World War One

1. THE GREAT WAR
F I R S T W O R L D WA R
“ T H E WA R TO E N D A L L WA R S ” W O O D R O W W I L S O N

2. DEFINITION OF WAR
A war may be defined as armed contest
between independent political units by
means of organizing military force in the
pursuit of tribal or national policy.

3. CAUSES OF WAR
 Human Aggressive Nature
 Psychological Need for Power
 Distribution of Power pattern
 World Armament
 Quasi- Anarchical International System

4. A L L I E D P O W E R S
Central Powers
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Turkey
 Bulgaria
 Russia
 France
 Britain
 Italy
 Rumania
 USA

5. DEFINITION OF WORLD WAR
“International war is a substantial arms conflict
between the organized military forces of
independent political units” ( Levy)

6. WORLD WAR AN INTRODUCTION
It started with assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, July 28, 1914.
Austria started war with Serbia, later on two
blocs continued war till the loss of Germany.

7. CAUSES OF THE GREAT WAR
WORLD WAR I
 Alliances
 Nationalism
 Balkan Crisis
 Quick Mobilization
 Miscalculation

8. T R I P L E E N T E N T E
Triple Alliance
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy
 Russia
 France
 Britain


9. TREATY OF
LONDON SINGED
TO END THE WAR
First Balkan War 1912
 Bulgaria
 Greece
 Serbia
Against
 Ottoman Empire
 Rumania

10. TREATY OF
BUCHAREST
SINGED TO END
THE WAR
Second Balkan War 1912
 Bulgaria
Against
Greece
 Serbia
Ottoman Empire
 Rumania
Over
 Macedonia

11. CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR
 It changed the face of Europe
 Armistice signed Nov 11, 1918
 Three Empires Collapsed
 Independent States Emerged ( Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia,
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania)
 Independence of Ireland from Britain 1920
 Over throw of Czar of Russia by the Bolsheviks.
 The war set up the stage for a determined effort to build a new
global system that could prevent another war.

12. CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR
 Theories of realism that justified great power
competition, armaments, secret alliances, and balance of
power politics were discouraged.
 Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919 for peace
 Treaty of Serves signed on August 10, 1920
 Treaty of Lausanne signed on July 24, 1923
 Many turned to liberalism for guidance on how to
manage the global future.
 League of Nations set up in 1920

13. CAUSES OF CENTRAL POWER DEFEAT
 Schlieffen Plan, failed
 The sea power of Central Power was not as strong as
that of Allied Power
 The entry of US was main factor which contributed to the
Allies of Germany proved burden for it
 The German troops were young and inexperienced