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2 1914-1918: The World at War 1914-1918: The World at War

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

4 Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

5 Europe in 1914

6 The “ Spark ”

7 Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

8 The Assassination: Sarajevo

9 The Assassin: Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip Serbian Nationalist

10 How does the assassination of an Archduke result in World War? Austria declares war on Serbia Serbia reminds Russia it had promised them support Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary Germany declares war on Russia France who had promised to support Russia declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary Great Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary

11 A Multi-Front War

12 Mobilization It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there! But my heart's right there! It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there!  Home by Christmas!  No major war in 50 years!  Nationalism! HHHHome by Christmas! NNNNo major war in 50 years! NNNNationalism!

13 The Schlieffen Plan

14 The Western Front

15 Trench Warfare

16 “No Man’s Land”

17 Sacrifices in War

18 War Is HELL !!

19 Trench Conditions

20 Trench Foot

21 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.

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23 Recruitment Posters

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

25 New French Recruits

26 A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier

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28 Financing the War

29 For Recruitment

30 Munitions Workers

31 French Women Factory Workers

32 German Women Factory Workers

33 A Woman Ambulance Driver

34 Red Cross Nurses

35 Russian Women Soldiers

36 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!

37 America Joins the Allies

38 The Sinking of the Lusitania

39 The Zimmerman Telegram

40 Americans in the Trenches

41 World War I: “The Last Straw”  War revealed the ineptitude and arrogance of the country’s aristocratic elite  Corrupt military leadership had contempt for ordinary Russian people  Average peasants had very little invested in the War

42 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Armistice is Signed!

43 9,000,000 Dead 9,000,000 Dead

44 World War I Casualties


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