: The World at War : The World at War
1. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:
Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:
Europe in 1914
The “ Spark ”
Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family
The Assassination: Sarajevo
The Assassin: Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip Serbian Nationalist
How does the assassination of an Archduke result in World War? Austria declares war on Serbia Serbia reminds Russia it had promised them support Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary Germany declares war on Russia France who had promised to support Russia declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary Great Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary
A Multi-Front War
Mobilization It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there! But my heart's right there! It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there! Home by Christmas! No major war in 50 years! Nationalism! HHHHome by Christmas! NNNNo major war in 50 years! NNNNationalism!
The Schlieffen Plan
The Western Front
Trench Warfare
“No Man’s Land”
Sacrifices in War
War Is HELL !!
Trench Conditions
Trench Foot
The Somme – July, 1916 e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months. e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.
Recruitment Posters
Recruits of the Central Powers Austro- Hungarians A German Soldier Says Farewell to His Mother
New French Recruits
A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier
Financing the War
For Recruitment
Munitions Workers
French Women Factory Workers
German Women Factory Workers
A Woman Ambulance Driver
Red Cross Nurses
Russian Women Soldiers
Spies e “Mata Hari” e Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle e German Spy! e “Mata Hari” e Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle e German Spy!
America Joins the Allies
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Zimmerman Telegram
Americans in the Trenches
World War I: “The Last Straw” War revealed the ineptitude and arrogance of the country’s aristocratic elite Corrupt military leadership had contempt for ordinary Russian people Average peasants had very little invested in the War
11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!
9,000,000 Dead 9,000,000 Dead
World War I Casualties