2. World War I ( 1914 -1918 ) World War I (1914 -1918)

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

4. Causes of the War

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

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

7. The Major Players: 1914-17 Nicholas II [Rus] George V [Br] Pres. Poincare [Fr] Allied Powers: Franz Josef [A-H] Wilhelm II [Ger] Victor Emmanuel II [It] Central Powers: Enver Pasha [Turkey]

8. Europe in 1914

9. 2. Militarism & Arms Race 187018801890190019101914 94130154268289398 Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers [Ger., A-H, It., Fr., Br., Rus.] in millions of £s. 1910-1914 Increase in Defense Expenditures France10% Britain13% Russia39% Germany73%

10. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

11. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

12. The “ Spark ”

13. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

14. The Assassination: Sarajevo

15. The Assassin: Gavrilo Princip “Young Bosnia” “Black Hand” Gavrilo Princip “Young Bosnia” “Black Hand”

16. Who’s To Blame?

17. The Schlieffen Plan

18. German Atrocities in Belgium

19. MobilizationMobilization  Home by Christmas!  No major war in 50 years!  Nationalism!  Home by Christmas!  No major war in 50 years!  Nationalism!

20. Recruitment Posters

21. A Young Australian Recruit

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

23. New French Recruits

24. A “Young German Soldier”

26. Women and the War Effort

27. Financing the War

28. Munitions Workers

29. French Women Factory Workers

30. A Woman Ambulance Driver

31. Red Cross Nurses

32. SpiesSpies e “Mata Hari” e Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle e German Spy! e “Mata Hari” e Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle e German Spy!

33. Russian Women Soldiers

34. The Western Front: A “ War of Attrition ”

35. A Multi-Front War

36. The Western Front

37. Trench Warfare

38. “No Man’s Land”

39. Verdun – February, 1916 e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties. e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties.

40. The Somme – July, 1916 e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months. e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

41. War Is HELL !!

42. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

43. The Eastern Front

44. The Gallipoli Disaster, 1915

45. Turkish Cavalry in Palestine

46. T. E. Lawrence & the “Arab Revolt”, 1916-18

47. The “ Colonial ” Fronts

48. Sikh British Soldiers in India

49. Fighting in Africa British Sikh Mountain Gunners Black Soldiers in the German Schutztruppen [German E. Africa]

50. Fighting in Africa 3 rd British Battalion, Nigerian Brigade

51. Fighting in Salonika, Greece French colonial marine infantry from Cochin, China - 1916

52. America Joins the Allies

53. The Sinking of the Lusitania

54. The Zimmerman Telegram

55. The Yanks Are Coming! The Yanks Are Coming!

56. Americans in the Trenches

57. The War of the Industrial Revolution: New Technology

58. French Renault Tank

59. British Tank at Ypres

60. U-Boats

61. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

62. The Airplane

63. 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.

64. The Zeppelin

65. Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers

66. Poison Gas Machine Gun

67. 1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

68. 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!

69. 9,000,000 Dead 9,000,000 Dead

70. The Somme American Cemetary, France 116,516 Americans Deaths

71. World War I Casualties