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The West and Eastern Front

The West and Eastern Front . Emily Yamanaka, Ben Jorenby , and Nana Yanagisawa. Europe at 1914-1915. War was declared after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Battles were mostly fought in two regions, the Western and Eastern Fronts

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The West and Eastern Front

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  1. The West and Eastern Front Emily Yamanaka, Ben Jorenby, and Nana Yanagisawa

  2. Europe at 1914-1915 • War was declared after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand • Battles were mostly fought in two regions, the Western and Eastern Fronts • The Western front was battles between the French, Italians, Britain and Germans and Austria Hungary • The Eastern front was battles between Germany, Austria Hungary and Russia • War of Attrition

  3. The Western Front

  4. The Western Front • Germany's plan to attack France: Von Schlieffenplan • Germany to proceed through Belgium, neutral territory • Supply issues and the heat of summer helped to trouble their advance • Capture of Belgium/Britain joins war • Germany in luck till 20 mile in France: war of attrition starts • Battle of the Marne destroyed the Schlieffen Plan • Germany was pushed back to the river Aisne • Western front war continues as the Eastern front begins to loom on the horizon

  5. Google search: Capitol of Belgium in 1914 (Schlieffen Plan would probably work too)

  6. (Google Search: Brussels, Belgium) Sepia and frame added w/Paint.net

  7. (http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/albums/userpics/normal_00021.jpg)

  8. Google Search: Trench Warfare

  9. Google Search: Trench Warfare

  10. The Eastern Front

  11. The Eastern Front • Russia entered the Great War with the largest army in the world. She had 1,400,000 soldiers; when fully mobilized, the Russian army increased to over 5,000,000 soldiers. However, Russia could not arm all her soldiers, having a supply of 4.6 million rifles. • Started when Russia invaded East Prussia. Russia made a mistake by attacking Germany and Austria Hungary at the same time.

  12. http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist111/WWI.html Military Alliances in 1914

  13. Russia was successful against Austria Hungary. Russians occupied the province of Galicia. • In 1914, Russians were badly defeated by the Germans in the Battle of Tannenberg (August) and the Masurian Lakes (September). • Although Russia had six and a quarter million men mobilized by the end of 1914, a third of them were without rifles. • On October 29, 1914, the Ottoman Empire joined the war on the side of Germany. Ottoman Empire could block the trade route and equipment from Black Sea to Mediterranean • The beginning of November, Serbians drove out the third Austrian invasion.

  14. http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/TheGeographyOfTheGreatWar/images/Figure13-Page15.jpghttp://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/TheGeographyOfTheGreatWar/images/Figure13-Page15.jpg

  15. Thank You

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