2. General
Information…
• Started on July 28, 1914
• Ended on November 11, 1918
• Almost 8,000,000 dead.
*** Russia the most = 1.7 million
• Almost 22,000,000 wounded…..
• Map of Europe greatly
changed .

5. Reasons for start
of war…
• Militarism – building up military
• Alliance system - <KEY REASON>
–European powers formed rival
alliances to protect
themselves
–PROBLEM? One event could
drag all countries involved
into a conflict.
• Imperialism

8. The Black Hand..
• The main objective of
the Black Hand was the
creation, by means of
violence, of a Greater
Serbia.
• Its stated aim was: "To
realize the national
ideal, the unification of
all Serbs. This
organization prefers
terrorist action to
cultural activities; it will
therefore remain
secret."

9. The spark that lit
the fuse….
• The one event that started the Great War
happened in the Balkans.
• The Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Austria) was
assassinated while visiting Serbia.
• The Black Hand was responsible….

12. Kaiser Wilhelm II
“You will be
home
before the
leaves
have
fallen
from the
trees!!”

16. New Weapons of the War
• poison Gas
– chlorine and phosgene—both toxic substances that caused
suffocation
– mustard gas—a blistering agent that caused severe burns
and blisters on the skin and stripped severely damaged the
lungs. It sometimes took five weeks to die from mustard gas
exposure.
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•
machine gun
tank
submarine
airplanes

17. Australian troops in
the trenches
equipped with gas
masks, Battle of
Ypres, 1917

18. • Mustard gas burns from World War I

19. The British Vickers machine gun required a six
man team to operate. One to fire, one to feed the
ammunition, and the rest to help carry the
weapon and supplies.

20. British Mark I tank on September 26, 1916

21. Submarines:
German U-Boat U-14

22. Flying Aces
• Manfred Albrecht Freiherr
von Richthofen (2 May
1892 – 21 April 1918) was a
German fighter pilot known
as the "Red Baron". He was
the most successful flying
ace of World War I, being
officially credited with 80
confirmed air combat
victories. He was killed in
combat with Canadian pilots
near the Somme River.

23. Trench Warfare Problems
All Quiet on the Western Front, excerpt
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“We must look out for our
bread. The rats have become
much more numerous lately
because the trenches are no
longer in good condition.
Detering says it is a sure sign
of a coming bombardment.
“The rats here are particularly
repulsive, they are so fat—the
kind we call corpse rats. They
have shocking, evil naked
faces, and it is nauseating to
see their long, nude tails.

25. Study this cross-section for 2 mins.

28. How were portrayals
of life in the trenches
back home and the
reality of fighting
different?

30. Exposure to the
elements

31. Mud & water

32. Trench foot

33. Debilitating
Injuries

36. 
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Woodrow Wilson: “Remain neutral in
thought as well as deed”
To protect international trading rights
“He kept us out of war.” 1916 presidential
campaign slogan

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Zimmermann Telegram
(1917)
Russian Revolution
(1917)
Unrestricted Submarine
Warfare
“The World Must be
made safe for
Democracy”
(Progressive crusade)

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His job was to sell
America the war.
Creel tried to “whip”
up support for
Wilson’s ideas
Help US raise money
to fight

41. 
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Paris and Palace of
Versailles
Big Four:
• Woodrow Wilson (USA)
• David Lloyd George
(GBR)
• Georges Clemenceau
(FR)
• Orlando Vittorio (IT)
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Russia excluded
Defeated powers
humiliated
Wilson’s 14 points the
major proposal

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To “make the world
safe for democracy”
#1-5 - international
law
recommendations
#6-13 - European
boundary restructure
#14 - League of
Nations