the great war 1914-1918

The Great War1914-1918

The War to End All Wars

The Great WarOver 20 million killedFirst Industrialized WarTotal WarThe War to End All Wars…

Causes of WWI

NationalismEconomic Competition ImperialismMilitarismAlliance system

The British Empire in 1914The British Empire in 1914

Aggressive Nationalism Aggressive Nationalism

Economic & Imperial Rivalries Economic & Imperial Rivalries

Queen Victoriar. 1837-1901

King, Tsar, and Kaiser

King Albert And Franz Josef

Alliances: Bismarck’s fears War on Two Fronts The Three Emperor’s League-1873 Dual Alliance-1879 Triple Alliance-1882 Russian Accords- 1887 Britain

1888

Kaiser Wilhelm I, Frederick Wilhelm I, Wilhelm II

Fires Bismarck in 1890

Kaiser Wilhelm II

The Alliances

Two alliances- Triple Alliance and Triple Entente

Powder Keg

Europe in 1914Europe in 1914

The Alliance System The Alliance System

General General WarWar

General General WarWar

Triple EntenteTriple Entente::Triple EntenteTriple Entente:: Triple AllianceTriple Alliance::Triple AllianceTriple Alliance::

On the Brink… 1894 Dreyfus Affair Moroccan Crisis 1905 and 1911 Bosnia 1908 Balkans War 1909-13

Bismarck: “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will provoke the next war.”

Crisis in the Balkans Young Turks-1908 Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina:

Yugoslavia? Austria-Hungary- Franz Joseph Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie June 28, 1914

Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914

The“Powder Keg”

of Europe

The“Powder Keg”

of Europe

The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913

Franz Ferdinand

The Black Hand What was it? “Union of Death” Gavrilo Princip

The Assassin: The Assassin:

GavriloPrincipGavriloPrincip

The Worst Wrong Turn Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and

Sophie June 28, 1914

The Spark Emperor Franz Joseph The “Blank Check” Austrian Ultimatum July 28, 1914 Austria declares war

Germany’s Plan

Schlieffen Plan

Field Marshal Alfred Von Schlieffen

The Right Arm

The Schlieffen PlanThe Schlieffen Plan

France’s Plan

French Plan #17- Élan

The War Begins

Willy/Nicky lettersAugust 1, 1914 Propaganda

Who’s To Blame?Who’s To Blame?

Britain Enters

August 4, 1914 Belgium BEFThe US?

German Atrocities in BelgiumGerman Atrocities in Belgium

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The First Battle of the Marne

The Belgians FightThe Russians get ready Another Wrong TurnTaxicab ArmySept 1914

The Taxi Cab Army

The Sides Central Powers: Germany,

Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

Allied Powers: France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, and Japan

Italy?

Western FrontNew Weapons- Industrial

RevolutionStalemateWar of attrition Trench Warfare- “No Man’s

Land”

A Multi-Front WarA Multi-Front War

The Western FrontThe Western Front

Trench warfare

500 miles Switzerland to the North Sea

Conditions in the TrenchesRats…millions of themOver the top

The Western FrontThe Western Front

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

““No Man’s No Man’s Land”Land”

““No Man’s No Man’s Land”Land”

War Is HELL !!War Is HELL !!

Sacrifices in WarSacrifices in War

Christmas Truce 1914

The Weapons Barbed Wire Machine gun Artillery Flamethrower Tank Zeppelins Air Plane Poison Gas Railroads and radios

Battles Marne 1 and 2 1914 and 1918 Tannenberg- The East -1914 Verdun- Petain-1916 Somme-1916 Ypres: Passchendaele 1914,15,17 Jutland- 1916