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The Great War: From Chaos to Armistice

Explore the events leading to the end of WWI, including the Allied offensive, Russian Revolution, German offensives, US troop contributions, and the eventual surrender of Germany.

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The Great War: From Chaos to Armistice

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  1. World War I12.4 The War’s End & Aftermath

  2. Allied Offensive • Summer 1917 • Launched without the aid of US soldiers on the western front • Failed miserably • Morale decreases • US troops needed badly

  3. Russian Revolution • March 1917 • Russian workers walked out of factories and protested • Workers demanded: • -A Change in the Government • -An end to the war • Czar Nicholas II was overthrown

  4. Russian Revolution • Nov. 1917 • Bolsheviks seize power • = Group of Russian Socialists • Vladimir Lenin – Bolshevik Leader • Opposed WWI and removed Russia from it • March 1918 signs treaty with Central Powers

  5. German Offensive For Victory March 21, 1918 • 1 million Germans attack • Deepest advance since 1914. Late May 1918 • Allies pushed back to Marne River outside Paris • US General Pershing agrees to allow US troops to fight under French Leader Marshal Foch

  6. German Offensive For Victory • Big Bertha – • German guns capable of firing 2,100 pound shells almost nine miles • Very effective weapon for the Germans during this offensive

  7. German Offensive For Victory • Paris is saved – • US forces able to turn the tide • US & French troops stop the Germans at Chateau-Thierry on June 3rd & 4th • German advance halted

  8. German Offensive For Victory • German Assault at Reims – • July 15, 1918 • Final German assault • Allied lines held and Ferdinand Foch counterattacked 3 days later • Allies pushed the Germans back

  9. Allied Offensive for Victory • Summer 1918 – • Foch ordered an entire Allied offensive of the western front • Able to push deep into German territory for 3 months • Led by fresh American troops

  10. American Contribution • Led attack at Saint-Mihiel • Pushed through German lines along the Meuse River through the Argonne Forest

  11. American Contribution • Goal – Take French rail center Sedan • = Battle of Argonne Forest • Suffered 120,000 casualties • By Nov. 1918 they occupied Sedan

  12. Germany Surrenders • Repeated shelling of Germany during the offensive took its toll • German morale suffered • Mutinies began to occur throughout the German army and navy

  13. Germany Surrenders Oct. 1918 – • German chancellor asks Wilson for an armistice Nov. 9, 1918 – • Kaiser Wilhelm II gives up throne Nov. 10, 1918 – • Germans arrive at Allied headquarters to hear the terms of the armistice

  14. Armistice Terms • Germans must evacuate Alsace-Lorraine, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg • Germans must surrender massive amounts of military equipment • Peace Conference set for January of 1919 in Paris

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