1. The end of The Great War 1917-1919

2. Today’s Standard Essential Question
examine the geographic factors and theaters of WWI looking specifically at their significance in military decisions.
Identify and explain two factors that lead to the end of WWI?
Essential Question

3. Morale Crashes “You smug-faced crowds with kindling eyes
Growing lists of casualties
Germany was sending 15-year-old recruits to the front lines
War poets began denouncing the leaders
“You smug-faced crowds with kindling eyes
Who cheer when soldiers lads march by
Sneak home and pray you’ll never know
The hell where you and laughter go”
Siegfried Sasson
“Suicide in the Trenches”

4. Russia Withdraws from War
By 1917, nearly 5.5 million Russian casualties
Civil unrest – Wartime shortages in food, clothing, etc…
Nov Lenin seizes power & withdraws Russia from war
March Russia and Germany sign Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

5. The Sinking of the Lusitania

6. Causes for U.S. Entering WWI
1.) Germany uses “unrestricted submarine warfare” (Jan. 1917)
2.) Zimmerman Note (Feb. 1917)
Germany urges Mexico to enter war & “reconquer” land lost to U.S.

7. 3.) U.S. feels bond with Britain
4.) Anti-German sentiment b/c of atrocities
5.) Stronger economic ties with Allies

8. The Zimmerman Telegram

9. The U.S. Enters the War
Prior to entering the war the U.S. was very Isolationist.
By million American troops were on their way to Europe
U.S. entrance into war gave Allied soldiers hope
SS Mauretania Arriving with First Batch of American Heroes. New York, New York: Doughboys cheering.

10. The Yanks Are Coming!

11. Americans in the Trenches

12. Wilson’s 14 Points Wilson wanted to be the peace maker
January 1918 he issues his 14 Points
Freedom of the seas
No secret alliances
Free trade
Reduction in militaries
For Eastern Europe (Balkans) Self-Determination

13. Winning the War

14. Failed Final Push Germany sends its forces to Western Front
May Germans reach Marne again
New American troops help Allies
July nd Battle of Marne
- 2 million American troops arrive
Nov. 11, 1918 – Armistice (agreement to stop fighting)

15. 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic: Depletes All Armies
50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

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

17. 9,000,000 Dead

18. The Somme American Cemetary, France
116,516 Americans Died

19. World War I Casualties

20. Aftermath of the Battle of Verdun
Financial Toll
Mass destruction of property from France to Russia
Homes, farms, factories, roads and churches – shelled to rubble
People felt bitter and wanted losers to pay reparations
Payments for war damage
Aftermath of the Battle of Verdun