Chapter 12: Mutiny and Mud – The Western Front in 1917

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

13.2 Homework 1.Allies: France, Britain, and Russia(Italy joins later). Central Powers: Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Germany, and Austria-Hungary 2.Bloody.

Advertisements

Why was the Battle of Passchendaele a disaster?

Trench Battles 1916 The Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme.

World War I Canada ’ s Military Contribution. Significant Battles Canadians fought as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) (aka Canadian Corps)

Remember at the outbreak of W.W.I, Newfoundland was not a part of Canada. Still a part of the British Empire. Some Newfoundlanders did join the C.E.F.

WWI Canada’s Military Contribution The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)  When the war began, Prime Minister Robert Borden offered Britain 25,000 troops.

Land Battles The CEF in Battle.

Playing movies KEY STAGE 3 and 4 National Curriculum History THE FIRST WORLD WAR INTERACTIVE Why did Britain and her allies defeat Germany in.

THE BATTLE OF SOMME Wave upon wave of troops were ordered across open fields. They were almost immediately mowed down by German machine guns. 85% of the.

 2500 Canadian women joined medical and field ambulance corps during the war; some served as nurses during the war.  Canadian nurses were called “ Bluebirds.

Canadian Battles of World War I

Ypres The Somme Vimy Ridge Passchendaele.  The Canadian Division reached the Western Front in February 1915  2 months later, the Germans began using.

Main Battles of World War One

World War 1 – Nearing The End

Battle Organizer The Answers. Name of BattleYpres Date (month and year) April 1915 Location (place and Country) Ancient city of Ypres in Belgium Main.

Passchendaele By: Deanearra.

Canadians In Battle. Ypres ~ April 1915 The 1st Canadian Division had just arrived at the front and were moved to Ypres Salient, in front of the City.

1917 By Sarah and Mike. Main Events Timeline Januray 9th- German leaders decide to launch unrestricted U-boat warfare, making U-boats deadlier than before.

Ypres. Dates and Locations - 2 nd battle, April in and around the Belgian city of Ypres in Flanders.

Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, Ypres, 100 Day Campaign

Ypres The Somme Vimy Ridge Passchendaele. April – May, 1915 Ypres, Belgium Germans released cylinders of chlorine gas Unprepared, the French division.

WORLD WAR I THREE MAJOR BATTLES THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE

Significant Events of the First World War History 30F.

Why the Somme The French Army was bigger than the British Army and as the war was being fought in France the British usually did as the French wanted.

Why did Germany sign the armistice in 1918?

Disaster On All Fronts The Western Front.

Ypres (2nd battle, April )

Land Battles Ms. Campbell Socials 11.

The Hopelessness of 1917 Nivelle Offensives French Mutinies

The Realities of Fighting for Canada in WW1

Why did Germany finally lose in 1918?

Major Canadian Battles

The Battle of Verdun The Battle of Somme

Vimy Ridge History 10.

Mutiny and Mud The Western Front in 1917.

Battle Of Passchendaele

The Western Front.

Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, Ypres, 100 Day Campaign

World War I The Battles.

Canadians on the Battlefield

Canada’s Most Prominent Battles

WORLD WAR I THREE MAJOR BATTLES THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE

1. The Battle of Cambrai 20 November – 4 December 1917

Key Canadian Events of WW1

The Battle of Passchendaele, 3rd Battle of Ypres

Canadians on the Western Front

Battles on the Western Front

What countries make up the Allied forces?

Four Major Canadian Battles of WWI

The Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme

Mind’s On – Quote Analysis Think/Share

Trenches and Battles Recap

Four Major Canadian Battles of WWI

Mind’s On – Quote Analysis Think/Share

4 Key Canadian Battles in WW1

Canada’s Most Prominent Battles

The Nature of the Great War

Aim: Summarize Military Events on the Western Front

When the war became global & the stalemate continued.

The End of the War Ms. Sharma

Canada’s Hundred Days The final 100 Days of WWI

The War Ends Statue is from the national Canadian War Memorial in Ottawa, which shows WWI veterans crossing through a gate from war into peace.

BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE: APRIL 1917

BATTLE OF THE SOMME:1916.

Early Stages: Europe and North Africa

The Major Battles of WWI (The Battle of Tannenberg)

World War I Course of War

Presentation transcript:

Chapter 12: Mutiny and Mud – The Western Front in 1917 Bryant

Current events America getting ready to fight Revolution in Russia Western Front looked for ways to break out of trenches

The Nivelle offensive

General Nivelle, French comander, thought he had the answer: Find weakest spot in German trench line and attack, thus chasing Germans out of France But Germans got wind of this plan and retreated to new line of trenches – the Hindenburg line April 9th: British attacked town of Arras and Canadian troops captured Vimy Ridge. But Germans brought in reserved troops. Battle caused ¼ million casualties. Down south, French attacked German Trenches but they were empty and were caught in a trap. Nivelle, refusing defeat, sent more soldiers in but it was hopeless. Ten days later, 34,000 French soldiers were dead and 90,000 were

Mutiny French soldiers turned against Nivelle Thousands of soldiers deserted and half of the army refused to obey orders Nivelle replaced with General Petain Petain was ruthless and court-marshaled thousands of soldiers (who were sent to Devil’s Island) and hundreds of other soldiers were executed Once controll was restored, Petain doubled the soldiers’ leave and improved the food rations

British victories To draw attention away from the French mutiny, the British attacked the North. Their target: a hill in Messines. 140m high. The Germans could view everything from there. The British dug 19 holes and packed them with 1,000,000 kg of TNT. It was detonated on June 7th. This cleared the way for the British. Pleased with the results, General Haig advanced his army to Ypres.

Ypres Ypres (AKA Passchendaele), was the most horrible of the war due to all the mud that the soldiers sank into. 400,000 British were killed or wounded. At the end of battle, they only won 800 metres of mud.

Cambrau November: Haig tries new attack by sending 381 tanks to German Trenches in Cambrai. Tanks smashed a gap 8 km wide and 10,000 Germans taken prisoner. But tanks went to fast for British sldiers to keep up. Germans counter-attacked and regained all lost ground.