1. American Involvement in WWI
Sgt. Alvin York

2. General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing: commander of the American Expeditionary Force

3. German Spring Offensive, 1918

4. Major American Battles
Battle of Belleau Wood (June 1918)
Battle of Chateau-Thierry (July 1918)
Second Battle of the Marne (July 1918)
Meuse-Argonne Offensive (September 1918)

5. Battle of Belleau Wood, June 1918
“We have Americans opposite us who are fairly reckless fellows…”

6. Battle of Chateau-Thierry, July 1918
“The Americans seemed to come out of nowhere and everywhere, all at once…”

7. Second Battle of the Marne, July-August 1918
“I never saw men charge to their death with finer spirit…”

8. World War I Weapons Technology

9. Trenches and “No Man’s Land”
German Trenches
No Man’s Land in France
Trench Periscopes

10. Fun in the Trenches
Rat hunters
Trench Foot
Combat shock and fatigue

11. Machine Guns Lewis Machine-gun Vickers Machine-gun
Chauchat Machine-gun
Hotchkiss Machine-gun

12. Flamethrowers
French Flamethrowers

13. Grenades Serbian Rifle Grenade German “Potato Masher” Grenade
Eggshell Grenade

14. Poison Gas
Chlorine Gas Shells and Gasmasks
Mustard Gas in France

15. Airplanes Sopwith Camel (British) Fokker Dr.I (“Red Baron”)
Nieuport 28 (French)

16. Eddie Rickenbacker: top American “ace” (26 victories)

17. Manfred Von Richtoven: “the Red Baron” (80 victories)

18. WWI Bombers
DeHavilland DH-4
Zeppelin
Gotha G.V.

19. Lafayette Escadrille: American volunteer pilots (before U. S
Lafayette Escadrille: American volunteer pilots (before U.S. declared war)>>>>Flyboys (2006)

20. Tanks A7V Tank (German) Mark II Tank (American crew)
Schneider Tank (French)

21. Artillery
“Big Bertha” Gun
“Paris Gun”

22. Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1919)

25. “The Lost Battalion” Around 600 men
Only group to reach objective on Day 1
Completely surrounded, faced around 2,000 Germans
Surrender? Retreat? Stay put?
77th Division, 308th Battalion

26. Major Charles Whittlesey: commander of the battalion

27. “Cher Ami”: carrier pigeon

28. Film: “The Lost Battalion”
Part I today, Part II tomorrow
Complete the worksheet as we go.