1. M A N I Causes of World War I - MANIA
ilitarism – policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war
lliances - agreements between nations to aid and protect one another
ationalism – pride in or devotion to one’s country
mperialism – when one country takes over another country economically and politically
ssassination – murder of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

4. Imperialism: European conquest of Africa

5. Archduke
Franz Ferdinand
King George V
Britain

6. French Premiere
Clemenceau
Kaiser Wilhelm II

7. Woodrow Wilson
Czar Nicolas II

8. SERBIA
Turkey was known as the ‘Sick Man of Europe’. It was losing control over its empire in the Balkans, in southern Europe
Both Austria-Hungary and Russia were interested in taking over the Balkan region.
By the start of the 20th century, many Balkan peoples had won their independence from Turkey
Serbia was the most powerful of these new nations. It was her wish to unite all Serb peoples.
This led to bitter rivalry with Austria-Hungary.

9. Assassination of Archduke
Short Term Cause
Assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the throne
of Austria-Hungarian
Empire

10. ASSASSINATION AT SARAJEVO 28TH July 1914

11. Gavril Princip The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Burial of victims from the Lusitania at Queenstown, Ireland, 10 May 1915

12. Map showing the Archduke’s journey through Sarajevo

13. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian terrorist
Both died within minutes from their wounds. Two bullets were about to lead to the deaths of a further 20 million men!
Gavrilo Princip, Serbian terrorist
Archduke’s bloodstained jacket

14. Causes of WWI - Alliances
Triple Entente:
Triple Alliance:
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Russia
Italy

15. THE ALLIANCE SYSTEMS GO INTO ACTION? ?

17. EVENTS AND CAUSES OF WORLD WAR ONE
MILITARY ‘ARMS RACE’ BEGINS BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY. ARMIES INCREASE IN SIZE.
WILHELM II BECOMES KAISER. HIS AMBITIONS FOR GERMANY RAISE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE GREAT POWERS.
FRENCH DESIRE FOR REVENGE – RECOVER ALSACE AND LORRAINE
: FORMATION OF THE ALLIANCE SYSTEMS:
TRIPLE ALLIANCE: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy.
TRIPLE ENTENTE: France, Russia, Great Britain.
UNIFICATION OF GERMANY . DEFEAT OF FRANCE.
NAVAL RACE ; WILHELM’S AMBITIONS FOR EMPIRE THREATENS BRITAIN’S SECURITY
JULY ASSASSINATION AT SARAJEVO
RIVALRY IN THE BALKANS BETWEEN SERBIA AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

22. Belgium
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Region
France
Schlieffen Plan

23. Paris
Allied Retreat 1914

24. Belgium
Germany
Paris
western front
1918

25. Poland
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Eastern Front

26. Brest-Litovsk
Treaty 1917
Bolshevik
Revolution 1917

27. Trench warfare

28. No Man's Land
Rain = trench foot

29. Dead Soldiers begin to smell
Americans burying their dead, Bois de Consenvoye, France, 8 Nov 1918

30. Reconnaisance Missions

32. Dog Fights!

33. Rittmeister Baron Manfred von Richtofen, "The Red Baron," 80 victories

34. The Royal Guardsmen Number 1 hit in 1967
The Royal Guardsmen
Number 1 hit in 1967
Up in the sky, a man in a plane Baron von Richthofen was his name Eighty men tried and eighty men died Now they're buried together on the countryside Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' out the score Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

35. African American Units
119th Regiment
African American Units

37. grenades

38. Liberating towns

39. Before
Verdun: Cloister of the Hotel de la Princerie
After

40. Before
Village of Esnes
After

41. Before
Palace of Justice, Senlis
After

42. Refugees

43. Leave it to MAN to...

44. Artillery
Grenade Launchers

45. Flame throwers

49. Guess who were snipers' favorite targets?

51. First War Tanks

53. Machine Guns

56. Big Bertha

57. We Got Wood!

60. Casualties sorted by number mobilized WWI