HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014 Lecture Fourteen: World War I
The Mood of 1914 Ultimatums and Declarations of War Mobilization of Nationalism The Burgfrieden
War Strategy The Initial Assault on Belgium and France Russian Mobilization and the Battle of Tannenberg The First Battle of the Marne The Race to the Sea
Stalemate From War of Breakthrough to War of Attrition Conditions at the Front Attempts at a Technological Military Breakthrough Rethinking Logistics – Walther Rathenau British Blockade and Submarine War The War on Other Fronts
Home Front and Crisis Patriotic Auxiliary Service Law Turnip Winter Emerging Anti-War Sentiment The USPD, Mass Strike, and Spartacus League End of Burgfrieden -- January 1918 Strike
The End Collapse of Russia and Entry of US Last Assault and Call for Armistice Abdication of William II Naval Mutiny and Start of Revolution The Armistice The Toll German Dead 2 million, Wounded 4 million Austrian Dead 1 million, Wounded 3.5 million Allied Dead 5.7 million, Wounded 12.8 million