WORLD WAR ONE

WWI Triple Entente Triple Alliance The Balkans Aid Treaty Alliance

Europe in 1914

WWI Timeline War began 1914 U.S. enters war in 1917 War officially over with the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 Allied Powers Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, & Others Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, & Bulgaria

The Course & Conduct of WWI Military Power Prior to WWI – U.S. Army made up of 200,000 volunteers Selective Service Act First U.S. Troops arrived in France in June of 1917 – Infantry soldiers African American Officer Training Camps created Over 400,000 young African American men fought in WWI Segregation

Weaponry Machine guns vs. rifles & pistols 600 bullets per minute Flame thrower Old weapon but improved upon Mounting weapons on aircraft & warships Bombings Mustard gas Odorless Blisters, blindness, lethal Tanks Helped end stalemate

Weaponry Continued Airplanes Scout enemy territory German Zeppelins Fighter Planes Battleships U-boats Trench warfare Sharpshooters Zigzag patterns Trench foot Rats Human waste and death

Life in the Trenches “One got used to many things, but I never overcame my horror of the rats. They abounded in some parts, great loathsome beasts gorged with flesh… About the same time every night the dug-out was invaded by swarms of rats. They gnawed holes in our haversacks and devoured our rations.”

End of WWI November, Armistice (truce/cease-fire) reached Difference between an armistice and surrender June 28, Treaty of Versailles

End of WWI Casualties Allied Powers Central Powers Europe in Shambles