the conflict broadens germany’s schlieffen plan – 2 front war send small german force to russia...
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The Conflict Broadens Germany’s Schlieffen Plan
– 2 front war • Send small German force to Russia while majority of
troops invade France. • Germans invade Belgium bringing Britain into WWI
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The Two FrontsWestern Front
Schlieffen Plan fails.• German defeated outside
of Paris –Battle of Marne-1st &
most important battle
Eastern Front
Russian– Unindustrialized– Large pop=large army
Battle of Tannenberg –Russia pushed out of Germany
Battle of Galicia -Russians pushed out of Austria-Hungary
Italians betrayed Central Powers & joined Allied powers.
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New Fight tactics & Weapons Trench warfare
-war of Attriction – war based on wearing the other side down by attacks and loses.
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Trench Foot
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FlameThrowers
FlameThrowers
GrenadeLaunchersGrenade
Launchers
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Poison Gas
Poison Gas
Machine Gun
Machine Gun
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Krupp’s “Big Bertha” GunKrupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun
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British Tank at YpresBritish Tank at Ypres
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War in the Air 1915 airplanes appear on battle front.
– 1st used as reconnaissance, but then for attacking ground targets. • Used hand pistols & later machine guns• German s used zeppelins to bomb London.
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The Flying Aces of World War I
The Flying Aces of World War I
Eddie Rickenbacher, US
FrancescoBarraco, It.
Rene PaukFonck, Fr.
Manfred vonRichtoffen, Ger.
[The “Red Baron”]
Willy Coppens deHolthust, Belg.
Eddie “Mick”Mannoch, Br.
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Looking for the “Red Baron?”
Looking for the “Red Baron?”