World Conflict in the 20th Century

How did developments related to WW I help lead to WW II?

History Benchmark D

Connect developments related to World War I with the onset of World War II

Developments relating to World War I

• Forces Behind the Outbreak of War– Nationalism• Each ethnic group has right to have own

country/territory

– Militarism• Glorification of military power• Build of armies, weapons and infrastructure

• Outbreak of World War I–Alliances• Triple Alliance• Triple Entente

–Assassination • Austria-Hungary -- Archduke Ferdinand &

wife

• New kind of War–New weapons (WMD)•Machine guns, submarines, airplanes•Chemical weapons

–Trench warfare

United States enters War

• Neutral at first• German submarines attack American ships– U.S. enters war 1917

• Nov. 11, 1918– Germany, Austria-Hungary & Ottoman Empire

surrender

The Legacy of World War I• Collapse of empires– Austria-Hungary– Ottoman Empire (Turkey)– Germany– Russia

• Treaty of Versailles– Loss of land– Disarmament– War Guilt

• League of Nations