1. The Great War
WWI

2. An American Hero

3. The All-Spark * June 28th, 1914 Francis Ferdinand assassinated.
Killed by a Bosnian Serb.
Member of the Black Hand or Union of Death

4. The Target

5. War Declared *July 23: Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum.
Austria-Hungary gave Serbia 48 hours to answer the ultimatum or face war.
*War declared on July 28, 1914

6. War!

7. The War
* Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria.
* Allies: Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, later Japan, and Montenegro.
*Italy remains neutral

8. The Sides

9. Schlieffen Plan * created by Alfred von Schlieffen in 1905.
Did not work.
Helmuth von Moltke was unable to advance due to heavy fortification and strong resistance.

10. The Mastermind

11. Marne * September 5th French versus the Germans
After 4 days, Germans were pushed back 50 miles.
*signifies the abandonment of the Schlieffen Plan.

12. The Battle

13. Verdun * February 1916: Germans staged an attack at Verdun in France.
Verdun is a massive fortress in France. Henri-Philippe Petain
*A six month siege was ended when the Germans abandoned the attack.

14. The Fortress

15. Somme *British and French attacked Germans in the Somme River Valley
* Germans lost 500,000
*British lost 400,000
*French lost 200,000

16. The Trench

17. Gallipoli
* Winston Churchill wanted to stage an Allied attack on the Dardanelles Strait.
Only way of opening supply line to Russia.
*April 1915: attacked Gallipoli but Turks pushed them back.

18. A Young Mel

19. United States Enters *1917 U.S. enters WWI.
Public opinion prior thought not to enter the war as they were not all too happy with the Allies.
*February 1917: Woodrow Wilson cuts diplomacy with Germany in response for threats to sink ships

20. Join The Army

21. United States 2
*March 1917: Arthur Zimmerman was German foreign minister.
* Spoke with German ambassador to Mexico.
* Said in return for Mexican support Germany would help them retake NM, TX, and AZ.

22. Hell No! We Won’t Go!

23. United States 3
* April 2, 1917 President Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war.
* In response for sinking four American merchant ships.

24. Bring It On!

25. War’s End * The war ended November 11th, 1918.
Nearly 9 million soldiers were dead.
21 million were wounded.

26. The Place In Question

27. Paris Peace Conference
*January 1919 had delegates from 27 nations from Paris.
* President Wilson (US), Georges Clemenceau (FRANCE), David Lloyd George (GB), Vittorio Orlando (Italy).

28. Peace At Last

29. Treaty of Versailles
* Reduced German military and banned conscription (the draft) and weapons manufacturing.
*Reduced Germany’s size back to Alsace-Lorraine.
*Re-establish an independent Poland.

30. The Damage

31. Treaty 2 * Germany lost overseas colonies.
*treaty signed June 28, 1919.
*1 Trillion German Deutschmarks equal 1 American dollar.

32. Major Inflation

33. Well Done Cadet!

34. You’ve Reached The End!

35. Ya, Done Good, Pilgrim!

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