US ENTERS 1917 WORLD WAR ONE THE GREAT WAR THE WAR TO END ALL WARS

 IMPERIALISM—LAND, COLONIES, MARKETS  MILITARISM- ARMS BUILDUP A. USE MILITARY THREAT, NOT MEDIATION  NATIONALISM- NATION COMES FIRST A. LEADS TO SELFISH INTERESTS RATHER THAN COOPERATION

 GREAT BRITAIN- STRONGEST POWER A. SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE B. STRONGEST NAVY  GERMANY A. STRONGEST ARMY B. MOST INDUSTRIALIZED C. NAVAL BUILDUP TO COMPETE W/ G. BRITAIN

 TRIPLE ENTENTE CENTRAL POWERS  1. GREAT BRITAIN 1. GERMANY  2,FRANCE 2. AUST. HUNGARY  3. RUSSIA 3. ITALY No Mans land

 ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND SHOT HEIR TO THRONE IN AUSTRIA HUNGARY  A.H. DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA  ALLIANCE SYSTEM COMMITS MAJOR POWERS TO WAR

 WAR SOON BOGS DOWN INTO TRENCH WARFARE  EG 1 ST BATTLE OF THE SOMME :  STARTS 7-16 ENDS  THE FRONT LINE MOVES A TOTAL OF 7 MILES  1.2 MILLION LIVES LOST  COMES TO SYMBOLIZE WW1 FUTILITY  TRENCH WARFARE LASTED 3 YEARS

 WAR IS ‘OVER THERE” NOT OUR WAR  PUBLIC OPINION DIVIDED  MOST COME TO FAVOR ALLIED SIDE  200% MORE TRADE W/ ALLIEDS  US HAS LABOR SHORTAGE DUE TO WAR SONG LYRIC I DIDN’T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER BROUGHT HIM UP TO BE MY PRIDE AND JOY WHO DARES PLACE A GUN ON HIS SHOULDER JUST TO SHOOT SOME OTHER MOTHER’S DARLIN BOY?

 DEVASTATING NAVAL BLOCKADE  USUALLY RESERVED FOR WAR CONTRABAND  GR BRITAIN BLOCKADES FOOD AND FERTILIZER  LEADS TO FAMINE /STARVATION 750K  750K STARVE TO DEATH GERMAN RESPONSE A SUBMARINE WARFARE B. MINE THE NORTH SEA C. ATTACK ANY SHIP TO GREAT BRITAIN

 LUSITANIA MAY  LUXURY LINER TORPEDOED  128 AMERICANS AMONG DEAD  SHIP CARRYING MUNITIONS TO ENGLAND  ( GERMANY WITHIN RIGHT) ZIMMERMAN NOTE INTERCEPTED / LEAKED TO PRESS GERMANY ASKS MEXICO TO ATTACK USA GERMANY WILL RETURN AZ, TEX. NEW MEX. TO MEXICO

 1 st modern war  Mechanized warfare (tank + airplanes)  Big Bertha - huge cannon 1 ton shell /75 miles  Zeppelins gas filled airship/ designed to drop bombs in enemy territory  Machine gun most deadly weapon  600 rounds per minute = 40 riflemen

 Poison gas (usually chlorine)  Terrified Allied soldiers  Blindness suffocation  Advanced weapons led to trench warfare BIG BERTHA Machine gun

 GERMANY EXHAUSTED ;  WAR MACHINE DONE  LOW MORALE  DESERTATIONS  NO DECISIVE BATTLES WON OR LOST  POIGNANT QUOTE ABOUT WW1 IN PARTICULAR

 11 TH HOUR, 11 TH DAY 11 TH MONTH  NOV 11TH, 11AM, 1918 WAR IS OVER  TREATY OF VERSAILLES OFFICIALLY ENDS WAR  LEADS TO MANY NEGATIVES, INCLUDING RISE OF ADOLF HITLER

 33 BILLION IN WAR REPARATIONS  STRIPPED OF ALL COLONIES  9 NEW NATIONS CREATED  REDUCED GERMAN ARMY TO 110K MEN  WAR GUILT CLAUSE ---- GERMANY’S FAULT