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World War I :

World War I :. Battles & Technology. A World War. The Balkans, 1914. The “Powder Keg” of Europe. A Multi-Front War. Trench Warfare. Trench Warfare. “No Man’s Land”. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun. French Renault Tank. British Tank at Ypres. U-Boats. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats.

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World War I :

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  1. World War I : Battles & Technology

  2. A World War

  3. The Balkans, 1914 The“Powder Keg”of Europe

  4. A Multi-Front War

  5. Trench Warfare

  6. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

  7. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

  8. French Renault Tank

  9. British Tank at Ypres

  10. U-Boats

  11. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

  12. The Zeppelin

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

  14. The Flying Aces of World War I FrancescoBarraco, It. Eddie “Mick”Mannoch, Br. Eddie Rickenbacher, US Manfred vonRichtoffen, Ger.[The “RedBaron”] Rene PaukFonck, Fr. Willy Coppens deHolthust, Belg.

  15. Looking for the “Red Baron?”

  16. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  17. Poison Gas Machine Gun

  18. John Sargent “Gassed”

  19. The Western Front • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/launch_ani_western_front.shtml

  20. Verdun – February, 1916 • German offensive. • Each side had 500,000 casualties.

  21. The Somme – July, 1916 • 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. • Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

  22. War IsHELL !!

  23. The Eastern Front

  24. The Gallipoli Disaster, 1915

  25. T. E. Lawrence & the “Arab Revolt”, 1916-18

  26. The Sinking of the Lusitania

  27. The Zimmerman Telegram

  28. 1918 • The end is near

  29. German Cartoon:“Fit for active service!”, 1918

  30. 1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

  31. 11 a.m., November 11, 1918

  32. 9,000,000Dead

  33. The Somme American Cemetary, France 116,516 Americans Died

  34. World War I Casualties

  35. Turkish Genocide Against Armenians A Portent of Future Horrors to Come!

  36. Turkish Genocide Against Armenians

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