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WWI 1914-1918. Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire. Allied Powers England, France, Russia , United States (1917), Italy, Serbia ,. The Two Sides. New Technology Guns. The Machine Gun
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Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Allied Powers England, France, Russia, United States (1917), Italy, Serbia, The Two Sides
New TechnologyGuns • The Machine Gun • It was used by both sides, hundreds of rounds a minute could be shot by one person.
Technology:Chemical Weapons WWI was the first major war to use chemical weapons Mustard Gas and Chlorine Gas were the two most popular weapons: They caused suffocation, blindness, and death. Over 91,000 died from poison gas
Technology:The U-boat (Submarine) • Germany’s secret weapon during the war • Sank dozens of British ships, controlled the oceans.
Technology:Airpower • Both sides used aircraft for observation, limited bombing, and air battles • Airplanes were slow, clumsy, and unreliable,
Trench Warfare • Both sides dug long trenches that faced each other. The trenches ran for miles. • From time to time, one side would attempt to cross the “No-Man’s Land” the area in between the trenches. • Trench warfare made WWI extend from a few months of fighting to four years of fighting. • Resulted in a STALEMATE
War on the Homefront • Gov’t took over factories to make Military goods • All had to work (Women took place of men in factories) • Food Administration encouraged people to limit consumption of food and resources/goods necessary for the war effort • Propaganda- one-sided information to keep support for the war
What did the US do to help? • US provided the food, money, and fresh troops needed to win the war .
How did the War affect the US? Women African Americans African American soldiers served in segregated units Great Migration – Thousands of African Americans moved north for factory jobs. • Women filled Factory jobs • Led to the 19th Amendment after the War ( women got the right to vote)
John J. Pershing leads American Forces in Europe • American Expeditionary Force (AEF) • General John J. Pershing • First major action in spring 1918
Turning Point of the War • One of the greatest American battles of the war. • AEF shattered the German offences and opened a hole in German lines. The Battle of the Argonne Forest
Alvin York • American hero, deeply religious, drafted at 29, he fought in the Battle of the Argonne forest. He killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners.
Ending the War (1918) • 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 Germany agrees to a cease-fire