1. : The World at War

2. Differing Viewpoints “Family Feud” “Fall of the Eagles”
“The War to End All Wars”
“The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

3. Causes of the War

4. 1. The Alliance System
Triple Entente:
Triple Alliance:

5. Two Armed Camps!
Allied Powers:
Central Powers:

6. Victor Emmanuel II [It]
The Major Players:
Allied Powers:
Central Powers:
Nicholas II [Rus]
Wilhelm II [Ger]
George V [Br]
Victor Emmanuel II [It]
Enver Pasha [Turkey]
Pres. Poincare [Fr]
Franz Josef [A-H]

7. Europe in 1914

8. 1910-1914 Increase in Defense Expenditures
2. Militarism & Arms Race
Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers [Ger., A-H, It., Fr., Br., Rus.] in millions of £s.
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1914 94
130
154
268
289
398
Increase in Defense Expenditures
France
10%
Britain
13%
Russia
39%
Germany
73%

9. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

10. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

11. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The “Powder Keg” of Europe

12. The “Spark”

13. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

14. The Assassination: Sarajevo

15. The Assassin:
Gavrilo Princip

16. Who’s To Blame?

17. The Schlieffen Plan

18. German Atrocities in Belgium

19. Mobilization Home by Christmas! No major war in 50 years! Nationalism!
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go;
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
Farewell, Leicester Square,
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there!

20. Recruitment Posters

21. A Young Australian Recruit

22. Recruits of the Central Powers
A German Soldier Says Farewell to His Mother
Austro-Hungarians

23. New French Recruits

24. A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier