Phases and strategies of the Great War

1. WAR STRATEGIESA N D T H E I R I M P A C T I N T H E R E S U L T
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2. THE BIG WAR
• Lets watch a video!
• WWI is called like that because it was the first time in history that all the world was
immersed in a war, and there were battles all around the world.
• The imperialistic powers and its colonies suffered along this period of time
• Thousands of lives were lost, and lives of animals too.
• It is hard to understand all the war in just one hour, but we will give it a try

5. STAGES OR PHASES IN WWI
• 1914 War of movement
• 1915 – 1916 War of positions
• 1917 – 1918 defeat of the central powers

6. WAR OF MOVEMENT
• Schlieffen plan
• Battle of Marne
• Germany loses its
colonies
• Japan Declares war
to Germany

7. WAR OF POSITIONS
• Trenches
• War of attrition (Battle of Verdun)
• Economic war (blockades)
• Submarine war

8. USA JOINS THE WAR
• Lusitania
• The Zimmerman Telegram

9. DECLINE OF THE WAR
• People were tired of fighting
• The Russian Revolution
• Us Joins the war and turns the balance
• Armistice
• Peace treaties

11. RESULTS
• Massive deaths
• Economic losses
• The map of the world changes
• Colonial power decreased
• Treaty of Versailles
• Technological advances

12. SOURCES
• https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/strategy-and-tactics-military/
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