2. A New Kind of Conflict The “Great War” (Turn to pg. 685)  Take out Graphic Organizer on this topic!

3. After the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand: Serbia VS. Austria-Hungary Russia Germany France *** Italy & Britain remained uncommitted.

4. The Schlieffen Plan (pg. 683) Britain had to decide whether or not to support its Triple Entente ally France. Germany made the decision for them! The Schlieffen Plan was designed to avoid a two- front war against France in the west and Russia in the east. Under this plan, Germany first had to defeat France quickly and then it would fight Russia.

5. Schlieffen Plan: required German armies to march through Belgium to get to France. On August 3, Germany INVADED a neutral Belgium. Britain and other Europeans had signed a treat guaranteeing Belgian neutrality, so Britain declared war on Germany. Italy chose to remain neutral for the time being.

6. The Western Front

7. Germans soon violated the Schlieffen Plan; Russia mobilized more quickly than Germany had expected. As Russia won a few small victories in the east, Germany had to shift some troops there which weakened their forces in the west. The British joined French troops and pushed back the German offensive which destroyed Germany’s hopes for a quick victory on the Western Front.

8. A Multi-Front War

9. Trench Fortification. A long, narrow excavation in the ground to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack. Roasted under the broiling sun or froze thorough the long winters. Living there soldiers shared food with rats and their beds with lice.

10. Trench Warfare

12. “No Man’s Land”

14. The only remedy for trench foot was for the soldiers to dry their feet and change their socks several times a day. By the end of 1915 British soldiers in the trenches had to have three pairs of socks with them and were under orders to change their socks at least twice a day.

15. Recruitment Posters

16. Mobilization

18. New Technology from World War One (pg. 688)

19. French Renault Tank

20. British Tank at Ypres

21. Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers

22. Poison Gas Machine Gun

23. The Zeppelin: gas-filled balloon

24. The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta” Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

25. The Flying Aces of World War I Eddie Rickenbacher, US Francesco Barraco, It. Rene Pauk Fonck, Fr. Manfred von Richtoffen, Ger. [The “Red Baron”] Willy Coppens de Holthust, Belg. Eddie “Mick” Mannoch, Br.

26. U-Boats

27. “One out of every four men who went out to the World War did not come back again..and of those who came back, many are maimed and blind and some are mad.” – pg. 685 War is HELL!!!

28. Sacrifices in War

29. Wartime Propaganda - spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause.

30. Australian Poster

31. American Poster

32. Financing the War Hun = German

33. German Poster Think of Your Children!

34. The U.S. went to war in 1917 because… 1. Unrestricted submarine warfare that Germans engaged in. Attack on the Lusitania. 2. Cultural sympathy for England and France (common language, democracies). 3. Zimmerman Telegram – coded message from Germany to Mexico asking for help in the war in exchange for lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.

35. The Sinking of the Lusitania

36. The Zimmerman Telegram

37. The Yanks Are Coming! The Yanks Are Coming!