When you are done…

1. When you are done… Write a well developed paragraph describing why World War One began. (use Ch. 26.1)

2. 1914-1918:The Worldat War By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S.Chappaqua, NY

3. Warm Up Use your textbook to describe the four MAIN causes of World War one. What was the “spark” that started the war?

4. “WWI” Chapter 26.1-2,4

5. I. Causes of the War • Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

6. Militarism & Arms Race Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers [Ger., A-H, It., Fr., Br., Rus.] in millions of £s.

7. Nationalism

8. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The“Powder Keg”of Europe

9. The “Spark” • Assassination • Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of A-H, was visiting Bosnia

10. Map showing the Archduke’s journey through Sarajevo

11. The Assassination: Sarajevo

12. Serbian rebel Gavrilo Princip, shot him and his wife GavriloPrincip

13. July Crisis • A-H issues impossible demands to Serbia • Germany gives A-H a “blank check”- help them if war comes • Russia mobilized military to defend Serbia • France, Germany, GB mobilize- alliances

14. Who’s To Blame?

17. Alliance System • Triple Alliance (Central Powers) • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy • Later: Ottoman Empire • Triple Entente (Allied Powers) • Great Britain, France, Russia • Later: Italy, United States

18. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance: Germany Great Britain France Austria-Hungary Russia Italy

19. Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

20. Europe in 1914

21. The Major Players: 1914-17 Allied Powers: Central Powers: Nicholas II [Rus] Wilhelm II [Ger] George V [Br] Victor Emmanuel II [It] Enver Pasha[Turkey] Pres. Poincare [Fr] Franz Josef [A-H]

22. As you look at these cartoons, write: How do you think early soldiers felt about going to war? What do you think they thought about their enemies? How do you think their feelings will change once they start fighting?

23. German Atrocities in Belgium

24. Recruitment Posters

25. Recruits of the Central Powers A German Soldier Says Farewell to His Mother Austro-Hungarians

26. New French Recruits

27. A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier

28. For Recruitment

29. Munitions Workers

30. Posters:WartimePropaganda

31. Australian Poster

32. American Poster

33. Financing the War

34. German Poster Think of Your Children!

35. As you look at these cartoons, write: How do you think early soldiers felt about going to war? What do you think they thought about their enemies? How do you think their feelings changed once they started fighting?

36. Warm Up • Why does was WWI so significant? What were important outcomes of the war?

37. Warm Up Poems • What is the poem about? • What sort of imagery is in it? • Describe the poets thoughts and feelings.

38. Europe in 1914

39. II. The Western Front • Schlieffen Plan- German War Plan • First, take Paris quickly- France surrender • Second, attack Russia

40. Germany pushed into France but failed to take Paris Allies pushed Germans back, Germans dug trenches

41. Trench warfare- fighting from trenches with very little movement back and forth

42. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

43. Verdun – February, 1916 • German offensive. • Each side had over 300,000 casualties.

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

45. War IsHELL !!

47. Sacrifices in War

48. New Weapons: Machine guns, Barbed wire, Mass artillery

49. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

50. Turned into a war of attrition- goal is not to defeat the enemy, just wear them down Total war- all of a nation’s resources are used for war