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26.3 part 2 Winning the War
Objective 1: Describe how WW1 became a total war and how these
efforts helped to end the warObjective 2: Outline how Germany
Collapsed
• March Bread Riots lead to over throw of Tsar• V.I. Lenin takes power with promise of ending
the war• March 1918 – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk• Central Powers now only had one front –
began attempts to break the stalemate
U.S. entry into the Great War• May 1915 – U-Boat sunk the
British liner Lusitania• Almost 1,200 passengers
killed – 128 Americans• Last straw was Zimmerman
note. • April 2, 1917 Wilson and
Congress declare war.• Doughboys bring new
energy/money/resources to the fight.
• 1918 – 2 million U.S. troops in Europe
The Fourteen Points
• Issued in January 1918 by President Wilson• Self-determination – right to choose their own
form of government • List of terms to resolve WW1 and future wars– Freedom of :the seas, trade, reduction of arms,
end secret treaties
Demise of the Central Powers
• German “Ludendorff Offensive” fails at 2nd Marne. Why?
• Fresh American, French, Moroccan forces
Collapse of Germany• Nov. 3, 1918: German sailors mutiny• Nov. 9. 1918: Berlin rebels• The Kaiser flees to the Netherlands• CEASEFIRE 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month – ends Great
War• FINAL TOLL: • 4 years of fighting, involving 30 nations• 26 million dead ( half are civilians)• 20 million wounded• 10 million refugees• COST= $350,000,000,000