major events. a war of movement? original ideas about the “ great war ” schlieffen plan first...
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Major Events
A War of Movement? Original ideas about the
“Great War” Schlieffen Plan First Battle of the Marne
“Race to the sea” Trench warfare ->
stalemate -> war of attrition
Battle of Verdun (1916) “Bleed France white” Symbol of French
resistence Battle of the Somme
(1916) Allied offensive, record
1/3 lost in first day Relieve Verdun
Life in the Trenches
Daily death and boredom No man’s land
Unsanitary Conditions Rats and other pests Trench fever and foot Overpowering smell
Trench cycle Unofficial truces http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=SXtsiqrhqsU
Eastern Front
Battle of Tannenberg (Aug – Sept 1914) Troops unprepared German’s outmaneuver and defeat Russians
Russian Weaknesses Supplying troops Less modern
Russian Strengths Population
Russian Civil War & Revolution in 1917 Nicholas II abdicates, then murdered Bolsheviks take power – pull Russia out of the
war
Gallipoli Campaign
Stalemate on Western Front
Allies attempted to capture Istanbul (Turkish capital) and gain sea route to Russia
Participation of Australian and New Zealand Forces
Victory for Ottoman Empire and rise of Mustafa Kemal
250,000 casualties for the Allies
Armenian Massacre Ottoman officials
claimed Armenians would side with Russians
At least 500,000 perished between 1914-1918
Present controversy Armin Wegner Audio http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=4Wj6esqjWws&feature=related
Asia and Africa
Great Britain eager to collect new colonies in Africa – German East African Colonies Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda
Asian Theater largely bloodless conquest of German colonial possessions by the Japanese and Chinese
End of WWI marked end of short-lived overseas German Empire