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WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR I. 1914 - 1918. Causes of World War I. MILITARISM – creation of large powerful militaries and stockpiling weapons ALLIANCE SYSTEM – nations pledge to protect and support each other IMPERIALISM – when a stronger nation takes over a weaker nation (to gain $, power, respect)

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WORLD WAR I

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  1. WORLD WAR I 1914 - 1918

  2. Causes of World War I • MILITARISM – creation of large powerful militaries and stockpiling weapons • ALLIANCE SYSTEM – nations pledge to protect and support each other • IMPERIALISM – when a stronger nation takes over a weaker nation (to gain $, power, respect) • NATIONALISM – pride or love for one’s nation

  3. THE ASSASSINATION OFTHE ARCHDUKE Shot Rings Throughout Europe

  4. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie The Spark of World War I

  5. The Assassin- Gavrilo Princip - 1914

  6. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia… Little do they know Allies are waiting in the wings Propaganda like this was recruiting allied soldiers

  7. No smiling and relaxed faces… No clean uniforms… Their equipment is scattered everywhere… Boredom and sleep are obvious…

  8. Life in the trenches • Millions of rats! (~900 offspring a year) • Brown rats ate human remains • Grew to the size of cats • Lice • Leads to trench fever • Trench foot (fungal infection) • Cold, wet, blood, urine, vomit, feces • Smell • Rotting bodies, gas, feet, etc. • “No man’s land”

  9. Trench Foot

  10. No Man’s Land • The area between trenches of opposing armies • Covered with barbed wire, mines, and fallen soldiers

  11. British tank, German machine gun, & Australian anti-aircraft gun

  12. Aircraft

  13. Poisonous Gas • This war was also the first to use chlorine and mustard gas. The German army was the first to use chlorine in 1915. • French soldiers had not come across this before and assumed that it was a smoke screen. It has a distinctive smell – a mixture of pepper and pineapple – and they only realized they were being gassed when they started to have chest pains and a burning sensation in their throats! • Death is painful – you suffocate.

  14. British soldier wearing gas mask

  15. The effects of mustard gas

  16. German U-Boats

  17. U-Boats The U-boat campaign can be broken into two distinct phases. The first was aimed at allied surface warships; The second, and ultimately more successful, was targeted towards allied shipping - using the U-boat as a tool to enforce an embargo.

  18. Large Scale Devastation

  19. Ruins of France

  20. Ruined church at Montfaicon

  21. Stone bridge blown up by Belgians

  22. Death, Recovery of Bodies, & Burial

  23. CASUALTIES GRAND TOTAL- 37 million • 8.5 M killed –21 M wounded 7.7 MIA Top losers • Russia- 9.15 Million Casualties • Germany 7.1 M • Austria 7 M (90% of men mobilized) • France 6.1 M

  24. Effects of WW1 • ALLIES WIN!!! • Every continent but Antarctica involved • “Total War” • 20 million deaths (+21 million wounded) • $338 billion • Women • Factories, offices, shops, hospitals, etc. • Treaty of Versailles • League of Nations

  25. Results of World War I • Political Cost • Economic Cost • Treaty of Versailles • Making Peace

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