2. 1914-1918: The World at War 1914-1918: The World at War By: Mr. Kjeld Lauritzen

3. Causes of the War

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

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

6. 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]

7. Europe in 1914

8. 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%

9. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

10. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

11. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The “Powder Keg” of Europe

12. Recap of the 4 Causes  MAIN – Militarism – glory for/of the military – Alliances – binding friendships – Imperialism – rivalries between nations wanting more colonies & land – Nationalism – patriotism; thinking your country is better than everyone else.

13. The “ Spark ”

14. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

15. The Assassination: Sarajevo

16. The Assassin: Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip

17. Who’s To Blame?

19. Why Now?  Because of MAIN, all that was needed was something to set everything in motion  By the time the war started, no one realized how deadly it would be  This assassination would bring much of the world together in a war

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

21. A Multi-Front War

22. The Western Front

23. The Schlieffen Plan

24. Trench Warfare

25. “No Man’s Land”

26. War Is Hell !! War Is Hell !!

27. Sacrifices in War

28. The Eastern Front

29. The Gallipoli Disaster, 1915

30. Turkish Cavalry in Palestine

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

32. The Tsar with General Brusilov

33. The “ Colonial ” Fronts

34. Sikh British Soldiers in India

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

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

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

38. America Joins the Allies

39. The Sinking of the Lusitania

40. The Zimmerman Telegram

41. The Yanks Are Coming! The Yanks Are Coming!

42. Women and the War Effort

43. Financing the War

44. For Recruitment

45. Munitions Workers

46. French Women Factory Workers

47. German Women Factory Workers

48. Working in the Fields

49. A Woman Ambulance Driver

50. Red Cross Nurses

51. Women in the Army Auxiliary

52. Russian Women Soldiers

53. Spies e “Mata Hari” e Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle e German Spy! e “Mata Hari” e Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle e German Spy!

54. The War of the Industrial Revolution: New Technology

55. French Renault Tank

56. British Tank at Ypres

57. U-Boats

58. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

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

60. Looking for the “Red Baron?”

61. The Zeppelin

62. Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers

63. Poison Gas Machine Gun

64. 1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

65. 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!

66. World War I Casualties