1. AP EURO Unit #6 – Early 20th Century (The World Wars) Lesson #602 Fighting and impact of WWI

2. Pressures led to war Militarization Empire competing Alliances
Nationalism
Dan snow – 4m description of assassination:

3. Could WWI have been prevented?
What if Franz Ferdinand had lived?
What if Russia had not been humiliated in the Russo-Japanese war?
What if Russians remained wimps?
What if Austria was not pressured by Germany?
What if politicians had resisted militarization?
What if cousins Nicky and Willy trusted each other more fully, and LISTENED?
What if the Schlieffen plan was executed correctly?
Revisionist history, and inevitability of war:

4. Why did nations insist on fighting?
Why did Austria give Serbia only three days to respond to ridiculously high demands after a full month after their prince was killed?
Why did the GERMANS push Austria so hard to be tough on Serbia?
And then why did Germany give Austria a “blank check” to do whatever it takes to subdue Serbia?
Why did Serbia refuse to back down?
And why did Russia insist on mobilizing their army?
Why did the FRENCH HAVE to fight?
Why did the BRITISH feel an obligation to fight?

5. NEW KILLING MACHINES of WWI
“Aeroplane”
Submarine
Tanks
Flame thrower
Poison gas
Longer range artillery
Pill boxes
TRENCH WARFARE
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6. And some “old” weapons
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7. The Western Front Western front: the trenches WWI, “Trenches”
Over the top – what it may have been like

8. Trench Warfare

11. Trench Warfare

12. Trench Warfare
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13. Trench Warfare

14. How did the war draw to an end?
German troops were starving
Americans started the war all over
But, the Americans JUST KEPT COMING
Germany could not overcome… so…

16. THE FIGHTING of WWI There were really TWO European campaigns
In West: Trench Warfare West was static:
“the Western Front”
In East: things moved quickly
Russians pulverized
Russians forced into retreat
Humiliated, the Czar abdicated
Russia ended up surrendering
Russia plummeted into a civil war
In the end, the Bolsheviks won control