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The End of the War

The End of the War. 1917-1918. 1917: Two Major Events. March  abdication of Czar Nicholas Provisional Government Bolsheviks and peace April 2 United States declares war on Germany. Summer 1918. Things weren’t looking so good for the Allies. Germany is on the Move.

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The End of the War

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  1. The End of the War 1917-1918

  2. 1917: Two Major Events • March abdication of Czar Nicholas • Provisional Government • Bolsheviks and peace • April 2 United States declares war on Germany

  3. Summer 1918 Things weren’t looking so good for the Allies

  4. Germany is on the Move • Peace is signed with Russia • Germany moves West • Takes back Ypres, the Somme, and Passchendaele • By the summer, the front line is only 75km from Paris

  5. Enter Exhaustion No reserves, no fresh troops, no food, and no supplies

  6. The “Hundred Days” • General Currie • Arras, Cambrai, Valenciennes • Armistice signed • Private George Price • Last soldier to die on the Western Front was a Canadian

  7. Peace? • Paris Peace Conference • Treaty of Versailles • 14-point plan for peace • 1919

  8. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen??? • League of Nations • Collective security • Mixed emotions • Limitations on the League

  9. The Aftermath • 1918-1919 • Hunger • Spanish Flu

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