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1914-1918: The World at War

1914-1918: The World at War. Causes of the War. 4. Aggressive Nationalism. Importance of Nationalism. Nationalism is a devotion to the interest of one's nation. Great feelings of national pride was characterized by Germany and Italy.

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1914-1918: The World at War

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  1. 1914-1918:The Worldat War

  2. Causesof theWar

  3. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

  4. Importance of Nationalism • Nationalism is a devotion to the interest of one's nation. • Great feelings of national pride was characterized by Germany and Italy. • While nations such as France, Italy, and Germany used nationalism to unite their populations, other countries were torn apart by ethnic tension. • Nationalism in one way increased tension in Europe.

  5. The“Spark”

  6. The Assassination of the Archduke • Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria visited Bosnia capital on June 28, 1914. • Seven assassins from the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist group, plot against him. • 19 year old Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke and his wife.

  7. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

  8. The Assassination: Sarajevo

  9. The Assassin: GavriloPrincip

  10. Who’s To Blame?

  11. System of Alliances • Web of treaties to protect themselves from attack • Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. • Triple Entente: France, Russia, and Great Britain.

  12. 1. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

  13. Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

  14. Europe in 1914

  15. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

  16. Austria-Hungary Ultimatum • Germany gave “blank check” support to Austria. • Austria gives ultimatum to Serbia. • Serbia refuses to let Austria officials run an investigation in Serbia.

  17. The Alliance leads to War • Russia supported Serbia and Germany supported Austria-Hungary. • Within one week, almost all of Europe plunged into war: • Germany declared war on Russia and France. • Britian declares war on Germany.

  18. The Schlieffen Plan

  19. German Atrocities in Belgium

  20. Mobilization • Home by Christmas! • No major war in 50 years! • Nationalism! It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there!

  21. Recruitment Posters

  22. A Young Australian Recruit

  23. Recruits of the Central Powers A German Soldier Says Farewell to His Mother Austro-Hungarians

  24. New French Recruits

  25. A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier

  26. Womenand theWarEffort

  27. Financing the War

  28. For Recruitment

  29. Munitions Workers

  30. French Women Factory Workers

  31. German Women Factory Workers

  32. Working in the Fields

  33. A Woman Ambulance Driver

  34. Red Cross Nurses

  35. Women in the Army Auxiliary

  36. Russian Women Soldiers

  37. Spies • “Mata Hari” • Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle • German Spy!

  38. Posters:WartimePropaganda

  39. Australian Poster

  40. American Poster

  41. Financing the War

  42. German Poster Think of Your Children!

  43. The Western Front: A “War of Attrition”

  44. A Multi-Front War

  45. The Western Front

  46. Trench Warfare

  47. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

  48. Verdun – February, 1916 • German offensive. • Each side had 500,000 casualties.

  49. The Somme – July, 1916 • 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. • Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

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