WORLD WAR I1914 -1918

FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNESeptember 1914

French transport soldiers by 2000 taxicabs to the front line

TRENCH WARFARE : 2 Lines of trenches reach : 2 Lines of trenches reach from the English Channel to Switzerlandfrom the English Channel to Switzerland

STALEMATE: Neither French or Germans gain STALEMATE: Neither French or Germans gain groundground

SCHLIEFFEN PLAN is a failure – Germany must SCHLIEFFEN PLAN is a failure – Germany must fight a two front warfight a two front war

French Taxis to the Front

Trench Life

Trench Warfare

Going Over the Top

Charging into No-Man’s Land

The Western Front

Arial View

Battle of VerdunFebruary – November 1916

War of Attrition – wear the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses: 540,000 French casualties 430,000 Germans 700,000 French and German soldiers die

Remains of Trenches Today

The Eastern Front

The Battle of TannenbergAugust 1914

Germans surround Russians Of the 150,000 Russian troops:

95,000 captured 30,000 killed 10,000 escape Russian General Samsonov kills self rather than

report back to Tsar Nicolas

Germans surround Russians

Tannenberg

Russian Prisoners

War Time “Planned Economies” Price, wage, & rent controls Rationing of food supplies and materials Regulate imports and exports Take over of transportation and industries Women move into “male” jobs

New Roles for Women

Allied Victory 1917 – U.S. Enters war Fresh troops and Materials Psychological boost

Second Battle of the MarneJuly 1918

140,000 fresh American troops supported by 350 tanks push Germans back over the Marne

Central Powers Collapse With the arrival of 2 million more U.S. troops,

Allied forces advance toward Germany 1st – Bulgarians & Ottoman Turks surrender German soldiers mutiny Kaiser Wilhelm steps down November 11, 1918 Germany and France sign an

armistice: an agreement to stop fighting

Legacy of WWI Technology brings war’s death and destruction on

a global scale 8.5 Mil. Soldiers die 21 Mil. Wounded Countless civilians die of starvation, disease , &

slaughter Drains treasuries of Europe $338 Billion Destruction of farms, industries, homes, villages,

and cities