1. WW
What do you know about WW1?

3. Causes of World War I (think the MAIN to help you remember them!!)
Long Term Causes:
Militarism (build up of military forces)
Alliances (countries pledge to defend another)
Imperialism (competition for colonies)
Nationalism (pride in ones country)
Short Term Cause:
Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

4. Eastern Front

5. Western Front

6. Schlieffen Plan

7. Trench Warfare

8. Trench Warfare
Germany will advance to the gates of Paris and are stopped (1914). Trench Warfare will occur for the duration of the war.

9. Life in the Trenches

10. Life in the Trenches
In groups of 2, pick a topic and write a 5 sentence summary. Each group will read their summary to the class once we are completed.
Topics (Daily Death, Rats, Frogs & Lice, Trench Cycle, Morning Stand To, Breakfast Truce, Chores, Dusk Stand To, No Man’s Land, The Smell).

11. What hardship was the worst? Why?

12. WW1 Trench Design

13. Flooding

14. Trench Foot

15. Rats

16. Lice

17. Poison Gas

18. Shell Shock

19. Smell

20. What hardship was the worst (11 choices)? Why?
Examples from reading include Daily Death (snipers), Rats, Frogs & Lice, Trench Cycle (only 70 days of rest), Patrolling No Man’s Land, Smell, video examples include Flooding, Trench Foot, Trench Foot, Poison Gas, or Shell Shock.

21. Technology Following slides are weapons used during WW1.
Problem was the military tactics weren’t up to date with the new technology.
Result, is a slaughter for the troops!!

22. Rifle

23. German Grenade

24. Allied Grenade

25. Artillery (Big Bertha)

26. Poison Gas

27. Gas Mask (equipment)

28. Uniforms (equipment)

29. Poison Gas

30. Machine Gun

31. Tanks

32. Submarines

33. Zeppelin

34. Airplanes

35. WW1 Technology Per presentation, list 2 things you learned.
2) What was the most effective weapon of WW1? Why?

36. What happened to the Red Baron?
List 8 facts on a separate sheet of paper.
2) Who killed the Red Baron? Why (support your answer)?

37. Manfred von Richthofen (what did you learn??)

38. Autopsy Findings Bullet entered body on his right side.
Died a minute after bullet hit his body.

39. Who killed the Red Baron??

40. Captain Roy Brown?

41. Gunner Robert Buie?

42. Cedric Popkin?

43. Snowy Evans?
Australian
Died in 1925.
No picture?

44. Chemical Weapons
Should they be outlawed by the rules of war? Y/N & why?

45. Battles of WW1

46. 1st Battle of the Marne
The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought between 5 and 12 September It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army. The battle effectively ended the month long German offensive that opened the war and had reached the outskirts of Paris. The counterattack of six French field armies and one British army along the Marne River forced the German Imperial Army to abandon its push on Paris and retreat northeast, setting the stage for four years of trench warfare on the Western Front.[2]

47. Battle of Tannenberg Battle between Russia & German.
Took place in August 1914 for 7 days.
The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army.
Russian casualties 170,000.
German casualties 12,000.

48. Battle of Tannenberg

49. Battle of Tannenberg

50. Battle of Verdun Fought on France (Western Front).
French casualties 362,000
German casualties 336,000
Primarily an artillery battle.
40 million artillery shells were exchanged, leaving behind millions of shell craters that are still visible.

51. Battle of Verdun

52. WW1 battlefields today

53. WW1 battlefields today

54. WW1 battlefields today

55. Battle of the Somme British/French offensive on the Western Front.
One of the largest battles of the war.
1 million casualties combined both sides.

56. Costs of War War ended 11/11/1918. 8.5 million died.
21 million wounded.
$338 Billion cost of war.

57. Treaty of Versailles
Treaty which ended WW1 & punished Germany.