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World War I Global Conflict
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Objectives Illustrate the war on the Eastern front
Describe the new inventions that resulted from WWI Analyze the escalation of WWI
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Essential Question Explain the difference between WWI and previous wars. Describe at least 3 examples.
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Terms Unrestricted submarine warfare Total war Rationing Propaganda
Armistice
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I Can . . . I can describe the impact of the war on the economy of Europe. I know what the Zimmerman note exposed. I can describe the gamble that Germany made before the U.S. entered the war. I can describe the impact of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on Germany.
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Assignment Complete Daily Sheet
Terms – Definition, significance, General date Answer I can statements Section 3 Review, page 422 Questions – 4,6,7,8
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Battle for the East
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Eastern Front Stretch of battlefield along the German-Russian border
Russians and Serbs vs. Germans, Austrians, and Turks More of a Mobile war then in the west but still just as bloody
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Central Powers take charge
July 1914 Russia advanced on Germany and Austria Sept. 1914, Germany had turned the tied of the war Germany and Austria regained lost land Over 30,000 Russians died
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Defeat of Russia
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1916 Russia was all but defeated
Not Industrialized Army short on supplies Millions of soldiers were killed Numbers kept Russia surviving
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Weapons Nations on both sides searched for ways to defeat their enemies Development of new weapons and innovations increased dramatically.
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Tank
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Machine guns
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Poison Gas
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Airplane
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Naval War
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Submarine
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A True World War
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Global Conflict Involved almost every nation on Earth
Russia, Germany, Britain, France, Austria, Ottoman Empire, Italy, Australia, United States, Mexico, Brazil, India, African Colonies, Japan, and China.
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The Gallipoli Campaign
Attack on the Ottoman Empire would end the stalemate Dardanelles – narrow straight that led to Constantinople Turks defended the straight and both sided dug in Allies lost 250,000 soldiers
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Lawrence of Arabia T.E. Lawrence British soldier
Lead Arabs against the Turks Captured Baghdad, Jerusalem, and Damascus
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Asia Japan attacked Germany
Captured land in China and all of Germany’s island colonies
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Africa English and French Troops attacked German colonies
Germany lost all of its colonies in Africa
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Use of Empire British and French used soldiers from their colonies
Kept supply lines full Fought for independence Mohandas Gandhi – Believed Indian support for Britain would lead to independence
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Dough boys Arrive
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Ocean Warfare May 7, 1915 – German sub sank the British ship Lusitanian Carried 128 Americans 1917 – War focused on the seas Unrestricted Submarine Warfare – German policy used to sink any ship that entered British Waterways
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Zimmerman Note Zimmerman – German Ambassador to Mexico
British supposedly intercepted a note from Germany to Mexico Germany guaranteed Mexico the return of Texas and New Mexico if the invaded the U.S. April 2, 1917 U.S. declared war on Germany
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