THE FIRST WORLD WAR
THE CRISIS BUILDS New Enemies Germany Austria-Hungary France Great Britain THE FIRST WORLD WAR New Friends KAISER WILHEM II EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF
THE SPARK Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, June 28, 1914 Germans back Austrians with “blank check” Austrians issue ultimatum July 28 THE FIRST WORLD WAR GAVRILO PRINCIP
THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND THE WAR Russian Army plagued with problems unable to mobilize vast manpower suffer supply problems inefficiency & corruption poor leadership insufficient medical care German military superiority THE FIRST WORLD WAR
THE HOME FRONT War causes much suffering entire country mobilized patriotism limited & waning scarcities of necessities mass inflation strikes and protests further loss of confidence in tsarist govt. THE FIRST WORLD WAR Tsar & Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Grigorii Rasputin Female soldiers