Understanding World War I: Causes, Alliances, and the End

1. By Peter The World War 1

2. Table of Contents Introduction 01 02 03 04 05 06 How did the war start Alliances Fronts The end of the war Inventions

3. Introduction World War I is called World War | because it was happening all around the globe. It was this way, because a lot of countries had colonies which meant that a lot of world was really a colony of some country in Europe. World War I led to the mobilization of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history.

5. A recipe for global war – do not try it at home! 1. A lot of alliances 2. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914 – By Black Hand, nationalist group – Gavrilo Phillip • 3. Austria-Hungary threatens war on Serbia.  • Arrest everyone that was connected • Germany sided by Austria-Hungary • Russia sided with the Serbian

6. A recipe for global war – do not try it at home! • 4. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia • July 28 1914 • backing of Germany • they didn’t meet the conditions. • Russian mobilize • Germany then declared war on Russia on August 1, and on France on August 3. • 5. German troops marched on France • August 4 1914 • the route they took went through Belgium. • Britain had agreed to maintain the neutrality of Belgium (75 years old treaty – Treaty of London – article 4) • they immediately declared war on Germany 6. British and German forces first fought at the Battle of Mons in Belgium. This was the first of many battles between Britain and Germany on the Western Front and is when World War 1 started for Britain.

7. Alliances Britain Who is who? Triple Entente Central powers Germany France Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Nowadays two countries Nowadays Turkey Russia

9. The end of the war • World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. After strict enforcement for five years, the French assented to the modification of important provisions. • Part I created the Covenant of the New  League of Nations, which Germany was not allowed to join until 1926. • Part II specified Germany’s new boundaries, giving Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine back to France, substantial eastern districts to Poland, Memel to Lithuania, and large portions of Schleswig to Denmark.

10. The end of the war • Part III demanded a demilitarized zone and separated the Saar from Germany for 15 years. • Part IV stripped Germany of all its colonies, • Part V reduced Germany’s armed forces to very low levels and prohibited Germany from possessing certain classes of weapons, while committing the Allies to eventual disarmament as well. • Part VIII established Germany’s liability for reparations without stating a specific figure and began with Article 231, in which Germany accepted the responsibility of itself and its allies for the losses and damages of the Allies “as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.” • Part IX imposed other financial obligations upon Germany.

11. Mobile X-Ray Machines

12. Interrupter Gear (A thing for pilots that allows to shoot WITHOUT DAMAGING THE PROPPELER)

13. Flamethrowers

14. Time for GAME

15. Everyone has written a event, place, person, etc. You have to group yourselves into the grops of three Apple Fruits Pepper Pear Vegetables Potato

16. Everyone has written a event, place, person, etc. Apple Fruits Pear Pepper Potato Vegetables

17. Britan France The Tripple Entente World War 1 WWI The Great war Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Treaty of Versailles 1918 End of WWI Alliances The Tripple Entente Central Powers Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sarejevo Assasination 1914 Flamethrower Mobile X-Ray Machines Interrupter Gear

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