1. : The World at War

2. Differing Viewpoints “Family Feud” “Fall of the Eagles”
“The War to End All Wars”
“The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

3. Causes of the War

4. 1. The Alliance System
Triple Entente:
Triple Alliance:

5. Two Armed Camps!
Allied Powers:
Central Powers:

6. Victor Emmanuel II [It]
The Major Players:
Allied Powers:
Central Powers:
Nicholas II [Rus]
Wilhelm II [Ger]
George V [Br]
Victor Emmanuel II [It]
Enver Pasha [Turkey]
Pres. Poincare [Fr]
Franz Josef [A-H]

7. Europe in 1914

8. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

9. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The “Powder Keg” of Europe

10. The “Spark”

11. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

12. The Assassination: Sarajevo

13. The Assassin:
Gavrilo Princip

14. Who’s To Blame?

15. The Schlieffen Plan

16. German Atrocities in Belgium

17. Mobilization Home by Christmas! No major war in 50 years! Nationalism!
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go;
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
Farewell, Leicester Square,
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there!

19. A Multi-Front War

20. The Western Front

21. Trench Warfare

22. Trench Warfare
“No Man’s Land”

23. Verdun – February, 1916 German offensive.
Each side had 500,000 casualties.

24. The Somme – July, 1916 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day.
Over 1,500,000 killed in 5 months.

25. America Joins the Allies

26. The Sinking of the Lusitania

27. The Zimmerman Telegram

28. The Yanks Are Coming!

29. The War of the Industrial Revolution: New Technology

30. French Renault Tank

31. British Tank at Ypres

32. U-Boats

33. “Squadron Over the Brenta” Max Edler von Poosch, 1917
The Airplane
“Squadron Over the Brenta” Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

34. Flame Throwers
Grenade Launchers

35. Poison Gas
Machine Gun

36. World War I Casualties