Chapter 21 Section 3

America Joins the Allies

The Sinking of the Lusitania

The Zimmerman Telegram

The Yanks Are Coming! Refer to WWIthroughpostersandcartoons PPt

Joining the Fighting 1917 Allied forces are struggling to supply themselves! German win predicted!

Joining the Fighting

New Deadly Technology! Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers

More Deadly Technology! Machine Gun

Protecting Allied Shipping Convoys with Destroyers to protect the merchandise

Joining the Fighting American Expeditionary Force American soldiers must fight in separate units from other Allied forces! Why? In order to be recognized as a main player after the war and to earn the respect of other countries, thus giving America say in the reshaping of the world after the war First troops arrived in Europe in June 1917

Americans in the Trenches

Setbacks and Advances V.I. Lenin believed in Karl Marx ideas which were that the working class should unite and throw off the control of the ruling class all over the world! This led to the Bolsheviks Revolution and Russia becoming a communist state for the next 70 years Lenin makes a deal w/Germany called the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk which gave some Russian territory to Germany, but MORE IMPORTATLY allowed Germans to double efforts to western front!!!

Setbacks and Advances March 1918 – Germany unleashes “Peace Offensive” to defeat Allies quickly Pershing then allows U.S. forces to be under the control of French command too Germany reaches Chateau-Thierry on the Marne River (50 from Paris) U.S. forces come to the aid of France just in time! U.S. and French forces drive the Germans out of Belleau Wood

Setbacks and Advances Battle of Argonne Forest Allied forces begin to take the offensive Germans weakened by flu and lack of supplies from Allied blockade September 1918 – Allied forces push back from North Sea to Verdun By November German forces crumble!

1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 20,000,000 – 50,000,000 died worldwide

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

Terms of surrender for Germany (Britain and France most responsible) Germany must pull back its troops Germany must cancel Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Hand over entire U-Boat fleet Kaiser Wilhelm II must abdicate his throne

The Cost? 8,500,000 soldiers dead

The Somme American Cemetary, France 116,516 Americans Died

World War I Casualties

Atrocity of WWI - Turkish Genocide Against Armenians Who? – Ottoman Turks (Young Turks) were attempting to wipe out all or at least remove all Armenians from Asia Minor! What? – Turkish government deported, abducted, expropriated, massacred, tortured, starved, and exiled Armenians to the Syrian Desert deliberately. When? – During WWI from 1915 to 1918 and again from 1920 to 1923. Where? – Throughout the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. Why? – The “Young Turk” government saw unification of all Turkic speaking peoples as the only way to save their dying empire and the Armenians stood in the way of this goal of Turkic unity. What was the response of the world? – U.N. did not have a policy about Genocide until 1948. France, Argentina, Greece, Russia all recognize the Genocide, but Turkey does not. Many deny it even happening! A Foreshadowing of Future Horrors to Come! http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocidefaq.html

Turkish Genocide Against Armenians Districts & Vilayets of Western Armenia in Turkey 1914 1922 Erzerum 215,000 1,500 Van 197,000 500 Kharbert 204,000 35,000 Diarbekir 124,000 3,000 Bitlis 220,000 56,000 Sivas 225,000 16,800   Other Armenian-populated Sites in Turkey Western Anatolia 371,800 27,000 Cilicia and Northern Syria 309,000 70,000 European Turkey 194,000 163,000 Trapizond District 73,390 15,000 Total 2,133,190 387,800

Sergeant Alvin York Won Congressional Medal of Honor during World War I Click here to find out why! http://www.biography.com/people/alvin-c-york-41029