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WWI. Chapter 27. “Civilization has climbed above such perils; the interdependence of nations in trade and traffic, the scope of public law, Christian charity, and common sense has branded such nightmares impossible… It would be a pity to be wrong …” ~ Winston Churchill. Setting the Stage: WWI.
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WWI Chapter 27
“Civilization has climbed above such perils; the interdependence of nations in trade and traffic, the scope of public law, Christian charity, and common sense has branded such nightmares impossible… It would be a pity to be wrong…”~ Winston Churchill
Setting the Stage: WWI • Causes WWI • Militarism • Alliances • Imperialism • Nationalism
The Spark = Assassination Archduke Franz FerdinandJune 28, 1914
Franz Ferdinand’s Death Set into Motion a Deadly Web of Alliances
Allied Powers France GB Russia Italy United States and Japan (eventually) Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria WWI Sides: The Belligerents
WWI: A TOTAL WAR • Total War = All resources used for war • Propaganda • Civilian responsibility • New Industrial weapons/inventions in land, air, sea
Weapons by Air: Airplanes and Zeppelins Red Baron
Total War made WWI a… • War of Attrition: • A slow wearing-down war in which each side tried to outlast the other
Major Battles WWI • 1914 • Battle of Marne: • W-front • France stops German adv. into Paris • Trench warfare begins • Battle of Tannenberg • E-front • Huge German Win! • Prob. Germany in 2-front war
Verdun – February, 1916 • German offensive. • Each side had 500,000 casualties.
The Somme – July, 1916 • 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. • Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.
Major Battles WWI continued… • 1915 • Battle of Gallipoli • Turkish-front • Allie’s defeated by Ottoman E! • Russia remains landlocked
United States Entry into WWI • U.S. “neutral” until April 6th, 1917 / May 28th 1918 our first victory at Cantigny • (North of Paris) • Events that pushed U.S. into WWI: • Unrestricted Germ. submarine warfare • Sinking of Lusitania Zimmerman Note / O throw of Russian Czar.
Paris Peace Conference • Meeting of the Big 4: • GB: David Lloyd George • France: George Clemenceau • UnitedStates: Woodrow Wilson • Italy: Vittorio Orlando • Who were these men and what kind of “peace” did each of them want?
Areas of Concern • Blame? • Reparations? • Colonies of Central Powers? • Rhineland? • Alsace-Lorraine? • Saar? • Poland? • Danzig? • Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Estonia? • Czechoslovakia?
No Russia or Central powers invited! Other Problems w/ Paris Peace Conference…
Other Problems w/ the Paris Peace Conference • Russia and Central Powers not invited • Political Problems • Territorial Conflicts • Reparations • How to maintain peace • Force • Wilson’s 14 Points • Freedom of seas, no secret treaties, no economic barriers, reduce arms, fair land divisions, establish League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles • Officially ended WWI 1919 • Treated Germany Harsh • Formed Independent Republics • Formed League of Nations