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The Great War 1914-1918

The Great War 1914-1918. The War to End All Wars. The Great War. Over 20 million killed First Industrialized War Total War The War to End All Wars…. Causes of WWI. Nationalism Economic Competition Imperialism Militarism Alliance system. The British Empire in 1914.

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The Great War 1914-1918

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  1. The Great War1914-1918 The War to End All Wars

  2. The Great War • Over 20 million killed • First Industrialized War • Total War • The War to End All Wars…

  3. Causes of WWI • Nationalism • Economic Competition • Imperialism • Militarism • Alliance system

  4. The British Empire in 1914

  5. Aggressive Nationalism

  6. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

  7. Queen Victoriar. 1837-1901

  8. King, Tsar, and Kaiser

  9. King Albert And Franz Josef

  10. Alliances: Bismarck’s fears • War on Two Fronts • The Three Emperor’s League-1873 • Dual Alliance-1879 • Triple Alliance-1882 • Russian Accords- 1887 • Britain

  11. 1888 • Kaiser Wilhelm I, Frederick Wilhelm I, Wilhelm II • Fires Bismarck in 1890

  12. Kaiser Wilhelm II

  13. The Alliances • Two alliances- Triple Alliance and Triple Entente • Powder Keg

  14. Europe in 1914

  15. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance: General War

  16. On the Brink… • 1894 Dreyfus Affair • Moroccan Crisis 1905 and 1911 • Bosnia 1908 • Balkans War 1909-13

  17. Bismarck: “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will provoke the next war.”

  18. Crisis in the Balkans • Young Turks-1908 • Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Yugoslavia? • Austria-Hungary- Franz Joseph • Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie • June 28, 1914

  19. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The“Powder Keg”of Europe

  20. The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913

  21. Franz Ferdinand

  22. The Black Hand • What was it? • “Union of Death” • Gavrilo Princip

  23. The Assassin: GavriloPrincip

  24. The Worst Wrong Turn • Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie • June 28, 1914

  25. The Spark • Emperor Franz Joseph • The “Blank Check” • Austrian Ultimatum • July 28, 1914 Austria declares war

  26. Germany’s Plan Schlieffen Plan Field Marshal Alfred Von Schlieffen The Right Arm

  27. The Schlieffen Plan

  28. France’s Plan • French Plan #17- Élan

  29. The War Begins • Willy/Nicky letters • August 1, 1914 • Propaganda

  30. Who’s To Blame?

  31. Britain Enters • August 4, 1914 • Belgium • BEF • The US?

  32. German Atrocities in Belgium

  33. The First Battle of the Marne • The Belgians Fight • The Russians get ready • Another Wrong Turn • Taxicab Army • Sept 1914

  34. The Taxi Cab Army

  35. The Sides • Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria • Allied Powers: France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, and Japan • Italy?

  36. Western Front • New Weapons- Industrial Revolution • Stalemate • War of attrition • Trench Warfare- “No Man’s Land”

  37. A Multi-Front War

  38. The Western Front

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