 Use all of the following words in 1 sentence. ◦ Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism

 Bosnia, WWI, Archduke Franz Ferdinand

 With the paper provided, choose the five most important events from WWI. 1 being the most important and five being the least. ◦ After you have ranked them, Write a brief explanation of why #1 is the most important event of WWI.

Weapons of World War I Machine Gun Poison Gas Airplanes Tanks Submarines (U-boats)

Machine Guns 1.) Transformed warfare 2.) Able to kill an entire unit of men. 3.) Created a stalemate during the war.

The First Tanks Used to breech holes in trench line defenses Used to breech holes in trench line defenses

Poison Gas 1.) Used for the 1 st time during WWI. 2.) French were the 1 st to use it. 3.) Mustard gas - most lethal of all gases. Odorless & remained active for weeks.

German U-Boats Hunted in “packs” to attack Allied shipping in the Atlantic Hunted in “packs” to attack Allied shipping in the Atlantic

Aerial Combat for the First Time in History

Trench Warfare Video

Trench Simulation

Trench warfare The Germans decided to dig trenches that would provide them protection from the French and British troops. The Allies couldn’t break through this line, causing them to dig trenches. Eventually they spread from the North Sea to the Swiss Frontier.

Conditions of the Trenches Millions of soldiers roasted under the broiling summer sun or froze through long winters. They share their food with rats and their beds with lice. Pumping out the trenches to avoid trench foot

Trench Foot

If you have never had trench feet described to you. I will tell you. Your feet swell to two or three times their normal size and go completely dead. You could stick a bayonet into them and not feel a thing. If you are fortunate enough not to lose your feet and the swelling begins to go down. It is then that the intolerable, indescribable agony begins. I have heard men cry and even scream with the pain and many had to have their feet and legs amputated. Sergeant Harry Roberts If you have never had trench feet described to you. I will tell you. Your feet swell to two or three times their normal size and go completely dead. You could stick a bayonet into them and not feel a thing. If you are fortunate enough not to lose your feet and the swelling begins to go down. It is then that the intolerable, indescribable agony begins. I have heard men cry and even scream with the pain and many had to have their feet and legs amputated. Sergeant Harry Roberts

All we lived on was tea and biscuits (cookie). If we got meat once a week we were lucky, but imagine trying to eat standing in a trench full of water with the smell of dead bodies nearby. Richard Beasley All we lived on was tea and biscuits (cookie). If we got meat once a week we were lucky, but imagine trying to eat standing in a trench full of water with the smell of dead bodies nearby. Richard Beasley

The other one said to me "Chas, I am going home to my wife and kids. I'll be some use to them as a cripple, but none at all dead! I am starving here, and so are they at home, we may as well starve together." With that he fired a shot through his boot. When the medics got his boot off, two of his toes and a lot of his foot had gone. But the injuring oneself to get out of it was quite common. Charles Young The other one said to me "Chas, I am going home to my wife and kids. I'll be some use to them as a cripple, but none at all dead! I am starving here, and so are they at home, we may as well starve together." With that he fired a shot through his boot. When the medics got his boot off, two of his toes and a lot of his foot had gone. But the injuring oneself to get out of it was quite common. Charles Young

The trench, when we reached it, was half full of mud and water. We set to work to try and drain it. Our efforts were hampered by the fact that the French, who had first occupied it, had buried their dead in the bottom and sides. Every stroke of the pick encountered a body. The smell was awful. Private Pollard The trench, when we reached it, was half full of mud and water. We set to work to try and drain it. Our efforts were hampered by the fact that the French, who had first occupied it, had buried their dead in the bottom and sides. Every stroke of the pick encountered a body. The smell was awful. Private Pollard

No Man’s Land 1.) Ground between two opposing trenches. 2.) Contained barbed wire. 3.) Millions of men died trying to make it across.

Preparing to Enter No-Man’s Land

Over the Top

What side was the US on in the beginning of the war?

 The Lusitania: British passenger boat sunk by a German U-boat. 128 of the 1200 dead passengers were Americans.  February 1, 1917, Germans began unrestricted warfare again.

 Germany sent a telegram to Mexico urging them to join the fight against the U.S. and in return Germany would ensure that Mexico would receive land that once belonged to them that the U.S. took.  The British intercepted the message and gave it to the U.S.

 April 6, 1917: President Wilson signs the declaration of war because of the Zimmerman Note.

Flanders FieldsPoppy flowers memorial