• RIA CHAKRABORTY

• KRISHA SHOKEEN

• ERA VATS

• PRANAV JAIN

• ROHIT PANDIT

• MUKESH KUMAR

• RIZUL YADAV

The World War of 1914-18 - The Great War, as contemporaries called it -- was the first man-made catastrophe of the 20th century.

True to the military alliances, Europe's powers quickly drew up sides after the assassination. The allies -- chiefly Russia, France and Britain -- were pitted against the Central Powers -- primarily Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey. Eventually, the War spread beyond Europe. This included the United States, which joined the War in 1917 when President Woodrow Wilson called on Americans to "make the world safe for democracy."

Most of the leaders in 1914 had no real idea of the war machine they were putting into motion. Before the official Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918, nine million people had died on the battlefield and the world was forever changed.

June 28th – August 4th 1914• Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand• Austro-Hung declares war on Serbia• Russia vows to Protect Serbia• Germany vows to protect Austro-Hung• Russia mobilizes to German/Polish

Boarder• Germany fears attack and attacks Russia• France allies with Russia based on old

treaty• Germany invades France through

Belgium and Luxemburg • Britain declares war on Germany for

invasion

Nations Take Sides;• Allies

• France-Great Britain-Russia-Italy-U.S.-Japan

Central Powers;• Germany-Austria/Hungary-

Ottoman Empire

Trench Warfare on French-German Border;

• 500 miles of Trench from North Sea to the

Alps• 1 – 10 miles across

Battles;• Verdun, Marne, Somme Valley• German Hindenburg Line

• Forced by new weapons into the ground

• 3ft to 10 ft trenches 100 – 1000yds. apart

• Land in Middle is called “No Man’s Land”

• System of attack – counter attack

• Fortified by machine guns, gas, artillery and cement

Tank

• Armour protection, mobile gun, unreliable in WWI

Submarine

• German U-Boat, Torpedoes, Shipping Blockades

Poison Gas

• Mustard Gas & Chlorine, Choked-Blinded & Killed

Machine Gun

• Caused Trench warfare, Two men could operate

Air Plane

• Air recon.-B

• Countries need to protect Imperial Territory

• Used subjects to fight to a European War

• Establish new world dominance

Gallipoli Peninsula• April 25, 1915

Casualties• Turkish 250,000

Allied Forces• British – 205,000• French – 43,000• ANZAC – 36,000

Territory Gained• ZERO!!!!!

Japan• Take German land in China• Take German South Pacific Is.

India• 1.3 Million Indians Fight for Great Britain, their Imperial Rulers.

The Lost Generation

• 37% of European Males

between 18-24 Died

• Deaths;

• Germany 2.1 Million

• France 2 Million

• Russia 1.7 Million

• Austro-Hung. 1.5 Million

• Italy 500,000

38 Billion in Economic

Losses

• August 23 - Battle of Mons - Western Front

• August 23-31 - Battle of Tannenberg - Eastern Front

• August 28 - Battle of Heligoland Bight - At Sea

• September 6-12 - First Battle of the Marne-Western Front

• October 19-November 22 - First Battle of Ypres -Western Front

• November 1 - Battle of Coronel - At Sea

• December 8 - Battle of the Falklands - At Sea

• December 16 - Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool, & Whitby - At Sea

• December 24-25 - The Christmas Truce - Western Front

• January 24 - Battle of Dogger Bank - At Sea

• February 19-January 9, 1916 -Gallipoli Campaign - Middle East

• April 22-May 25 - Second Battle of Ypres - Western Front

• May 7 - Sinking of the Lusitania -At Sea

• September 25-October 14 - Battle of Loos - Western Front

• February 21-December 18 - Battle of Verdun - Western Front

• May 31-June 1 - Battle of Jutland -At Sea

• July 1-November 18 - Battle of the Somme - Western Front

• August 3-5 - Battle of Romani -Middle East

• December 23 - Battle of Magdhaba - Middle East

• January 9 - Battle of Rafa - Middle East

• Janaury 16 - Zimmermann Telegram -Western Front

• March 26 - First Battle of Gaza - Middle East

• April 9-May 16 - Battle of Arras - Western Front

• June 7-14 - Battle of Messines - Western Front

• July 31-November 6 - Battle of Passchendaele(Third Ypres) - Western Front

• October 24-November 19 - Battle of Caporetto - Italian Front

• October 31-November 7 - Third Battle of Gaza - Middle East

• November 20-December 6 - Battle of Cambrai - Western Front

• March 21-April 5 - Spring Offensives -Operation Michael - Western Front

• June 1-June 26 - Battle of Belleau Wood - Western Front

• July 15-August 6 - Second Battle of the Marne - Western Front

• August 8-11 - Battle of Amiens -Western Front

• September 19-October 1 - Battle of Megiddo - Middle East

• September 26-November 11 - Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Western Front

• 10 Million Killed • 338 Billion in Economic Loss• Europe;

• War torn between economies and Cities• Lost generation• German hostilities to European Powers• German Economic Depression• Leads to Hitler’s Rise and WWII• Italians feel slighted by concessions• Russian Collapses Leads to Revolution• Rise of Communism – Lenin - Stalin

• World;• U.S. Industrial Boom

• Europe lost many industrial centres

• Red Scare / Fear of Socialism

• Changing borders in Asia and Africa

• Japan feels slighted as Europe takes territory