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World War IWorld War I
Course of the Course of the WarWar
StalemateStalemate
Neither side could gain an Neither side could gain an advantageadvantage
Three main fronts Three main fronts Western: mainly in FranceWestern: mainly in France Eastern: RussiaEastern: Russia Ottoman: TurkeyOttoman: Turkey
Western FrontWestern Front
Trench WarfareTrench Warfare 500 miles of 500 miles of
trenches from trenches from the North Sea to the North Sea to the Swiss borderthe Swiss border
Western FrontWestern Front
War of War of attritionattrition
Millions killed Millions killed or woundedor wounded
Trench WarfareTrench Warfare
Trench WarfareTrench Warfare
Eastern FrontEastern Front
Russia never recovered from the Russia never recovered from the defeat at Tannenbergdefeat at Tannenberg
Russia’s only asset was its huge Russia’s only asset was its huge populationpopulation
It helped the allies by tying up It helped the allies by tying up hundreds of thousands of German hundreds of thousands of German troops in the easttroops in the east
Ottoman FrontOttoman Front
Gallipoli (1915)Gallipoli (1915)
Allies tried to conquer Turkey in Allies tried to conquer Turkey in order to get supplies to Russiaorder to get supplies to Russia
The battle ended in stalemate The battle ended in stalemate and the Allies had to withdraw and the Allies had to withdraw after a yearafter a year
U.S. Enters the WarU.S. Enters the War
Four ReasonsFour Reasons Sinking of the Sinking of the LusitaniaLusitania
Unrestricted submarine warfare; Unrestricted submarine warfare; Germany attacked all ships in the Germany attacked all ships in the North AtlanticNorth Atlantic
Zimmermann NoteZimmermann Note
Cultural Ties to BritainCultural Ties to Britain
Russia WithdrawsRussia Withdraws
Czar Nicholas II Czar Nicholas II abdicates the abdicates the throne in March, throne in March, 19171917
Provisional Provisional government government continues the war; continues the war; 5.5 million Russian 5.5 million Russian casualtiescasualties
Russia WithdrawsRussia Withdraws Russian Revolution in November, 1917Russian Revolution in November, 1917
Treaty of Brest Litovsk ends the war in Treaty of Brest Litovsk ends the war in the east between Russia and Germanythe east between Russia and Germany