1. Warm Up # 7
Why are soldiers fighting in World War I, what do they have in common with their enemies?

2. The Course of War Notes
Workbook pg. 14

3. Essential Question
How did World War I progress, how did it end?

4. Modern War Not kings/armies but whole societies
Fought in towns and fields
War dragged on for four years
Only way to end was to utterly ruin opponent
War of attrition

5. Modern War The first great Industrial War
Mass production of repeating rifles, machine guns, artillery, ammunition, uniforms, trucks
No shortage of food for troops

6. Inventions of the WWI Era
The Machine Gun changes warfare
Defensive stalemate in the West
Trench warfare
Tanks
Submarines (U-boat)
Fighting Aircraft
Poison gas

7. Global War Fighting carried out in colonies
Fighting in East Africa and the Middle East
Raw materials and soldiers imported to help the fight in Europe

8. Revolt in the East Oct. 1917: Russian troops revolt against officers
Leads to Communist Revolution in Russia
Russia signs treaty with Germany
Ends war on Eastern Front

9. How does it end?
1917: US enters the war and helps Allies defeat Germany on the Western Front.
November, 11th 1918: Armistice (ceasefire) agreed to by both sides

10. Consequences of the War
Europe lay in ruin
Over 9 million dead
Over 21 million injured
Flu epidemic spreads after killing 1 million more
Almost an entire generation of capable workers gone

12. Test Practice