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End of the War

End of the War. U-boat plan was working and sinking tons of Allied ships Allies developed convoys: large fleets used to guard merchant ships Ensured Great Britain would not be starved out by the Germans. . U- boats Beaten by convoys.

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End of the War

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  1. End of the War

  2. U-boat plan was working and sinking tons of Allied ships • Allies developed convoys: large fleets used to guard merchant ships • Ensured Great Britain would not be starved out by the Germans. U-boats Beaten by convoys

  3. On the Eastern Front, Russia was barley surviving costly defeats. • The Russian people were tired of loosing • Revolution brewing against Tsar Nicholas II he abdicates • New gov. signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russia is out of WWI • Germans and Austrian-Hungarians now focus their attention on just the Western Front. Russia Surrenders

  4. The Germans now have more soldiers in the Western Front than the Allies • 6K German cannons in the west  Central Power victory after victory Germans are almost to Paris • BUT their supplies ran out and the Americans arrived (doughboys) German assaults halted Germany’s Last Push

  5. Battle of Amiens, Allies crushed the Germans (300 British tanks & French-US attacks) • Germans pushed back • Central Powers crumbling • Bulgaria, Ottomans, Austria-Hungary sign armistices: An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. Turning the Tide

  6. Food, fuel shortages, lose of life Germany on the brink of revolution • Nov. 9,1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates: gave up the throne • New German gov. agreed to an armistice • 2 days later WWI came to an end (Nov. 11, 1918) Kaiser Wilhelm II Abdicates

  7. GEORGRAPHY & ECONOMIES • Utterly destroyed • SOLDIERS • 65 mil. fought • 21.2 mil. injured • 8.5 mil. died • CIVILIANS • 6.6 mil. died from blockades, attacks, disease • Men 20-44 yrs. -France lost 20%. • men 20-44 yrs.- Germany lost 15% • Just about every family in Europe had one war casualty = Lost Generation Results of WWI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soFhWkxSZAY&feature=related

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