Chapter 9.3 A Bloody Conflict Pgs. 336 - 345

Combat in World War I Trench Warfare New Technology New Technology changes tactics Dirt stops bullets “no man’s land” Attacks cost hundreds of thousands of lives Movie Clip New Technology Poisoned gas & gas masks Tanks, artillery & machine guns Zeppelins & planes Combat in World War I

The Americans Arrive Winning the War at Sea Russia Leaves the War Americans teach the Brits a thing or two Convoys – lots of ships w/ an escort Russia Leaves the War Lenin gets control, the Czar is killed Russia takes a bad peace to get out The Americans Arrive

Cont. Americans Enter Combat The AEF under the command of John Pershing The British & French wanted to command out men How might they use our men differently than we would? We only give them a Division of African Americans Cont.

Cont. Germany’s Last Offensive The Battle of the Argonne Forest Tried a massive push to Paris Broke the lines Only the American Marine Corps stopped them The Battle of the Argonne Forest The Allied counter attack Battle of the Meuse-Argonne Germans begin to fall back Cont.

Cont. American Heroes Alvin York Eddie Rickenbacker Wanted to be a contentious objector Attacked a German machine gun Won the Congressional Medal of Honor Eddie Rickenbacker Pilot in the Army Air Corps First “Ace” 5 or more kills (he finished with 26) Not even close to the best The “Red Baron” (Manfred von Richthofen) w/ 80+ Cont.

The War Ends October 1918 Austria-Hungary collapses German Navy mutinies The Kaiser Wilhelm flees And the end Armistice – a ceasefire to settle the treaty Armistice Day – November 11th We call this Veterans Day The War Ends

A Flawed Peace A meeting is held outside Paris The 14 Points They are writing the Treaty of Versailles The “Big Four” are leading the negotiations Russia isn’t invited The 14 Points Wilson’s plan for peace 3 themes Eliminate causes of war National self-determination The League of Nations A Flawed Peace

Cont. The Treaty of Versailles European people love Wilson, not leaders They ignore his 14 Points They want to punish Germany The treaty was very harsh Britain & France got reparations Lots of new countries are formed Germany has many restrictions Wilson got his League of Nations Cont.

Cont. The US Senate Rejects the Treaty The President negotiates treaties The Senate Approves them The Senate says no They don’t like the League of Nations Why would the Senate dislike the League? Weakens our sovereignty Wilson goes to the people He has a stroke We don’t end the war until Wilson leaves office We NEVER joined the League of Nations Cont.