The Great War1914-1918
The War to End All Wars
The Great WarOver 20 million killedFirst Industrialized WarTotal WarThe War to End All Wars…
Causes of WWI
NationalismEconomic Competition ImperialismMilitarismAlliance system
The British Empire in 1914The British Empire in 1914
Aggressive Nationalism Aggressive Nationalism
Economic & Imperial Rivalries Economic & Imperial Rivalries
Queen Victoriar. 1837-1901
King, Tsar, and Kaiser
King Albert And Franz Josef
Alliances: Bismarck’s fears War on Two Fronts The Three Emperor’s League-1873 Dual Alliance-1879 Triple Alliance-1882 Russian Accords- 1887 Britain
1888
Kaiser Wilhelm I, Frederick Wilhelm I, Wilhelm II
Fires Bismarck in 1890
Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Alliances
Two alliances- Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
Powder Keg
Europe in 1914Europe in 1914
The Alliance System The Alliance System
General General WarWar
General General WarWar
Triple EntenteTriple Entente::Triple EntenteTriple Entente:: Triple AllianceTriple Alliance::Triple AllianceTriple Alliance::
On the Brink… 1894 Dreyfus Affair Moroccan Crisis 1905 and 1911 Bosnia 1908 Balkans War 1909-13
Bismarck: “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will provoke the next war.”
Crisis in the Balkans Young Turks-1908 Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina:
Yugoslavia? Austria-Hungary- Franz Joseph Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie June 28, 1914
Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914
The“Powder Keg”
of Europe
The“Powder Keg”
of Europe
The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913
Franz Ferdinand
The Black Hand What was it? “Union of Death” Gavrilo Princip
The Assassin: The Assassin:
GavriloPrincipGavriloPrincip
The Worst Wrong Turn Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and
Sophie June 28, 1914
The Spark Emperor Franz Joseph The “Blank Check” Austrian Ultimatum July 28, 1914 Austria declares war
Germany’s Plan
Schlieffen Plan
Field Marshal Alfred Von Schlieffen
The Right Arm
The Schlieffen PlanThe Schlieffen Plan
France’s Plan
French Plan #17- Élan
The War Begins
Willy/Nicky lettersAugust 1, 1914 Propaganda
Who’s To Blame?Who’s To Blame?
Britain Enters
August 4, 1914 Belgium BEFThe US?
German Atrocities in BelgiumGerman Atrocities in Belgium
Soldiers Mobilized
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France Germany Russia Britain
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The First Battle of the Marne
The Belgians FightThe Russians get ready Another Wrong TurnTaxicab ArmySept 1914
The Taxi Cab Army
The Sides Central Powers: Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Allied Powers: France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, and Japan
Italy?
Western FrontNew Weapons- Industrial
RevolutionStalemateWar of attrition Trench Warfare- “No Man’s
Land”
A Multi-Front WarA Multi-Front War
The Western FrontThe Western Front
Trench warfare
500 miles Switzerland to the North Sea
Conditions in the TrenchesRats…millions of themOver the top
The Western FrontThe Western Front
Trench WarfareTrench Warfare
Trench WarfareTrench Warfare
““No Man’s No Man’s Land”Land”
““No Man’s No Man’s Land”Land”
War Is HELL !!War Is HELL !!
Sacrifices in WarSacrifices in War
Christmas Truce 1914
The Weapons Barbed Wire Machine gun Artillery Flamethrower Tank Zeppelins Air Plane Poison Gas Railroads and radios
Battles Marne 1 and 2 1914 and 1918 Tannenberg- The East -1914 Verdun- Petain-1916 Somme-1916 Ypres: Passchendaele 1914,15,17 Jutland- 1916
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