“The Great War”

“The Great War”“The Great War”1914-19181914-1918

The Central Powers(The Triple Alliance)

• COLOR THESE BLUE:

• The German Empire

• Austria-Hungary

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Kingdom of Bulgaria

The Allied Powers(The Triple Entente)

• COLOR THESE RED.

• Britain

• France

• Russia

• Italy

• .... America

The Western Front

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Archduke Franz

Ferdinand• Assassinated, or killed, with his wife on

June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

• “Black Hand”: A secret, military group. Part of Serbia. Behind the assassination.

• Was to rule the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Austria- Hungary had an alliance with the other Central Powers.

Kaiser Wilhelm II• Crazy?

• Took power in 1888, “New Course”..

• The Kaiser was extremely aggressive. Eventually, German soldiers gave up on him.

• Abdicated, or quit, on November 18, 1918, then fled to the Netherlands.

This political cartoon shows the division of

China by England, Germany,

Russia, France, and Japan.

The fight for China was

another factor that caused

WWI.

Woodrow Wilson

• President from 1913-1921.

• Was a member of the Democratic party, was a Progressive.

• Reinstated the draft after winning the 1916 election with the slogan, “he kept us out of the war”.

Nationalism

• Use the glossary in the back of your textbook to find the definition of “Nationalism”.

The Christmas Truce

• What did it look like?

• December 1914, after 5 months fighting with over .5 million soldiers losing their lives.

• Around Christmas Day, soldiers from all sides left the trenches to exchange greetings, souvenirs, and play soccer together.

“Total War”

• What is Total War?

• MOBILIZATION of all resources: both military resources and civilian resources.

• Civilian vs. Military Personnel

• “Business As Usual” is being

• stomped by the British flag.

• What does this mean for

• civilians?

This is from a 1914

American newspape

r.One of the

four horsemen

of the apocalyps

e.

Who is ‘King Kong’ supposed to be?

Lusitania

• Use the index in the back of your textbook to locate the page of the book that contains information on the Lusitania.

• How did this lead to America’s entry into WWI?

Zimmermann Telegraph

• In 1917, Germany develops a diplomatic proposal; if the U.S. joins the Allied Powers, Mexico should join AGAINST the U.S. The telegram is intercepted and the American public becomes angry.

• http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4938

• Political Cartoon

America joins the War

• On April 6, 1917 President Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany.

• This is a result of public anger over the Lusitania and the Zimmermann telegraph.

What Did American mothers Think?

• http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4942/

Click on the link below

and listen to the song

while reading the lyrics posted below.

Doughboys

• During the Mexican-American war, soldiers developed the nickname “doughboys”. This nickname remained with American soldiers in WWI, especially the American Expeditionary Forces.

• The last of the WWI American Veterans: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/28/134124030/last-living-u-s-veteran-of-world-war-i-dies

Trenches

No Man’s Land

Military Technology

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/trenchwarfare.shtml

Use pages 393-394 in your textbook to complete this section. Check out the

game too!

The Red Baron

• The most famous fighter pilot of WWI.

• Credited with 80 ‘air combat’ victories.

• Who killed the Red Baron?

• Although he was German, he was given a full military funeral by the Allied Powers.

German propaganda poster.

“We teach

you to run”

Poison Gases

• Listen

Weapons of War

Verdun

• READ THIS.

Somme

• READ THIS.

Chemin de Dames

• On the Western Front.

• Between April 16- April 25, 1917: the French soldiers suffered 270,000 casualties and the Germans suffered 160,000.

• The French had moved forward by only 500 yards.

Influenza

• Known as the ‘Spanish Flu’.

• Over 500 million people were infected with the flu between 1917-1920.

• Between 50-100 million people died of the influenza.

Armistice• WATCH!

• At the end, what did we learn?

• "I think we learned a great deal from the Great War. The first point is that as soon as international warfare is launched, nobody can predict the outcome. The second thing is that international war breeds civil war, and civil war is uglier than international war because there are no limits. We also learned that the technology of warfare expands much more rapidly than the capacity of political leaders to control it.

• And I think the final thing that the First World War taught us is that the easy access of individuals to democratic procedures is very fragile. Warfare suspends democracy. How high a price is victory?

That's a question we owe to the First World War. And the question is still with us today." - Jay Winter.

Treaty of Versailles

• Use the index of your textbook to look up, the Treaty of Versailles.

14 Points

• President Wilson creates the 14 points as guidelines for a post-war agreement.

• See it! Click here for a summary of each point.

The League of Nations

• The League of Nations was an early attempt at The United Nations.

• Tied Up!

Read.

PTSD

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Also known as Shell Shock.

• Some soldiers with PTSD were shot for ‘cowardice’.

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Knowledge

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“The Hollow Men”

• The Hollow Men

Recalling War

• POEM

DULCE ET DECORUM EST

• POEM

“In Flanders Fields”

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/flanders_field.shtml

Other Websites to check out:

• http://www.worldwar1.com/

• http://www.firstworldwar.com/