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The Great War

The Great War. World War I Unit 13. Links. Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand Discovery Ed: WWI WWI PPT Personal Stories Sounds of WWI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7WAu_jAnQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjOVFQoAoM&feature=related . Map of Participants in WWI.

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The Great War

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  1. The Great War World War I Unit 13

  2. Links • Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand • Discovery Ed: WWI • WWI PPT • Personal Stories • Sounds of WWI • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7WAu_jAnQ&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjOVFQoAoM&feature=related

  3. Map of Participants in WWI Allied Powers were: France, United Kingdom, Russia, United States Central Powers were: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey Directions: Fill in your map using the following countries. Color Allied Powers blue and Central Powers red. Fill in the Map Key at the bottom of the map.

  4. World War I: Map of Europe, 1914

  5. Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers: Germany Great Britain World War I France Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Russia

  6. Causes of WWI-MANIA!! • Militarism-Policy of building up a strong Military to prepare for war • Alliances- Agreements between nations to provide aid and protect on another • Nationalism- extreme pride in one’s country • Imperialism- when one country takes over another country economically and politically • Assassination- of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand

  7. The 5 Major Causes of WWI 1. Militarism Countries throughout Europe made built a strong defense to prepare for war. 2. Alliances An agreement that if one country was attacked, allied countries were bound to help protect them. 3. Nationalism The nationalism of the various countries throughout Europe contributed to the beginning and length of the war in Europe. Each country tried to prove their dominance and power. 4. Imperialism Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control. The raw materials these areas could provide were appealing to these countries. The increasing competition and desire for greater empires led to confrontation that helped push the world into World War I. 5. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand The final trigger to the beginning of World War I (that made all the items come into play; alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was this assassination.

  8. Aggressive Nationalism

  9. The War and Industrial Revolution:NewTechnology

  10. What new weapons were used in WWI • Machine Guns • Poison Gas • Submarine (U Boat) • Airplane • Tank All of these weapons existed because of the Industrial Revolution.

  11. French Renault Tank

  12. The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

  13. U-Boats

  14. Why was WWI a Stalemate? • What is a stalemate? • When neither side can make a move to win. Question: What was the solution for all of the new technology that was being used in WWI? Answer: Trench Warfare Millions of people died, but not ground was gained.

  15. Trench Warfare It was a form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches, to seek protection from enemy fire & to defend their positions.

  16. No Man’s Land • The stretch of land between the front line trenches was dangerous. No Man's Land contained miles of barbed wire, hundreds of corpses, and land mines. • Sometimes as narrow as 15 yards or as wide as several hundred yards, No Man's Land was heavily guarded by machine gun and sniper fire. Soldiers were forced to cross No Man's Land to advance or scout for enemy positions. Official truces were often necessary to retrieve the wounded or bury the dead.

  17. LIFE IN THE TRENCHES • Lived very close to other soldiers. • Not much room to move around. • Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjOVFQoAoM&feature=related

  18. LIFE IN THE TRENCHES • Trenches could be miserable sometimes • Rainstorms • trench foot • sanitation • lice & rats

  19. Trench Food • A total of 3,240,948 tons of food was sent to the front lines. • The bulk of their diet was bully beef (caned corned beef), bread and biscuits. • By the winter of 1916 flour was in such short supply that bread was being made with dried ground turnips. • Finally, the main food was pea-soup with a few lumps of horsemeat

  20. POISON GAS • a new weapon used in the war • different types • blind • choke • Burn

  21. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  22. Poison Gas Machine Gun

  23. World War I Casualties

  24. Cost of the War • 15 million people were killed. • About 1/3 of the soldiers that fought in the war were wounded. • The economic cost was severe. • Estimates put the damage at about 100 trillion modern U.S. dollars. • The European economy was left in shambles and the U.S. emerged as the dominant world economic power.

  25. Trench Warfare Activity • Sounds of WWI • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7WAu_jAnQ&feature=related • You and your group are to make a trench using your desks. Create your own ammo using paper. • Listen the sounds of war. • Write a final letter home that you would like someone to give your family if you did not survive. Be as descriptive as possible.

  26. World War II: Map of Europe; 1939

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