1914-1918: The World at War A very brief overview

Differing Viewpoints “The Great War” “The War to End All Wars” “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

What do we know? Crash Course? World War I What do we know? Crash Course? Causes? Who is involved? Significant events/people/countries? What’s the big deal? How/why was WW I different from any previous conflict?

Causes of the War

1. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

Europe in 1914

3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

4. Aggressive Nationalism

Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The “Powder Keg” of Europe

The “Spark”

Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

The Assassination: Sarajevo

The Assassin: Gavrilo Princip

Who’s To Blame?

Recruitment Posters

American Poster

A Multi-Front War

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

The Somme – July, 1916 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

War Is HELL !!

Sacrifices in War

Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

Sikh British Soldiers in India

The Sinking of the Lusitania

The Zimmerman Telegram

The Yanks Are Coming!

Americans in the Trenches

The War of the Industrial Revolution: New Technology

French Renault Tank

British Tank at Ypres

U-Boats

Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

“Squadron Over the Brenta” Max Edler von Poosch, 1917 The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta” Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

Curtis-Martin U. S. Aircraft Plant

Looking for the “Red Baron?”

The Zeppelin

Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers

Poison Gas Machine Gun

“Art” of World War I

“A Street in Arras” John Singer Sargent, 1918

“Oppy Wood” – John Nash, 1917

“Those Who Have Lost Their Names” Albin Eggar-Linz, 1914

“Gassed and Wounded” Eric Kennington, 1918

“Paths of Glory” C. R. W. Nevinson, 1917

German Cartoon: “Fit for active service!”, 1918

1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

Major Features of the Great War Stalemate Trench warfare Industrial weapons “Shell shock” Influenza

The Armistice is Signed! 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!

17,000,000 Dead

The Somme American Cemetary, France 116,516 Americans Died

World War I Casualties

The Damage 37.4 million casualties Then there was the flu (50-100 million) $186 billion (in 1918 money!)= $3 trillion

Now what? Who is responsible? Who pays? What happens to try to avoid another war? Peace conference at Versailles, France