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War Affects the World
Fighting Rages Beyond Europe
•Battle on the Gallipoli Peninsula
Turks vs. British, French, Australian
•British helped Arab nations rise Up against the Turks
•In parts of Asia and Africa, German land came under assault
- Japanese overran the Germans in China
-French and British fought Germans in Africa
•People from every continent were involved in the war
They provided:
Troops
Money
Weapons
Materials
“If we improve our status throughThe help and cooperation of the British, it was our duty to win theirHelp by standing by them in their Hour of need.” Gandhi 1917
•Colonial support
What did the colonies of the countries involved in WWI provide
for aid. Do you think this was a good idea? Why or Why not?
•The U.S enters the war (1917)
In 1917 Germans announce a naval blockade around Britain
*Unrestricted submarine warfare- German submarines would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain
•May 7, 1915, German U-boat attacked a passenger ship, killing 128 Americans
Americans were outraged and warned the Germans
Germans would sink 2 more American passenger ships
Feb- 1917, U. S. intercepts a note fromThe Germans to Mexico. Allies?
When the note was made public, Americans wanted to go to war
April 2, 1917- U.S declares war on Germany
By the time the United States joined the allies, the war had been going on for 3 years
In those 3 years, all of Europe had been changed (death, political, economic, life)
Americans brought new enthusiasm to the allied troops.
•1918- Russia withdraws from war
•Germans could concentrate on 1 front
However, with the arrival of more than 2 million Americans the Germans were slowly pushed back
Americans- eager, excited, ‘fresh’
How does American involvement change the outcome of WWI. Do you believe the outcome of WWI
would have been different if the U.S. did not get involved?
World War I soon became a total War
Total War- entire force of gov. devoted to winning the war
Gov. told factories what to produce
Unemployment disappearedWomen working??????
What is Total War?
Goods were short supply
Rationing- from butter to shoe leather, people were only allowed To buy so much
Gov. also used propaganda- one sided information to keep up support for the war
What is rationing? What is Propaganda? How do they play a
role in the outcome of WWI?
The Central Powers began to Crumble
Bulgaria then the Turks
Oct 1918- Austria-Hungary falls due to a revolution at home
11 hour of the 11 day, in the 11th
month the Armistice was signed
Leaders of the victorious nations met in Paris to work out a Peace agreement
When did WWI end and what is the Armistice?
Now that you have seen propaganda posters, how did they influence peoples opinion and decisions
through out WWI?
