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World War 1

World War 1. By : Austin Farris and Kelsey Efferson. Allied Powers.

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World War 1

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  1. World War 1 By : Austin Farris and Kelsey Efferson

  2. Allied Powers • World War I was one of the most violent and destructive wars in European history. Once the war began, the countries involved ,mobilized their entire populations and economic resources to achieve victory on the battlefield. The Allied Powers, included the United Kingdom , France , Belgium ,Serbia, Montenegro, and the Russian Empire, United States,Japan.

  3. The allied Powers are green while the orange is the central Powers.

  4. The War raged for four years. • The First battle of Marne is one of the most important in the war, because it ended the Allied hopes of a quick war. • In April 1915 The second battle of Ypres , Was the first battle used with the first large scale poison gas attack. Although neither side gained form the battle , it changed the war forever. • The battle of Verdun was the longest battle lasting ten months and eventually the Allies won, resulting in a lead on military advancement.

  5. The German commander Erich Ludendorff (right) was a brilliant military commander won decisive victories over Russia in 1917 that led to the Russian withdrawal from the war. In 1918 he announced that if Germany was to win the war then the allies had to be defeated on the Western Front before the arrival of American troops. Although his offensive was initially successful the allies held ground and eventually pushed the Germans back. By 1918 there were strikes and demonstrations in Berlin and other cities protesting about the effects of the war on the population. The British naval blockade of German ports meant that thousands of people were starving. Socialists were waiting for the chance to seize Germany as they had in Russia. In October 1918 Ludendorff resigned and the German navy mutinied. The end was near. Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated on November 9th 1918.

  6. On 11th November the leaders of both sides held a meeting in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne. The Armistice was signed at 6am and came into force five hours later

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