WORLD WAR I- 1914-1918

WORLD WAR I- 1914-1918THE WAR TO END ALL WARSTHE GREAT WARTHE FIRST INDUSTRIAL WAR-the military-Industrial-ComplexMORE PEOPLE KILLED THAN IN ALL PREVIOUS WARS-COMBINED

EARLY 1900S- SIGNS OF PEACEARMS LIMITATION TALKSINTERNATIONAL RED CROSSOLYMPICS -1896-MODERN GAMESNOBEL PEACE PRIZES- ALFRED NOBELINCREASE IN PACIFISM-INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCESTRONG ECONOMIESPEACE BERTHA BERTHA VON SUTTNERBUT DEEP DOWN, THE WORLDS NATIONS DID NOT TRUST EACH OTHERIT WILL START IN THE EAST-BISMARCK

M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI1. MILITARISM-THE BELIEF THAT WAR IS THE BEST ANSWER TO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS --MILITARY LEADERS GAIN POLITICAL POWER --INCREASED TAXES TO PAY FOR WEAPONSMOBILIZATION MEANS WAR

M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI2. ALLIANCES- DO THEY CAUSE OR PREVENT WAR? ---NO ONE WANTED TO BE LEFT ALONE AND VULNERABLE TWO POWERFUL ALLIANCES EMERGE THE AXIS:-GERMANY, AUSTRIA- HUNGARY,ITALY,TURKEY THE ALLIES (ENTENTE)-FRANCE, ENGLAND, RUSSIA, SERBIA AND (LATER), U.S.EFFECT- A LOCAL CONFLICT CAN LEAD TO A BIGGER WAR

M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI3. IMPERIALISM-COMPETITION FOR COLONIES LED TO ANGER AND TENSION

4. NATIONALISM-ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND GERMANY WERE BITTER ABOUT THE PAST AND DISTRUSTFUL OF EACH OTHER. EACH WANTED TO RULE EUROPE --GROWTH OF PAN-SLAVISM IN THE EAST. AUSTRIA, THE BALKANS AND THE OTTOMANS WERE FORCES IN E. EUROPE

ALLIANCES-STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AXIS--CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER --VERY INDUSTRIAL--STRONG LEADERS (KAISER)--LARGER POPULATION AND BIGGER ARMIES--SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES--GOVERNMENT SUPPORT--UNITY OF PEOPLES ALLIES (ENTENTE)--SURROUNDED THE ENEMY--WERE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER--STRONG NAVY--GREATER MILITARY POTENTIAL--DIDNT REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER--DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOVERNMENTSTHE GUNS OF AUGUST-THE WAR BEGINSA CHAIN REACTION THE CATALYST- ASSASSINATION OF AUSTRIAS ARCHDUKE FERDINAND- IN SARAJEVO- BY G. PRINCEPS OF SERBIA-JUNE,1914. AUSTRIA ISSUES AN ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA. SERBIA REFUSES . AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR- 7/28. AUSTRIA AND SERBIA CALL IN THEIR ALLIES.GERMANY LAUNCHES THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN- INVADE AND CONQUER FRANCE (THROUGH BELGIUM), AND THEN DEAL WITH RUSSIA. AVOID A 2-FRONT WARBY AUGUST,THE LAMPS WERE GOING OUT ALL OVER EUROPE.WHO KILLED THE PEACE???WHY WWI WAS DIFFERENT1.-INVOLVED MANY MAJOR COUNTRIES AND COLONIES2- INTENSE FIGHTING EVERY DAY- MILLIONS DEAD3. TOTAL WAR- ENTIRE NATION MOBILIZED- DRAFT4. MODERN TECHNOLOGY ---AIRPLANES ---BLIMPS/ZEPPELINS -- Flamethrowers ---SUBMARINES --TANKS ---PORTABLE MACHINE GUNS --HAND GRENADES ---POISON GAS AND MASKS ---TRENCH WARFARE LED TO STALEMATE WAR OF ATTRITIONBATTLE OF VERDUNMAJOR EVENTS OF THE WAR- PRE-U.S.(1914-1917)1. WESTERN FRONT ESTABLISHED (BATTLE OF THE MARNE R.) --GERMANY INVADES FRANCE AND IS STOPPED. BOTH SIDES DIG IN.. 2. EASTERN FRONT ESTABLISHED(BATTLE OF TANNENBURG) --GERMANY INVADES RUSSIA. 3. BATTLE OF JUTLAND- GERMAN SURFACE NAVY IS DEFEATED BY ENGLAND. RETREATS TO BALTIC SEA. 4. GERMANY USES SUBMARINES TO BLOCKADE ENGLAND- WILL SOON AFFECT THE U.S.. 5. BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI-(TURKEY)-ENGLAND DEFEATED TRYING TO GET SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA. RUSSIA IS CUT OFF FROM ITS ALLIES THE U.S. ENTERS THE WAR- APR. 2, 1917REASONS:ZIMMERMANN NOTELUSITANIA SUNK-1915UNRESTRICTED GERMAN SUB WARFARERUSSIA PULLS OUTPRESSURE FROM IMMIGRANTSWOODROW WILSON DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY TOMAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACYWE DIDNT COME TO DIG TRENCHESLAFAYETTE, WE ARE HERE!!!

THE WAR ENDS- MAIN EVENTS AND REASONSLENIN LAUNCHES THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THEN PULLS RUSSIA OUT OF THE WARTHE US. ENTERSWILSON ISSUES THE 14 POINTS-CALLS FOR --FREEDOM OF THE SEAS --FREE TRADE --REDUCTION OF ARMS --NO SECRET TREATIES -- SELF-DETERMINATION -- AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS (U.N.) LEAGUE OF NATIONS GAVE EVERYONE REASONS TO END THE WAR

4. BATTLE OF THE ARGONNE FOREST- LAST MAJOR CAMPAIGN OF THE WAR. (THE LOST BATTALION)

NOV. 11TH, 1918- AT 11:00AMARMISTICE IS DECLARED

THE GUNS FELL SILENTTHE WAR ENDS, BUT PEACE WILL BE JUST AS DIFFICULT

EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR I9 MILLION DEAD20 MILLION MORE WOULD DIE FROM A WORLD WIDE FLU PANDEMICCITIES, FARMS,ROADS, RAILROADS DESTROYEDBILLIONS OF $ SPENTUNSTABLE GOVERNMENTSHARD FEELINGS REMAIN UNFINISHED BUSINESS7. SET STAGE FOR WW II

PEACE TREATIES FAIL -- VERSAILLES JUNE, 1919GERMANY IS FORCED TO SIGN TREATY --HAD TO PAY $30 BILLION REPARATIONS --FORCED TO SAY THEY STARTED THE WAR --LIMITED SIZE OF THEIR MILITARY --LOST ITS COLONIES -- HAD TO GIVE LAND TO FRANCE (Rhineland)WOULD LEAD TO THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER2. OTHER TREATIES --CREATED NEW NATIONS IN E. EUROPE --CREATED MANDATES IN MIDDLE EAST