. Women in the Army Auxiliary

  14. Russian Women Soldiers

  15. Spies • “Mata Hari” • Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle • German Spy!

  16. Posters:WartimePropaganda

  17. Australian Poster

  18. American Poster

  19. Financing the War

  20. German Poster Think of Your Children!

  21. Technology: The Machine Gun It was used by both sides, hundreds of rounds a minute could be shot by one person. Chemical Weapons WWI was the first major war to use chemical weapons Mustard Gas and Chlorine Gas were the two most popular weapons: They caused suffocation, blindness, and death

  22. Soldiers would protect themselves using Gas Masks

  23. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

  24. Trench Warfare

  25. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

  26. Technology:The U-boat (Submarine) Germany’s secret weapon during the war Sank dozens of British ships, controlled the oceans.

  27. Why would the British think the U-boat was breaking the rules of War ?

  28. Technology:Airpower Both sides used aircraft for observation, limited bombing, and air battles Airplanes were slow, clumsy, and unreliable, The most famous German pilot was Baron von Richthofen (The Red Baron)

  29. Red Baron

  30. Technology:Tanks

  31. Technology:Tanks

  32. Technology:Flame Throwers

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

  34. A Multi-Front War

  35. The Western Front

  36. Verdun – February, 1916 • German offensive. • Each side had 500,000 casualties.

  37. The Somme – July, 1916 • 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. • Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

  38. War IsHELL !!

  39. Sacrifices in War

  40. Eastern Front • Russians and Serbs vs. Germans and Austria-Hungarians • War more mobile but still a stalemate • Russia’s disadvantage • Not Industrialized • Short on Supplies • Russia’s advantage • People

  41. Eastern Front: Battles • Battle of Tannenberg: • August 1914- First major eastern battle. • Russia was badly defeated and pushed back. • Russia lost millions of men against Germany, undersupplied, under gunned

  42. Other Fronts • Japan, Australia, India join Allies • Ottoman Turks, Bulgaria join Central Powers • Gallipoli Campaign in the Ottoman Empire • Battles occur in Africa and Asia for Colonial Possessions

  43. America Joins the War

  44. US Road to War • British Blockade • did not allow products to leave or enter Germany • German U-Boat Response • counter to blockade, destroy all boats headed for British shores

  45. President Woodrow Wilson

  46. Charles Evans Hughes

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