European alliances before World War I

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European alliances before World War I Europe at its peak Imperial Tensions Militarism Nationalism System of Alliances

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Europe at its peak Imperial Tensions Militarism Nationalism System of Alliances. European alliances before World War I. Nationalism in the Balkans The Assassination of the Archduke Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum The alliance System lead to war. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: European alliances before World War I

European alliances before World War I

• Europe at its peak

• Imperial Tensions

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• System of Alliances

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Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, Duchess Sophie just before they were assassinated

• Nationalism in the Balkans• The Assassination of the Archduke• Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum• The alliance System lead to war

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• Alliances• The Western Front• Battles Along the Western

Front

• The Eastern Front• The Balkan Front• The Italian Front• The War ends

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British machine gunners in action in 1916 wearing gas helmets for protection from poison gas.

• The Machine Gun• Artillery• Weapons of the Industrial Age• Casualties of Modern Weaponry

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A German submarine

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A surfaced U-Boat torpedoes a merchant steamer during the First World War

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Zimmerman telegram

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American troops leave camp in 1917 and prepare to join the Great War going on in Europe

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US Soldier, Saying goodbye to family WWI

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WWI propaganda poster