World War I 1914-18

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World War I 1914-18 The War to End All Wars
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2Alliances

• Central Powers
• Germany
• Austria/Hungary
• Later Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire joined to try
  and regain lost territories

• Allies
• England
• France
• Russia
• United States (1917)
• Italy
• Japan

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• Schlieffen Plan Germany would attack fast by
  going through neutral Belgium along the coast and
  defeat France swiftly, and then take on Russia in
  the East. Germany did NOT want to fight a war on
  two fronts!
• England declares war on Germany. Italy sides
  with the Allies.

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• Fighting not only in Europealso in China,
  Pacific Islands, India, Africathis was the War
  to End all Wars!

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• Submarine Warfare
• German U-Boats were sinking US ships killing many
  US citizens. Tensions were rising, but the US
  wanted to stay out of this war. Until...
• The Zimmerman Note the US intercepted a letter
  from Germany to Mexico. Germany would support
  Mexico in a future war against the US if Mexico
  supported Germany in WWI

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The Western Front

• Trench Warfare
• Soldiers fought each other from dug out trenches
• Would storm each others trenches
• Very bloody and each side would gain very little
  land -advanced about one mile per month

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• Trench Conditions
• Trenches were infested by rats and disease -dead
  bodies littered the ground
• Food was scarce and sleep was almost impossible
  due to constant artillery blasts

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• The men slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud,
  and dreamed mud

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Trench Warfare
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Periscope Rifle
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• No Mans
• Land

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Trench Warfare

• New Weapons
• Machine Guns created huge of casualties
• Tanks slow and hard to control
• Poison Gases painful and effective in trench
  warfare
• Large Artillery destruction of trenches,
  cities,...
• Airplanes used towards the end of the war

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• Machine Gun Caused Huge of Casualties

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• Flame Thrower

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Artillery
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• Artillery Constant bombardment of trenches and
  long range destruction
• BEFORE AFTER

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Airplanes
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WWI Tanks
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Animals at War
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Protection from Chemical Weapons
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• Role of WOMEN!!!
• Women help in the workforce in many countries

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The Aftermath8.5 Million soldiers dead21
Million wounded
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