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The Great War: Unleashing Total Chaos

Explore the causes, battles, weapons, and aftermath of WWI in this comprehensive overview. Discover the intricate web of alliances, the shift to total war, and the major players shaping the Paris Peace Conference. Learn about the monumental Treaty of Versailles and its impact on a post-WWI Europe.

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The Great War: Unleashing Total Chaos

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  1. WWI Chapter 27

  2. “Civilization has climbed above such perils; the interdependence of nations in trade and traffic, the scope of public law, Christian charity, and common sense has branded such nightmares impossible… It would be a pity to be wrong…”~ Winston Churchill

  3. Setting the Stage: WWI • Causes WWI • Militarism • Alliances • Imperialism • Nationalism

  4. The Spark = Assassination Archduke Franz FerdinandJune 28, 1914

  5. Gavril Princep and the Blackhand

  6. Set into motion deadly web of alliances

  7. Franz Ferdinand’s Death Set into Motion a Deadly Web of Alliances

  8. Allied Powers France GB Russia Italy United States and Japan (eventually) Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria WWI Sides: The Belligerents

  9. WWI: A TOTAL WAR • Total War = All resources used for war • Propaganda • Civilian responsibility • New Industrial weapons/inventions in land, air, sea

  10. Weapons by Sea: Dreadnoughts and U-Boats

  11. Weapons by Air: Airplanes and Zeppelins Red Baron

  12. Weapons by Land: Machine Gun

  13. Weapons by Land: Railroad Guns

  14. Trenches

  15. Trench Foot

  16. Weapons by Land: Gas

  17. Burns from Mustard Gas

  18. Animal Messengers and Gas Masks

  19. Weapons by Land: Tanks

  20. Total War made WWI a… • War of Attrition: • A slow wearing-down war in which each side tried to outlast the other

  21. Theaters of War

  22. Major Battles WWI • 1914 • Battle of Marne: • W-front • France stops German adv. into Paris • Trench warfare begins • Battle of Tannenberg • E-front • Huge German Win! • Prob. Germany in 2-front war

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

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

  25. Major Battles WWI continued… • 1915 • Battle of Gallipoli • Turkish-front • Allie’s defeated by Ottoman E! • Russia remains landlocked

  26. United States Entry into WWI • U.S. “neutral” until April 6th, 1917 / May 28th 1918 our first victory at Cantigny • (North of Paris) • Events that pushed U.S. into WWI: • Unrestricted Germ. submarine warfare • Sinking of Lusitania Zimmerman Note / O throw of Russian Czar.

  27. WWI Causalities – 16 mill. Dead

  28. Paris Peace Conference • Meeting of the Big 4: • GB: David Lloyd George • France: George Clemenceau • UnitedStates: Woodrow Wilson • Italy: Vittorio Orlando • Who were these men and what kind of “peace” did each of them want?

  29. Areas of Concern • Blame? • Reparations? • Colonies of Central Powers? • Rhineland? • Alsace-Lorraine? • Saar? • Poland? • Danzig? • Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Estonia? • Czechoslovakia?

  30. No Russia or Central powers invited! Other Problems w/ Paris Peace Conference…

  31. Other Problems w/ the Paris Peace Conference • Russia and Central Powers not invited • Political Problems • Territorial Conflicts • Reparations • How to maintain peace • Force • Wilson’s 14 Points • Freedom of seas, no secret treaties, no economic barriers, reduce arms, fair land divisions, establish League of Nations

  32. WWI Causalities

  33. Treaty of Versailles • Officially ended WWI 1919 • Treated Germany Harsh • Formed Independent Republics • Formed League of Nations

  34. Europe Before WWI

  35. Europe After WWI

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