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1914-1918: The World at War

1914-1918: The World at War. Differing Viewpoints. “The Great War” “The War to End All Wars” “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”. Essential Question: What are the causes of the War?. M.A.N.I.A. (Causes of WW I). M ilitarism A lliances N ationalism I mperialism

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1914-1918: The World at War

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  1. 1914-1918:The Worldat War

  2. Differing Viewpoints • “The Great War” • “The War to End All Wars” • “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

  3. Essential Question:What are the causes of theWar?

  4. M.A.N.I.A. (Causes of WW I) • Militarism • Alliances • Nationalism • Imperialism • Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

  5. 1. Militarism & Arms Race • Building up the military (tanks, guns, boats, etc.)

  6. 2. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

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

  8. 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]

  9. Europe in 1914

  10. 3. Aggressive Nationalism

  11. 4. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

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

  13. The“Spark”

  14. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

  15. 5. The Assassination: Sarajevo

  16. The Assassin: GavriloPrincip

  17. The Plot • Serbian nationalists (Black Hand) wanted Bosnia to join Serbia. • They thought that assassinating the Archduke would start a war which would lead to uniting Serbia. • Gavrilo Princip shot Ferdinand and his wife Sophia in Sarajevo. • Play All for You, Sophia by Franz Ferdinand

  18. The Ultimatum • Austria-Hungary believed that the Serbian gov’t was behind the assassination. • AH issues an ultimatum to allow AH to enter Serbia to investigate. • Serbia rejects the ultimatum. • AH declares war against Serbia on July 28, 1914.

  19. Europe is at War! • Russia mobilizes its army on July 29 to support Serbia (only had plans to mobilize against both AH and Germany). • Germany mobilized and declared war on Russia on Aug 1 (Germany’s plans were to mobilize against both Russia & France).

  20. The Fighting Begins! • Germany declared war France August 3 because war plans (Schieffen plan) called to attack France first and attack through neutral Belgium. • Because Germany cut through Belgium Britain declared war on Germany on August 4.

  21. The Schlieffen Plan

  22. A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier

  23. Russian Women Soldiers

  24. A Multi-Front War

  25. The Western Front

  26. Trench Warfare

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