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World War I: The Beginning. Mr. Bach Accelerated World History Hudson High School. A Family Affair. Three Cousins King George V (England) Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) Tsar Nicholas II (Russia). Willy, Nicky, and Georgie. War Goals. Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire England
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World War I: The Beginning Mr. Bach Accelerated World History Hudson High School
A Family Affair • Three Cousins • King George V (England) • Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) • Tsar Nicholas II (Russia) Willy, Nicky, and Georgie
War Goals • Germany • Austria-Hungary • Ottoman Empire • England • France • Russia • United States
The Battle Plans • France – Plan XVII (elan vital) • Austria-Hungary – Plans B and R • Russia – Plans G and A (19) • United States • Germany – Schlieffen Plan
The Schlieffen Plan Falls Apart • The Battle of the Marne • The Western Front • The Battle of Tannenburg • The Eastern Front
Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”
Machine Guns Trench Warfare Barbed Wire Hand Grenades Heavy Artillery Gas Attacks (Gas Masks) Tanks Airplanes U-Boats A New War
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.
FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers
Poison Gas Machine Gun