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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

Page 2: European alliances before World War I

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

Page 3: European alliances before World War I

• Alliances• The Western Front• Battles Along the Western

Front

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

Page 4: European alliances before World War I

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

Page 5: European alliances before World War I

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


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