World War I

How did it start Nationalism Militarism Alliances Imperialism

Otto von Bismark United separate states into one nation William I (kaiser)

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip

Schlieffen Plan

The Western Front

Mustard Gas (1) Vera Brittain describing a field camp hospital in Etaples in 1918 in her book A Testament of Youth. by Vera Brittain. Sometimes in the middle of the night we have to turn people out of bed and make them sleep on the floor to make room for the more seriously ill ones who have come down from the line. We have heaps of gassed cases at present : there are 10 in this ward alone. I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war, and the orators who talk so much about going on no matter how long the war lasts and what it may mean, could see a case - to say nothing of 10 cases of mustard gas in its early stages - could see the poor things all burnt and blistered all over with great suppurating blisters, with blind eyes - sometimes temporally, some times permanently - all sticky and stuck together, and always fighting for breath, their voices a whisper, saying their throats are closing and they know they are going to choke.

Verdun

12 hour artillery barrage using more then 2 million shells 1 million soldiers of the German Fifth Army advance on 200,000 French Over 1 million casualties

Allied counteroffensive The Somme

Dogfights Aces (Red Baron) 80 kills Ed Rickenbacker 26 kills

Woodrow Wilson

The Lusitania

NOTICE! Travellers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her allies and Great Britain and her allies; that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isles; that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels flying the flag of Great Britain, or any of her allies, are liable to destruction in those waters and that travellers sailing in the war zone on ships of Great Britain or her allies do so at their own risk. IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 22, 1915.

Zimmermann Note

Countries Total Mobilized Killed & Died Wounded Prisoners & Missing Total Casualties Casualties % of Mobilized Allied Powers Russia12,000,0001,700,0004,950,0002,500,0009,150, France8,410,0001,357,8004,266,000537,0006,160, British Empire8,904,467908,3712,090,212191,6523,190, Italy5,615,000650,000947,000600,0002,197, United States4,355,000126,000234,3004,500364, Japan800, , Romania750,000335,706120,00080,000535, Serbia707,34345,000133,148152,958331, Belgium267,00013,71644,68634,65993, Greece230,0005,00021,0001,00017, Portugal100,0007,22213,75112,31833, Montenegro50,0003,00010,0007,00020, Total42,188,8105,152,11512,831,0044,121,09022,104, Central Powers Germany11,000,0001,773,7004,216,0581,152,8007,142, Austria- Hungary 7,800,0001,200,0003,620,0002,200,0007,020, Turkey2,850,000325,000400,000250,000975, Bulgaria1,200,00087,500152,39027,029266, Total22,850,0003,386,2008,388,4483,629,82915,404, Grand Total65,038,8108,538,31521,219,4527,750,91937,508,

CountryNon-FatalDeathsTotal British Empire180,5978,109188,706 France182,0008,000190,000 United States71,3451,46272,807 Italy55,3734,62760,000 Russia419,34056,000475,340 Germany191,0009,000200,000 Austria-Hungary97,0003,000100,000 Others9,0001, Total1,205,65591,1981,296,853 British Gas Casualties: DeathsNon-Fatal Chlorine1,976164,457 Mustard Gas4,08616,526

Countries in First World War Standing Armies & Reserves in August 1914 Mobilised Forces in Russia5,971,00012,000,000 France4,017,0008,410,000 Great Britain975,0008,905,000 Italy1,251,0005,615,000 United States200,0004,355,000 Japan800,000 Romania290,000750,000 Serbia200,000707,000 Belgium117,000267,000 Greece230,000 Portugal40,000100,000 Montenegro50,000 Germany4,500,00011,000,000 Austria-Hungary3,000,0007,800,000 Turkey210,0002,850,000 Bulgaria280,0001,200,000

Allied PowersCost in Dollars in United States22,625,253,000 Great Britain35,334,012,000 France24,265,583,000 Russia22,293,950,000 Italy12,413,998,000 Belgium1,154,468,000 Romania1,600,000,000 Japan40,000,000 Serbia399,400,000 Greece270,000,000 Canada1,665,576,000 Australia1,423,208,000 New Zealand378,750,000 India601,279,000 South Africa300,000,000 British Colonies125,000,000 Others500,000,000 Total of all Costs125,690,477,000 Central PowersCost in Dollars in Germany37,775,000,000 Austria-Hungary20,622,960,000 Turkey1,430,000,000 Bulgaria815,200,000 Total of all Costs60,643,160,000

End of the War November of 1918 Wilson’s 14 Points (League of Nations) War reparations Treaty of Versailles (June 1919)

Technology and New Weapons of World War I Directions: Create a 7 tab book about 7 new weapons used during World War I. Each technology must include information about how and why the weapon was used in warfare, and during what battle it was introduced. Due