“As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.

”Lester B. Pearson

World War I Statistics (Stats are for all countries involved)

Total number of men mobilized to fight in World War I 65 million

Percentage of men mobilized in World War I who died 57 %

Total number of casualities in World War I 37 million

Number of missing POW’s from WWI 7.7 million

Number of wounded soldiers in WWI 19.7 million

Number of years of fighting that took place during WWI 4 years

Number of allied countries military causalities in WWI 5.7 million

Number of allied country civilian casualties from WWI 3.67 million

Number of allied countries wounded in WWI 12.8 million

Number of WWI Military causalities 9,720,450

Number of Civilian casualties in WWI 8,865,650

Total War Cost altogther of WWI $186.3 billion

Imperialism

Nationalism

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism- controlling colonies for resources.

Nationalism- Pride for your country.

Militarism- building up your military.

Alliances- taking sides with other people.

On June 28, 1914 Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, WWI began.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLmmb2yrQTo

Stalemate- No one winning, no one losing.

Trench warfare- digging long lines of holes into the ground to fight from.

-Lumps of horsemeat -Turnips -Biscuits -Fruit Roll-ups

Trench Foot- An infection caused by wet and dirty living areas

Shellshock Losing Limbs Lice Rats Dysentery

Propaganda- Images, videos, messages and other things that make you think or act differently.

Hundred Days Offensive- An offensive push by the Allies to end the WWI, August 1918.

Armistice- An agreement to stop fighting, WWI ended 11/11/1918

Reparations-Making the losing country pay the winners of the war. Germany owed 33 Billion dollars.

League of Nations- An organization set up to settle conflicts with other countries, Germany was not allowed to join.