A New Kind of Conflict

The “Great War”(Turn to pg. 685)

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After the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand:

Serbia VS. Austria-Hungary

Russia GermanyFrance

*** Italy & Britain remained uncommitted.

The Schlieffen Plan (pg. 683)

• Britain had to decide whether or not to support its Triple Entente ally France.

• Germany made the decision for them!

• The Schlieffen Plan was designed to avoid a two-front war against France in the west and Russia in the east.

• Under this plan, Germany first had to defeat France quickly and then it would fight Russia.

Schlieffen Plan: required German armies to march through Belgium to get to France.

• On August 3, Germany INVADED a neutral Belgium.

• Britain and other Europeans had signed a treat guaranteeing Belgian neutrality, so Britain declared war on Germany.

• Italy chose to remain neutral for the time being.

The Western FrontThe Western Front

The Western Front• Germans soon violated the Schlieffen Plan;

Russia mobilized more quickly than Germany had expected.

• As Russia won a few small victories in the east, Germany had to shift some troops there which weakened their forces in the west.

• The British joined French troops and pushed back the German offensive which destroyed Germany’s hopes for a quick victory on the Western Front.

A Multi-Front WarA Multi-Front War

Trench• Fortification. A long, narrow excavation in the

ground to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.

• Roasted under the broiling sun or froze thorough the long winters.

• Living there soldiers shared food with rats and their beds with lice.

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

““No Man’s Land”No Man’s Land”““No Man’s Land”No Man’s Land”

The only remedy for trench foot was for the soldiers to dry their feet and change their socks several times a day. By the end of 1915 British soldiers in the trenches had to have three pairs of socks with them and were under orders to change their socks at least twice a day.

Recruitment PostersRecruitment Posters

MobilizationMobilization

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New Technology from

World War One

(pg. 688)

French Renault Tank

French Renault Tank

British Tank at Ypres

British Tank at Ypres

FlameThrowers

FlameThrowers

GrenadeLaunchersGrenade

Launchers

Poison Gas

Poison Gas

Machine Gun

Machine Gun

The Zeppelin: gas-filled balloon

The Zeppelin: gas-filled balloon

The AirplaneThe Airplane

“Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917“Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

The Flying Aces of World War I

The Flying Aces of World War I

Eddie Rickenbacher, US

FrancescoBarraco, It.

Rene PaukFonck, Fr.

Manfred vonRichtoffen, Ger.

[The “Red Baron”]

Willy Coppens deHolthust, Belg.

Eddie “Mick”Mannoch, Br.

U-BoatsU-Boats

“One out of every four men who went out to the World War did not come back again..and of those who came back, many are maimed and blind and some are mad.” – pg. 685

War is HELL!!!

Sacrifices in WarSacrifices in War

Wartime Propaganda

- spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause.

Australian PosterAustralian Poster

American PosterAmerican Poster

Financing the WarFinancing the War

Hun = German

German PosterGerman Poster

Think of Your Children!Think of Your Children!

The U.S. went to war in 1917 because…1. Unrestricted submarine warfare that Germans

engaged in. Attack on the Lusitania.

2. Cultural sympathy for England and France (common language, democracies).

3. Zimmerman Telegram – coded message from Germany to Mexico asking for help in the war in exchange for lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.

The Sinking of the Lusitania

The Sinking of the Lusitania

The Zimmerman TelegramThe Zimmerman Telegram

The YanksAre

Coming!

The YanksAre

Coming!