From Belgium to the Trenches… Assignment #3: Military Aspects of WWI…. WWI: A New Kind of War From Belgium to the Trenches…
Assignment #3: WWI Video Reflections Title a sheet of binder paper: Assignment #3 WWI Video Reflections You will watch 4 video clips relating to military aspects of the beginning of WWI. After each clip, answer the reflection question including specific details from video.
“Two-Front” War Develops between Allied & Central Powers Germany, AH< Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire vs. France, Russia and soon: Britain in defense of their empire and Italy and Japan in hopes of post-war gain. All of them hoped to gain power and eventually brought their colonial holdings in. Schlieffen Plan:
Why did the German army invade neutral Belgium and how did this influence public opinions about the war? Video Reflection #1 (3:00 – 14:00) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gflb_jSYTV0 1914
Political Impacts of Attack on Neutral Belgium German army accused of atrocities against Belgian civilians Outraged over attack on neutral Belgium, England declares war on Germany (August 1914) Italy later (1915) uses attack on Belgium as excuse to leave Triple Alliance & join Allies Events in Belgium remembered for rest of war as seen in US propaganda (1917) on the right
Video Reflection #2 (40:00 - 50:00) Why did a “stalemate” develop on the Western Front? Describe how soldiers on all sides faced their situation. Video Reflection #2 (40:00 - 50:00) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gflb_jSYTV0
Trench Warfare on Western Front
New military technologies of World War I
Video Reflection #3 (27:15 -32:00): Describe the early fighting on the Eastern Front between Russia & Germany http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gflb_jSYTV0
Video Reflection #4 (1:30 - 13:30): Considering the overview discussed in the video, what aspects of WWI do you think are most worth understanding and remembering? Why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_BHhOAOLH4 Mobilized Dead Wounded Missing/PoW Russia 12,000,000 1,700,000 4,950,000 2,500,000 Germany 11,000,000 1,773,700 4,216,058 1,152,800 Great Britain 8,904,467 908,371 2,090,212 191,652 France 8,410,000 1,375,800 3,266,000 537,000 Austria-Hungary 7,800,000 1,200,000 3,620,000 2,200,000 Italy 5,615,000 650,000 947,000 600,000 US 4,355,000 126,000 234,300 4,526 Turkey 2,850,000 325,000 400,000 250,000 Bulgaria 1,200,000 87,500 152,390 27,029 Serbia 707,343 45,000 133,148 152,958 Belgium 267,000 13,716 44,686 34,659 .