1. THE GREAT WAR WORLD WAR I

2. A Close Family Tree QueenVictoria of England - Grand Mother to royalty of Europe (German States, England, Denmark, Russia and more)

3. The Intertwining Royal Families of Europe Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Victoria m. Frederick III (Prussia) Alice m. Louis of Hesse Edward VII 6 others 6 others Kaiser Wilhelm II Nicholas II m. Alexandra King George V Kaiser Wilhelm II Nicholas II m. Alexandra King George V

4. King George V Tsar Nicholas II

5. Background Causes Nationalism Self- Determination Pan-SlavismImperialism Economic competition

6. The Background Continued… MilitarismBismarck, Clausewitz & The Kaiser System of Alliances -Allies Vs. Central Powers

7. Kaiser Wilhelm II Reviewing the Troops

8. The Allied Powers (Allies) France, England, Russia (later Italy and the United States) ENGLISH SOLDIER FRENCH SOLDIER RUSSIAN OFFICER

9. The Central Powers Germans, Austro- Hungarians and the Ottoman Empire German Pickelhaube AUSTRIAN SOLDIER OTTOMAN SOLDIER

10. The Spark Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand Archduke Franz Ferdinand

11. The Assassination and the Arrest

12. Franz Ferdinand’s Funeral

13. The Pieces Fall into Place

14. The Schlieffen Plan - Anticipate French Border Defense - Anticipate French Border Defense - Anticipate Long Russian Prep Time - Anticipate Long Russian Prep Time

15. Schlieffen Plan Continued England, with no Landing no Landing Area, would sue for peace Area, would sue for peace France & UK gone, can now focus on Russia

16. Germany enters Belgium…

17. The Plans falls Apart The Battle of the Marne The Battle of the Marne

18. Taxis to the Rescue

19. The Plan Falls Apart, Part II German Victory at Tannenburg A Devastating Victory Pulls Germany into vacuum, ends holding maneuver "It's an honour to make such a sacrifice for our allies" - Nicholas II

20. Russian Prisoners at Tannenburg

21. The Race to the Sea & Stalemate Trench Warfare Trench Warfare

22. German troops make trenches

23. New Horrors of War The Tank At the Somme, UK Machine Guns New Battleships

24. French 75 Gun, 1914

25. More Horrors of War… U-BoatsAirplanes

26. And Even More Horrors!!! Poison Gas Flame Throwers Grenades

27. The Western Front Verdun German Offensive German OffensiveSomme UK & French UK & French

28. Christmas, 1914 German and British soldiers fraternizing in No Man's Land, Christmas 1914

29. The Eastern Front Gallipoli Russia failing Promise of the Dardanelles Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

30. On the Seas UK Blockade of Germany U-BoatsSussex Pledge Pledge

31. Russia Defeated - 1917 February Revolution Nicholas II Nicholas IIabdicates October Revolution Sealed Train Sealed Train Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

32. Total War Governments use all tools in their societies to fight: Conscription Conscription Rationing Rationing Censoring Censoring Women in business Women in business Colonies (freedom?) Colonies (freedom?)

33. War Crimes in Armenia Ottoman Turks fear Armenian support of Russia (Christian V Islam) The solution: men, women and children marched into the desert till dead from exposure and dehydration 1915-1918 1.5 Million Dead

34. Enter the Americans Zimmermann Telegram Unrestricted Sub Warfare Lusitania April 2, 1917

35. The Tide Turns The US & the Convoy System Doughboys tip scales, Germans deep into their reserves… Ottomans and Austrians surrender

36. The End of the War Failed German Offensive Americans and Allies push Germany to its borders… Armistice 11/11 at 11 am 11/11 at 11 am in 1918 in 1918 Clemenceau, Orlando, Lloyd-George & Wilson

37. A New Map of Europe Versailles & The 14 Points The Big 4 The Big 4 Poland, the Poland, the Baltic States, Baltic States, Finland, Ireland, Finland, Ireland,Czechoslovakia… The League of Nations of Nations

38. Results of the War The numbers : 24 Million + dead 24 Million + dead (more civilians (15) than soldiers (9) !!!) 21 million+ wounded 21 million+ woundedNationalism -Sykes-Picot deal,1916 Communism German Anger US THE world power