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1 1914-1918: The World at War Part C

2 America Joins the Allies

3 Submarines “U-Boats”

4 WWI Destroyer

5 Convoys

6 The Sinking of the Lusitania

7 The Zimmerman Telegram

8 The Yanks Are Coming!

9 Americans in the Trenches

10 The War of the Industrial Revolution: New Technology

11 French Renault Tank

12 British Tank at Ypres

13 U-Boats

14 Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

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

16 The Flying Aces of World War I
Eddie Rickenbacher, US Francesco Barraco, It. Billy Bishop, Canada Manfred von Richtoffen, Ger. [The “Red Baron”] Rene Pauk Fonck, Fr. Willy Coppens de Holthust, Belg.

17 Aircraft Plant

18 The Zeppelin

19 Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers

20 Poison Gas Machine Gun (this is a biggie!)

21 Artillery “Queen of the Battlefield”

22 “Art” of World War I

23 “A Street in Arras” John Singer Sargent, 1918

24 “Oppy Wood” – John Nash, 1917

25 “Those Who Have Lost Their Names” Albin Eggar-Linz, 1914

26 “Gassed and Wounded” Eric Kennington, 1918

27 “Paths of Glory” C. R. W. Nevinson, 1917

28 German Cartoon: “Fit for active service!”, 1918

29 1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies
50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

30 The Armistice is Signed!
11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!

31 9,000,000 Dead

32 A Somme Cemetery, France

33 World War I Casualties


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