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World War I
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT WWI
• Started on July 28, 1914
• Ended November 11, 1918
• Almost 8 million died because of the war– Russia having the most : 1.7 million
• 22,000,000 wounded
• MAP OF EUROPE GREATLY CHANGED
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Causes of WWI – MANIA!Militarism - policy of building up a strong military to prepare for war (ARMS RACE)
Alliances – agreements between nations to provide aid and protect on another
•European powers formed rival alliances to protect themselves
•PROBLEM: One event could drag all countries involved into a conflict
Assassination – of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Imperialism – when one country takes over another country economically and politically.
Nationalism – extreme pride in one’s country
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MILITARISM
World War I was the first war in which advanced weaponry and tactics were used
• There was a race for creating more weapons of mass destruction among nations
• There was a desire to create a large amount of weapons as well as building up a nation’s army and navy
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Triple Alliance vs. Triple Entente
• The Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy was counter-balanced by the Triple Entente of France, Russia, and Great Britain.
• As a result, by 1907 Europe was divided into two armed and rather fearful camps.
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AlliancesTriple Alliance Triple Entente
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Nationalism
• The French Revolution had spread nationalism throughout most of Europe
–The idea that people with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states through the process of self-determination
MAIN IDEA OF NATIONALISM
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Nationalism
• STRONG IN THE BALKAN AREA • Ottoman Empire ruled the Balkan area for 400 years• Balkans
– Albanians, Greeks, Romanians, and Slav– Each group was struggling for their own independence
• BOSNIA– Area of great hostility
• Austria- Hungary annexed Bosnia as one of its territories in 1908
• Serbia was newly independent and thought that Bosnia should be one of their territories– THIS BECAME AN AREA OF CONFLICT
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Imperialism• Virtually all the major powers were engaged in a scramble for empire to bolster their
economies
• The fiercest competition was between Britain and Germany and between France and Germany
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Imperialism
• Great Britain, Germany and France needed foreign markets after the increase in manufacturing caused by the Industrial Revolution. • These countries competed for economic
expansion in Africa. • Clash of France against Germany and Britain
in North Africa• In the Middle East, the crumbling Ottoman
Empire was alluring to Austria-Hungary, the Balkans and Russia.
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European Conquest of
Africa
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The“Spark”
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THE BLACK HAND
• Black Hand: Serbian nationalist group
• The main objective of the Black Hand was the creation, by means of violence, of a Greater Serbia.
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Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie at Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28th, 1914.
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Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was
killed in Bosnia by a Serbian
nationalist group called the Black
Hand who believed that
Bosnia should belong to Serbia.
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Domino Effect
Austria Hungary blamed Serbia for Ferdinand’s death and declared war on Serbia.
Germany pledged their support for Austria -Hungary.
Russia pledged their support for Serbia.
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Domino Effect
Germany declares war on Russia.
France pledges their support for Russia.
Germany declares war on France.
Germany invades Belgium on the way to France.
Great Britain supports Belgium and declares war on Germany.
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Central Powers Allied Powers
World War IWorld War IWorld War IWorld War I
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Russia
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
United States (1917)
COMBATANTS OF WWI
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Why was WWI a Stalemate?
• What’s a stalemate?–Neither side can make a move to
win
• Both sides of the war threw arms and troops in to win but…………
• Millions die without gaining ground.
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What new weapons were used in WWI?
• Machine gun• Poison gas (Mustard gas)
• Carried by the wind• Burned out soldier’s lungs• Deadly in the trenches
where it would sit at the bottom
• Submarine• Airplane• Tank• Hand grenades• Flame Throwers• Why these weapons? Why now?
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!! (CH. 6)
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Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare – type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire
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• Trenches were dug from English Channel to Switzerland
• 6,250 miles
• 6 to 8 feet deep
• Immobilized both sides for 4 years
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MYTH
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REALITY
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THE TRENCH SYSTEM
• Front line
• Communication trench
• Support trenches
• No Mans Land
• Barbed wire
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BRITISH TRENCH
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LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
• Elaborate systems of defense– barbed wire– Concrete machine
gun nests– Mortar batteries– Troops lived in holes
underground
• Boredom– Soldiers read to
pass the time– Sarah Bernhardt
came out to the front to read poetry to the soldiers
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“Death is Everywhere”
• “We all had on us the stench of dead bodies.” Death numbed the soldier’s minds.
• Shell shock (mental anguish)
• Psychological devastation• “Never such innocence
again”
• Bitterness towards aristocratic officers whose lives were never in danger
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TRENCH FOOT
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OTHER WWI WEAPONRY
Used to stop stalemate
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“BIG BERTHA”
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German submarines, called U-boats, torpedoed enemy ships and neutral ships trading with the enemy.
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German U-Boat torpedoes a British ship
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In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.
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WWI AIRCRAFT
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SPAD VII
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Curtiss Jenny