World War 1

Battle of Marne ✦ Germans advance into France ✦ France fights back ✦ Trench Warfare

Schlieffen Plan ✦ German Strategy ✦ Defeat France first then Russia ✦ Prevent a two front war

Trench Warfare ✦ Living conditions were terrible

Poison Gas ✦ Caused blindness, blisters, death by chocking

Other Tools of War ✦ Airplanes ✦ Tanks ✦ Submarines ✦ Machine Guns

Red Baron ✦ German Ace Fighter Pilot ✦ Celebrated Hero

No Man’s Land ✦ Space between opposing trenches

Battle of Tannenberg ✦ Russia attacks Germany and Austria, 1914 ✦ Germans crushed Russia ✦ Russia continues to struggle

Battle of Somme ✦ Slaughter at its peak, 1916 ✦ Each side- half a million casualties ✦ Only a few miles gained