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World War I: The Great Conflict of 1914-1918

Explore the differing viewpoints and causes of the Great War, major events, technological advancements, devastating impacts, and global ramifications. Understand the alliances, nationalism, and imperialism that led to a multi-front conflict and the significant role of new technologies in changing warfare forever.

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World War I: The Great Conflict of 1914-1918

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  1. 1914-1918:The Worldat War A very brief overview

  2. Differing Viewpoints • “The Great War” • “The War to End All Wars” • “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

  3. World War I • What do we know? Crash Course? • Causes? • Who is involved? • Significant events/people/countries? • What’s the big deal? • How/why was WW I different from any previous conflict?

  4. Causesof theWar

  5. 1. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

  6. Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

  7. Europe in 1914

  8. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

  9. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

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

  11. The“Spark”

  12. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

  13. The Assassination: Sarajevo

  14. The Assassin: GavriloPrincip

  15. Who’s To Blame?

  16. Recruitment Posters

  17. American Poster

  18. A Multi-Front War

  19. Trench Warfare

  20. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

  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. Sacrifices in War

  24. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

  25. Sikh British Soldiers in India

  26. The Sinking of the Lusitania

  27. The Zimmerman Telegram

  28. The YanksAre Coming!

  29. Americans in the Trenches

  30. The War of theIndustrial Revolution:NewTechnology

  31. French Renault Tank

  32. British Tank at Ypres

  33. U-Boats

  34. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

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

  36. Curtis-Martin U. S. Aircraft Plant

  37. Looking for the “Red Baron?”

  38. The Zeppelin

  39. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  40. Poison Gas Machine Gun

  41. “Art”ofWorldWar I

  42. “A Street in Arras”John Singer Sargent, 1918

  43. “Oppy Wood” – John Nash, 1917

  44. “Those Who Have Lost Their Names”Albin Eggar-Linz, 1914

  45. “Gassed and Wounded”Eric Kennington, 1918

  46. “Paths of Glory”C. R. W. Nevinson, 1917

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

  48. 1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

  49. Major Features of the Great War Stalemate Trench warfare Industrial weapons “Shell shock” Influenza

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