World War I Overview: Eastern & Western Front Differences

1. World War I Chapter 23 Section 2

2. World War I • The Western Front • Germany invades Belgium on August 3, 1914 • Schlieffen Plan • Invade and defeat France quickly through Belgium (6 weeks) • Then redeploy and concentrate on war v. Russia • Belgium puts up more resistance than expected • Buys time for the British to move into France • British and French stop Germans outside Paris-Stalemate develops • Beginning of trench warfare • Lasts for 3 years

3. World War I • The Eastern Front • Germany invades Russia in 1914 • Russian army no match for Germany • Germany takes Poland, the Baltic coast, and western Russia • The war becomes unpopular in Russia • Low morale in the army and shortage of supplies in the cities

4. How did the War on the Eastern Front differ from the War on the Western Front?

5. World War I • War expands outside Europe • Africa • British take German colonies • Asia • Japan takes German colonies in the Pacific and German interests in China • Middle East • British try to invade Ottoman Empire in Gallipoli campaign in 1915 • British and French take Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia

6. World War I • New weapons introduced • Tanks, airplanes, submarines, machine guns • But war fought with old tactics • Total war effort: a new form of warfare • Entire economy devoted to the war effort • More women work in factories to make up for men going to war • Mass media allows effective use of war propaganda • Burgfrieden (civil peace):

7. Why were Military leaders baffled by trench warfare?

8. Total War Effort

9. TWE

10. TWE: Propaganda

11. TWE: Propaganda “Think of your children!”

12. Why did the Germans resort to unrestricted submarine warfare?

13. What was the effect of total war on ordinary citizens?

14. Create a diagram to list the ways governmental powers increased during the war.