1. WWI A New Kind of War

2. The Great War World War I The War to End All Wars
The War of The Nations
The War to Make The World Safe For Democracy
The First World War
The World War

3. Belligerents Allied Powers Central Powers Great Britain France Russia
Eventually 32 countries
Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Ottoman Emp.

4. Belligerents Allied Powers-Advantages Central Powers-Advantages
More soldiers
Greater industrial capacity
British navy-largest in the world
Central Powers-Advantages
Territory from North Sea to Middle East
German Army-well trained and well equipped

5. WWI - Animals First use of seeing-eye dogs for soldiers
Used carrier pigeons for communication
Dogs used on battlefield
Locate dead
Assist soldiers in trenches

8. WWI - Animals Estimated 40,000 war dogs killed with Allied forces
Estimated 800,000 horses killed with British forces, 8 mill. Over all
First seeing-eye dog – “Buddy”

9. Buddy

10. WWI - Animals “Rin Tin Tin” “Original Pooh Bear”
German Shepard dog born in trench, rescued by American soldier, starred in more than 40 films
“Original Pooh Bear”
WWI mascot for Canada

11. Rin Tin Tin

12. Winnie

13. Technology
In 1915 British Admiral Jacky Fisher wrote, “The war is going to be won by inventions.”
Technological advances affected all aspects of war, including:
Medicine
Transportation/Vehicles
Communication
Weaponry

14. Technology - Medicine Use of x-rays in the military Use of blood banks
IQ tests used in assigning soldiers to duties

15. Technology - Transportation
Unterseebooten-German submarine
Development of the torpedo
Airplane
Coordinated, mounted machine guns (prior used a pistol)
“Dogfights” {“Ace” = 5 kills}

16. Technology - Transportation
Internal combustion engine
Aided in rapid troop movement
Critical in the development of other military vehicles
Tank
First war to use tanks, dev. by British
Enabled troop movement through rough ground, barbed wire, etc.

18. Technology - Communication
Wireless communication
War art used as propaganda
Carrier pigeons
Zeppelins/aircraft

19. Technology – Transportation
Zeppelin

20. Technology - Weaponry Long-range artillery Machine gun Hand grenade
Trench mortar
Steel helmet

21. Technology - Weaponry
Flame-thrower

22. Technology - Weaponry
The Germans first used gas against the Russians on Jan 13, 1915
Devastating in trenches

23. Technology - Weaponry Poison Gas
Chlorine – destroyed respiratory organs, suffocates to death
Phosgene – delayed effect, may kill days later
Mustard – internal/external blisters, death can occur up to 5 wks later, remains in soil for weeks
Cyanide – kills instantly in high doses
Use of gas internationally outlawed 1925
Tremendous suffering, only 30,000 deaths