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WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR I. THE GREAT WAR THE WAR TO END ALL WARS THE WAR TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY. MAP OF EUROPE 1914. 4 MAIN CAUSES. M ILITARISM A LLIANCES I MPERIALISM N ATIONALISM. MILITARISM. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ARMS RACE STRONG MILITARY = GREAT POWER

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WORLD WAR I

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  1. WORLD WAR I • THE GREAT WAR • THE WAR TO END ALL WARS • THE WAR TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY

  2. MAP OF EUROPE1914

  3. 4 MAIN CAUSES • MILITARISM • ALLIANCES • IMPERIALISM • NATIONALISM

  4. MILITARISM • INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION • ARMS RACE • STRONG MILITARY = GREAT POWER • ALL NATIONS HAVE STANDING ARMIES • PATRIOTISM

  5. “ALL THE LONG YEARS OF MY REIGN, THE MONARCHS OF EUROPE HAVE PAID NO ATTENTION TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. SOON,WITH MY GREAT NAVY TO ENDORSE MY WORDS, THEY WILL BE MORE RESPECTFUL.”KAISER WILHELM II

  6. ALLIANCES • MAKE PACTS (AGREEMENTS) TO AVOID WAR • DUAL ALLIANCE LEADS TO TRIPLE ALLIANCE:GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND THEN ITALY • TRIPLE ENTENTE:BRITAIN, FRANCE & RUSSIA

  7. CENTRAL POWERS: GERMANY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY OTTOMAN EMPIRE BULGARIA

  8. ALLIED POWERS: GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE RUSSIA ITALY UNITED STATES (1917-1918)

  9. IMPERIALISM • COMPETITION FOR COLONIES = STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL • COMPETITION BRINGS NATIONS TO BRINK OF WAR • DESIRE FOR EMPIRE BRINGS MISTRUST AMONG NATIONS

  10. NATIONALISM • INDUSTRIALISM LEADS TO COMPETITION AMONG NATIONS LIKE GERMANY & BRITAIN

  11. NATIONALISM • DISPUTES OVER TERRITORY CAUSES PROBLEMS BETWEEN FRANCE & GERMANY OVER ALSACE-LORRAINE

  12. NATIONALISM • VARIOUS ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE LIKE THE SERBS

  13. OTHER PROBLEMS • PAN-SLAVISM • “BALKAN POWDER KEG” • UNREALISTIC WORLD VIEW

  14. PAN-SLAVISM • PAN-SLAVISM: RUSSIAN- SPONSORED MOVEMENT TO UNITE ALL SLAVIC PEOPLE IN EUROPE • RUSSIA WAS TO LEAD MOVEMENT AND PROTECT ALL SLAVS • PAN-SLAVISM WAS A DIRECT THREAT TO THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE

  15. THE BALKAN “POWDER KEG” • HOME TO NUMEROUS ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS

  16. THE BALKAN “POWDER KEG” • DECLINE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE MEANT MORE TROUBLE IN THE FUTURE • NEW BALKAN NATIONS: GREECE, BULGARIA, ROMANIA, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO

  17. SERBIA, WITH HELP OF RUSSIA, WILL CHALLENGE AUSTRIA FOR CONTROL IN THE BALKANS • TENSION AND NATIONALISM WILL INCREASE GREATLY

  18. UNREALISTIC WORLD VIEW • EUROPEAN NATIONS BELIEVED TOO MUCH IN ALLIANCES • EUROPEANS THOUGHT THE NEW WEAPONRY WOULD SOLVE ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS • DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE NEW WEAPONS AND THEIR CAPABILITIES

  19. THE SPARK • ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA, FRANCIS FERDINAND AND HIS WIFE 28 JUNE 1914 • GAVRILO PRINCIP, A SERB AND A MEMBER OF THE BLACK HANDWAS RESPONSIBLE

  20. THE SLIDE TOWARD WARTHE SUMMER OF 1914 • AUSTRIA DEMANDED TO INVESTIGATE THE ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE IN SERBIA OR ELSE!!

  21. THE SLIDE TOWARD WARTHE SUMMER OF 1914 • GERMANY ISSUED AUSTRIA THE “BLANK CHECK” OF SUPPORT

  22. THE SLIDE TOWARD WARTHE SUMMER OF 1914 • RUSSIA STOOD BY TO SUPPORT SERBIA, HER LONG-TIME ALLY

  23. THE SLIDE • RUSSIA NEEDED THE SUPPORT OF FRANCE • FRANCE GAVE ITS SUPPORT TO RUSSIA TO PREVENT FIGHTING GERMANY ALONE IN THE FUTURE • FRANCE ALSO LOOKED TO BRITAIN FOR SUPPORT

  24. THE SLIDE • RUSSIA MOBILIZED ITS ARMIES ON BOTH THE AUSTRIAN & GERMAN BORDERS

  25. THE SLIDE • GERMANY DEMANDED THAT THE RUSSIANS END THIS ACT OF WAR

  26. THE SLIDE • THE RUSSIANS REFUSED & GERMANY DECLARED WAR ON RUSSIA ON 1 AUGUST 1914

  27. CONVINCED THAT FRANCE WOULD ENTER THE WAR, GERMANY DECLARED WAR AGAINST FRANCE ON 3 AUGUST 1914 THE SLIDE

  28. THE SLIDE • ENGLAND FINALLY ENTERED THE WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES ON 4 AUGUST 1914

  29. THE WAR • WEAPONS • LIFE & DEATH IN THE TRENCHES • WESTERN FRONT • EASTERN FRONT • COLLAPSE OF RUSSIA • REST OF THE WORLD • WAR ON THE SEAS

  30. U.S ENTRY INTO WAR • TOTAL WAR • WAR PROPAGANDA • COSTS OF WAR • AFTERMATH OF WAR

  31. JOKE TIME A HAM SANDWICH WALKS INTO A BAR. HE’S FEELING TIRED AND RUN DOWN, AND HE’S HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK. HE GOES UP TO THE BAR AND SAYS “GIMME A DRINK.” TO WHICH THE BARTENDER REPLIES, “SORRY, WE DON’T SERVE FOOD!”

  32. NEW WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION • MACHINE GUNS • BATTLESHIPS • POISON GAS • TANKS • AIRCRAFT • SUBMARINES • BIGGER ARTILLERY PIECES

  33. MACHINE GUNS

  34. GERMAN MAXIM GUN TEAM

  35. BATTLESHIPS GERMAN BATTLESHIP FIRING

  36. GAS SHELL EXPLODING

  37. THE USE OF AIRCRAFT

  38. BRITISH SOPWITH CAMEL

  39. THE DREADED U-BOAT

  40. GERMAN SUBMARINE OR “U-BOAT”

  41. EFFECTS OF SUBMARINE WARFARE ALLIED MERCHANT SHIP SINKING AFTER BEING TORPEDOED

  42. DROPPING DEPTH CHARGES ON THE GERMAN SUBMARINES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC

  43. AERIAL VIEW OF DEPTH CHARGES DROPPED ON A SUBMARINE

  44. PATH OF A TORPEDO

  45. A HIT!!!!

  46. IT SINKS!

  47. LARGE ARTILLERY NEW & EXCITING WAYS TO KILL MORE PEOPLE

  48. GERMAN 240MM RAIL GUN

  49. GERMAN RAIL GUN SHELL (240MM)

  50. OPEN BREECH OF A 520MM GUN

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