1. World War I “The Great War” --the war to end all wars--
Fighting the War
Level 2

2. Essential Question
How did warfare change in World War I

3. European Countries Mobilize for War

4. Germany Attacks France Through Belgium
The Schlieffen Plan
Germany Attacks France Through Belgium
August 4, 1914

5. Two Front War Develops in Europe
Eastern Front
Germany & Austro-Hungary push deep into Russia - then slows
Western Front
Germany Attacks France through Belgium
- Allies stop the German offensive just outside of Paris as the attack bogs down
Trench War – Stalemate (attack-retreat)

6. Trench Warfare
“No Man’s Land”

9. Major Trench Battles in WWI
Battle of Verdun (Feb-July 1916)
1 million men – killed/wounded/missing
2) Battle of the Somme (July-Nov 1916)
60,000 British Casualties in one day
1 million killed

11. The Western Front

12. Fighting Took place in the Colonies too - Africa
Black Soldiers in the German Schutztruppen [German E. Africa]
British Sikh Mountain Gunners

13. T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) & the “Arab Revolt”, 1916-18

14. Weapons of War
The Great War saw destruction on the field of battle like never before
1) Old-Fashioned Strategies
2) New Technologies

15. German U-Boats

16. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

17. Poison Gas Attacks

18. The three main types of Poison Gas
Chlorine - a greenish, yellow heavier than air gas which in its pure form is an oxidizing agent. This means that it will react in the presence of water to cause a chemical burning effect on organic matter.
Phosgene - a colorless, odorless, heavier than air gas formed by heating carbon tetrachloride. It is highly poisonous in that it will preferentially replace oxygen in the cells and quickly causes an oxygen debt within the body, unconsciousness and death.
Mustard gas - gas with a distinctive mustard smell, it causes blistering and huge sores on any exposed tissue, internal or external.

19. Gas attack seen from an airplane

20. Machine Guns shoot thousands of bullets per minute

21. Barbed Wire

22. Flamethrowers

23. Phosphorus Grenade Exploding

24. Krupp railroad gun “Big Bertha” -named after his wife / hard to locate on rail / could shoot over 60 miles from behind German Lines

25. British Mark I tank

26. French Renault Tank

27. The Zeppelin

28. The Airplane

29. The Flying Aces of World War I
Francesco Barraco, It.
Eddie Rickenbacher, US
Eddie “Mick” Mannoch, Br.
Manfred von Richtoffen, Ger The {Red Baron
Rene Pauk Fonck, Fr.
Willy Coppens de Holthust, Belg.