WWI From Beginning to End
Causes – mania! Militarism Alliance – cause war to be a World War Nationalism Imperialism Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Spark that starts the war – Nov 1914
Triple Alliance – Bad Guys Triple Entente – Allies/Good Guys Sides Austria-Hungary Germany Ottoman Empire US France Great Britain Italy Russia Serbia Triple Alliance – Bad Guys Triple Entente – Allies/Good Guys
US Enters States it will be neutral at first Unrestricted Submarine Warfare - Sinking of the Lusitania Zimmerman Telegram
New Kind of Warfare Trenches Airplanes Tanks Machine Gun Poison Gas Gas Mask
War ends Germany Signs an armistice – November 1918 Officially sign the Peace Treaty in 1919
Wilson’s 14 Points “A war to end all wars” No losers No more secret treaties/alliances Reduce military sizes Independent nations League of Nations – all nations would join and would work together to solve problems instead of going to war
Treaty of Versailles War Guilt Clause - Germany takes full responsibility for the war War Reparations - Germany must pay for the war Germany loses its military – small army/police force allowed Germany loses its extra territory League of Nations is formed US does not sign the treaty – causes future problems