1. THE FIRST WORLD WAR

2. THE CRISIS BUILDS  New Enemies  Germany  Austria-Hungary  France  Great Britain THE FIRST WORLD WAR  New Friends KAISER WILHEM II EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF

3. THE SPARK  Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, June 28, 1914  Germans back Austrians with “blank check”  Austrians issue ultimatum July 28 THE FIRST WORLD WAR GAVRILO PRINCIP

4. THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND THE WAR  Russian Army plagued with problems  unable to mobilize vast manpower  suffer supply problems  inefficiency & corruption  poor leadership  insufficient medical care  German military superiority THE FIRST WORLD WAR

5. THE HOME FRONT  War causes much suffering  entire country mobilized  patriotism limited & waning  scarcities of necessities  mass inflation  strikes and protests  further loss of confidence in tsarist govt. THE FIRST WORLD WAR Tsar & Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Grigorii Rasputin Female soldiers