1. Review

2. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Review

3. How did countries and citizens fight World War I?
What was the experience of a soldier in WWI?

4. The Fighting Starts The Schlieffen Plan Holding action against Russia
Drive through Belgium to Paris
Then use both armies to defeat Russia

5. The Schlieffen Plan
Refugee crisis

6. The Schlieffen Plan

7. Warfare Allies retreat to Marne River Both sides dig in
Halt German advance
Both sides dig in
Stalemate
Trenches

8. Trench Warfare 3 kinds: No man’s land- expanse of mud between lines
Front line
Support
Reserve
No man’s land- expanse of mud between lines

9. Trench Warfare Strategies
“Bombardment”
Bomb barbed wire, front line, and trenches
Charge into enemy front line trench
“Creeping Barage”
Artillery shells fired followed by soldiers “creeping” in behind
“Tunnel Digging”
Soldiers would dig tunnels under “no man’s land”
Catch enemy off guard
Attacks would typically take place at dawn

10. Trench Warfare Periodic charging of enemy lines High casualty rate
Slaughtered due to barbed wire, machine gun
High casualty rate
Ex: 1st battle of Somme
60,000 British casualties on first day
Final casualties: 1.2 million
7 miles of land changed hands

11. Trench Warfare
Dangers:
Shelling
Shell shock
Snipers
Disease
Gas

12. Old methods of Warfare Cavalries- soldiers on horses
Bayonet charges- soldiers charge lines with long knives
Old methods failed next to new techniques and mechanized warfare

14. Machine guns Rapidly released bullets
Positioned at front lines to stop charges from breaking through

16. Barbed wire Entanglements and obstacles placed in front of trenches
Stopped enemies from getting in

18. Gas 1915- Germans use poison gas Caused vomiting, blindness, choking
Allies also used gas
Chlorine, mustard gas

23. tanks
1915- British used tanks
Crushed barbed wire, crossed trenches

25. airplanes Used as scouts Used as weapon
flew over enemy land, spied on enemy
Used as weapon
Machine guns, bombs put on planes
Dogfights- battles between planes
Average life expectancy = 2 weeks

27. Trench Warfare
Read over the primary account of fighting in the trenches
Answer reflection questions
Full sentences
Detail from source