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1914-1918 US ENTERS 1917

WORLD WAR ONE THE GREAT WAR THE WAR TO END ALL WARS. 1914-1918 US ENTERS 1917. IMPERIALISM —LAND, COLONIES, MARKETS MILITARISM - ARMS BUILDUP A. USE MILITARY THREAT , NOT MEDIATION NATIONALISM- NATION COMES FIRST A. LEADS TO SELFISH INTERESTS RATHER THAN COOPERATION. ISMS OF WW1.

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1914-1918 US ENTERS 1917

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  1. WORLD WAR ONE THE GREAT WARTHE WAR TO END ALL WARS 1914-1918 US ENTERS 1917

  2. IMPERIALISM—LAND, COLONIES, MARKETS MILITARISM- ARMS BUILDUP A. USE MILITARY THREAT , NOT MEDIATION NATIONALISM- NATION COMES FIRST A. LEADS TO SELFISH INTERESTS RATHER THAN COOPERATION ISMS OF WW1

  3. GREAT BRITAIN- STRONGEST POWER SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE STRONGEST NAVY GERMANY STRONGEST ARMY MOST INDUSTRIALIZED NAVAL BUILDUP TO COMPETE W/ G. BRITAIN KEY EUROPEAN NATIONS

  4. TRIPLE ENTENTE CENTRAL POWERS 1. GREAT BRITAIN 1. GERMANY 2,FRANCE 2. AUST. HUNGARY 3. RUSSIA 3. ITALY ALLIANCE SYSTEM No Mans land

  5. 6-28-1914 ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND SHOT HEIR TO THRONE IN AUSTRIA HUNGARY A.H. DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA ALLIANCE SYSTEM COMMITS MAJOR POWERS TO WAR TRIGGER OF WW1 ASSASSINATION

  6. WAR SOON BOGS DOWN INTO TRENCH WARFARE EG 1STBATTLE OF THE SOMME : STARTS 7-16 ENDS 11-16 THE FRONT LINE MOVES A TOTAL OF 7 MILES 1.2 MILLION LIVES LOST COMES TO SYMBOLIZE WW1 FUTILITY TRENCH WARFARE LASTED 3 YEARS ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

  7. WAR IS ‘OVER THERE” NOT OUR WAR PUBLIC OPINION DIVIDED MOST COME TO FAVOR ALLIED SIDE 200% MORE TRADE W/ ALLIEDS US HAS LABOR SHORTAGE DUE TO WAR SONG LYRIC I DIDN’T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER BROUGHT HIM UP TO BE MY PRIDE AND JOY WHO DARES PLACE A GUN ON HIS SHOULDER JUST TO SHOOT SOME OTHER MOTHER’S DARLIN BOY? AMERICAN NEUTRALITY

  8. DEVASTATING NAVAL BLOCKADE USUALLY RESERVED FOR WAR CONTRABAND GR BRITAIN BLOCKADES FOOD AND FERTILIZER LEADS TO FAMINE /STARVATION 750K 750K STARVE TO DEATH GERMAN RESPONSE A SUBMARINE WARFARE MINE THE NORTH SEA ATTACK ANY SHIP TO GREAT BRITAIN BRITISH BLOCKADE

  9. LUSITANIA MAY 7 1915 LUXURY LINER TORPEDOED 128 AMERICANS AMONG DEAD SHIP CARRYING MUNITIONS TO ENGLAND ( GERMANY WITHIN RIGHT) ZIMMERMAN NOTE INTERCEPTED / LEAKED TO PRESS GERMANY ASKS MEXICO TO ATTACK USA GERMANY WILL RETURN AZ, TEX. NEW MEX. TO MEXICO AMERICA EDGES CLOSER TO WAR

  10. 1st modern war Mechanized warfare (tank + airplanes) Big Bertha - huge cannon 1 ton shell /75 miles Zeppelins gas filled airship/ designed to drop bombs in enemy territory Machine gun most deadly weapon 600 rounds per minute = 40 riflemen New weapons / technologies

  11. Poison gas (usually chlorine) Terrified Allied soldiers Blindness suffocation Advanced weapons led to trench warfare Weapons /technology BIG BERTHA Machine gun

  12. GERMANY EXHAUSTED ; WAR MACHINE DONE LOW MORALE DESERTATIONS NO DECISIVE BATTLES WON OR LOST POIGNANT QUOTE ABOUT WW1 IN PARTICULAR END OF WAR

  13. 11TH HOUR, 11TH DAY 11TH MONTH NOV 11TH, 11AM, 1918 WAR IS OVER TREATY OF VERSAILLES OFFICIALLY ENDS WAR LEADS TO MANY NEGATIVES, INCLUDING RISE OF ADOLF HITLER “THEY LOST, WE DIDN’T WIN” BRITISH SOLDIER

  14. 33 BILLION IN WAR REPARATIONS STRIPPED OF ALL COLONIES 9 NEW NATIONS CREATED REDUCED GERMAN ARMY TO 110K MEN WAR GUILT CLAUSE ---- GERMANY’S FAULT PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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