world war i. setting it up austria declares war on serbia russia mobilizes as a “precaution”...
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World War IWorld War I
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Setting it UpSetting it Up
• Austria declares war on Serbia
• Russia mobilizes as a “precaution”
• Germany declares war on Russia
• Germany expects France to help Russia so they declare war on France
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Schlieffen PlanSchlieffen Plan
• Attack France quickly and win
• Get over to Russia before they can mobilize (no industry/railroads)
• Works at first, but falls apart quickly
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GermanyGermany
• Marches into Belgium in order to get to France– Belgium is neutral– England declares war
on Germany to protect Belgium
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New Alliance SystemsNew Alliance Systems
• Central Powers = Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
• Allies (1914) = England, France, Russia, Japan and Italy
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War begins – supposed to be quickWar begins – supposed to be quick
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First Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of the Marne
• Germany tries to take Paris, but fails
• Possibly most important battle of war – Schlieffen Plan fails
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Western FrontWestern Front
• French/German border • Trench Warfare
– 500 miles of trenches– Rats, disease, human
waste, dead bodies, no fresh food, muddy
– ‘No Man’s Land” is area between German and French trenches – dangerous
– Stalemate – neither side advances much
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Famous/Important BattlesFamous/Important Battles
• Second Battle at Ypres (1915)– 1st use of Chlorine Gas (by Germans)– Gas covered 4 miles; affected 10,000, ½
of those died in 10 minutes
• Verdun (siege Feb. 1916)– German try to finish war in France– 100,000 shells every hour– 10 months; ½ mill. French casualties– War of Attrition
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Battle of the Somme (1916)Battle of the Somme (1916)
• Germans advance 4 miles
• English advance 5 miles
• 20,000 British killed in 1 day
• Over 1 ½ million casualties in 3 months
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Eastern FrontEastern Front
• Russian and German Borders
• Germans advance• Russia only survives
because of a large population (millions die)
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New Tools for warNew Tools for war
• 1. machine guns• 2. poison gas• 3. tanks• 4. airplanes• 5. submarines (U-
Boats)• 6. flamethrowers• 7. Zeppelins
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Other areas of warOther areas of war• Ottoman Empire
– Dardenelles• Led to
Constantinople• Also a trench
style stalemate• Gallipoli• T.E. Lawrence
(of Arabia) leads guerilla attacks by Arabs on Turks
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U.S. enters war (1917)U.S. enters war (1917)
• 1. Lusitania (1915)– English passenger
ship (128 Americans on board die) sunk by German U-boat
– Other ships are sunk as well
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U.S. enters warU.S. enters war
• 2. Zimmermann note– Germany tries to get
Mexico to invade U.S.• Promises a return of
conquered territory
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U.S. aids the AlliesU.S. aids the Allies
Enters April 1917
War Over in 18 months
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RussiaRussia
• Quits war• Has revolution at
home to deal with• Signs Treaty of Brest-
Litovsk with Germany– Treaty forces Russia
to give up lots of land
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22ndnd Battle of the Marne (July 1918) Battle of the Marne (July 1918)
• Germany’s last effort to win on Western Front – fails
• War is over• Kaiser Wilhelm steps
down
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GermanyGermany
• Loses king• Creates a republic
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Costs and LivesCosts and Lives
Russia most casualties Deadliest war in history up to this point
Money$185,000,000,000 totalU.S. = $22.5 billionGermany = $37.8 billion
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TreatyTreaty
War Ends 11/11/1918 at 11 a.m.
Treaty of Versailles Jan. 18, 1919
9 new nations created (including Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia)
Germany had to return Alsace-Lorraine to France
Germany had to pay $33 billion in war damages to the allies
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Treaty, cont.Treaty, cont.
• Germany’s army reduced to 100,000, no weapons, no U-boats
• Germany forced to admit sole guilt (war-guilt clause)
• Germany loses all colonial/imperial holdings
• Austria-Hungary divided
• Russia loses more territory than Germany
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Non-Treaty Results/Long-term Non-Treaty Results/Long-term significancesignificance
• League of Nations (threatens American isolationism?)
• Russia determined to regain territory as Soviet Union
• Germany humiliated (HUGE chip on its shoulder)
• No enforcing of treaty• World War II