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1914-1918: World War I

1914-1918: World War I. The War that was SUPPOSED to end all Wars!. Differing Viewpoints. “Family Feud” “Fall of the Eagles” “The War to End All Wars” “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”. “The Explosive Material for WWI”: The Long-Term Causes. Militarism.

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1914-1918: World War I

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  1. 1914-1918:World War I The War that was SUPPOSED to end all Wars!

  2. Differing Viewpoints • “Family Feud” • “Fall of the Eagles” • “The War to End All Wars” • “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

  3. “The Explosive Material for WWI”: The Long-Term Causes

  4. Militarism

  5. German-British Naval Rivalry:

  6. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

  7. German Imperial Ambitions:

  8. Aggressive Nationalism

  9. The Balkans, “The Powder Keg of Europe” • Territory formerly controlled by Ottoman Empire • Balkan nationalities like the Bosnians wanted independence • Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia & wanted to expand into Serbia • Serbia wanted to take Bosnia from Austria-Hungary • Russia wanted influence in Balkans; vowed to protect Serbia

  10. The“Spark”

  11. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

  12. The Assassination: Sarajevo

  13. The Assassin: GavriloPrincip

  14. “The Explosion”: Outbreak of World War I

  15. THE SUMMER OF 1914: THE IMMEDIATE ROAD TO WWI • June 28 Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand • July 23 Austria-Hungary (A-H) issued ultimatum to Serbia; emboldened by Germany’s “blank check” • July 28 A-H declared war on Serbia • July 29 Nicholas II ordered full mobilization of Russian troops • Aug. 1Germans declare war on Russia

  16. THE SUMMER OF 1914: THE IMMEDIATE ROAD TO WWI (cont.) • Aug. 3 Germany declares war on France • Aug. 4 German troops invade Belgium; Great Britain declares war on Germany WWI BEGINS !!!

  17. The Schlieffen Plan

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

  19. A Multi-Front War

  20. Propaganda & Critique in World War I: Influencing Public Opinion

  21. Visual Source 21.1: Women at War

  22. Visual Source 21.2: Defining the Enemy

  23. Visual Source 21.3: War and the Colonies

  24. Visual Source 21.4: The Battlefield

  25. Visual Source 21.5: The Aftermath of War

  26. Visual Source 21.6: Symbolizing the Nation’s Struggle

  27. Women at the Front

  28. Russian Women Soldiers

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

  30. Women Workers in Factories French factory German factory

  31. Anti-German Posters

  32. German Poster Think of Your Children!

  33. Sikh British Soldiers in India

  34. Fighting in Africa 3rd British Battalion, Nigerian Brigade

  35. Fighting in Africa Black Soldiers in the German Schutztruppen[German E. Africa] British Sikh Mountain Gunners

  36. Fighting in Salonika, Greece French colonial marine infantry fromCochin, China - 1916

  37. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

  38. War IsHELL !!

  39. World War I Victims (incl. both casualties & wounded)

  40. Maimed German WWI Veteran

  41. The War of theIndustrial Revolution:NewTechnology

  42. Tanks French Renault Tank British Tank at Ypres

  43. U-Boats

  44. The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

  45. The Zeppelin

  46. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  47. Poison Gas Machine Gun

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