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HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2013
Lecture Fourteen: World War I
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The Mood of 1914 Austria vs. Serbia The “Blank Check”
Schlieffen Plan and Diplomacy Mobilization of Nationalism The Burgfrieden Ultimatums and Declarations of War
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The War Begins The Initial Assault on Belgium and France
Russian Mobilization and the Battle of Tannenberg The First Battle of the Marne The Race to the Sea
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Stalemate Conduct of War Rethinking Logistics – Walther Rathenau
British Blockade Attempts at a Technological Military Breakthrough From War of Breakthrough to War of Attrition Conditions at the Front
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War on Other Fronts Hindenburg and Ludendorff on the Eastern Front
Italy, Turkey, Romania Submarine Warfare and the US
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Home Front and Military Crisis
Patriotic Auxiliary Service Law Turnip Winter Destabilization and Collapse of Russia The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk The Entry of the United States Last Assault in West – Second Battle of the Marne
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The End Retreat Call for Armistice Abdication of William II
Naval Mutiny Armistice, November 11, 1918 The Toll German Dead 2 million, Wounded 4 million Austrian Dead 1 million, Wounded 3.5 million Allied Dead 5.7 million, Wounded 12.8 million
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