Ria Chakraborty, National Broadcasting Academy, Jain Studios, Sem- I, Assignment, 2014-15.. (ria759@gmail.com)

2. • RIA CHAKRABORTY
• KRISHA SHOKEEN
• ERA VATS
• PRANAV JAIN
• ROHIT PANDIT
• MUKESH KUMAR
• RIZUL YADAV

3. The World War of 1914-18 - The Great War, as
contemporaries called it -- was the first man-made
catastrophe of the 20th century.
True to the military alliances, Europe's
powers quickly drew up sides after the
assassination. The allies -- chiefly Russia, France
and Britain -- were pitted against the Central
Powers -- primarily Germany, Austria-Hungary
and Turkey. Eventually, the War spread beyond
Europe. This included the United States, which
joined the War in 1917 when President Woodrow
Wilson called on Americans to "make the world
safe for democracy."
Most of the leaders in 1914 had no real
idea of the war machine they were putting into
motion. Before the official Armistice was
declared on November 11, 1918, nine million
people had died on the battlefield and the world
was forever changed.

5. June 28th – August 4th 1914
• Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
• Austro-Hung declares war on Serbia
• Russia vows to Protect Serbia
• Germany vows to protect Austro-Hung
• Russia mobilizes to German/Polish
Boarder
• Germany fears attack and attacks Russia
• France allies with Russia based on old
treaty
• Germany invades France through
Belgium and Luxemburg
• Britain declares war on Germany for
invasion

6. Nations Take Sides;
• Allies
• France-Great Britain-Russia-Italy-
U.S.-Japan
Central Powers;
• Germany-Austria/Hungary-
Ottoman Empire

8. Trench Warfare on French-
German Border;
• 500 miles of Trench from North
Sea to the
Alps
• 1 – 10 miles across
Battles;
• Verdun, Marne, Somme Valley
• German Hindenburg Line

9. • Forced by new weapons into the
ground
• 3ft to 10 ft trenches 100 – 1000yds.
apart
• Land in Middle is called “No Man’s
Land”
• System of attack – counter attack
• Fortified by machine guns, gas,
artillery and cement

10. Tank
• Armour protection, mobile gun,
unreliable in WWI
Submarine
• German U-Boat, Torpedoes, Shipping
Blockades
Poison Gas
• Mustard Gas & Chlorine, Choked-Blinded
& Killed
Machine Gun
• Caused Trench warfare, Two men could
operate
Air Plane
• Air recon.-B

12. • Countries need to protect
Imperial Territory
• Used subjects to fight to a
European War
• Establish new world
dominance

13. Gallipoli Peninsula
• April 25, 1915
Casualties
• Turkish 250,000
Allied Forces
• British – 205,000
• French – 43,000
• ANZAC – 36,000
Territory Gained
• ZERO!!!!!

14. Japan
• Take German land in
China
• Take German South
Pacific Is.
India
• 1.3 Million Indians
Fight for Great Britain,
their Imperial Rulers.

15. The Lost Generation
• 37% of European Males
between 18-24 Died
• Deaths;
• Germany 2.1 Million
• France 2 Million
• Russia 1.7 Million
• Austro-Hung. 1.5 Million
• Italy 500,000
38 Billion in Economic
Losses

16. • August 23 - Battle of Mons - Western Front
• August 23-31 - Battle of Tannenberg - Eastern
Front
• August 28 - Battle of Heligoland Bight - At Sea
• September 6-12 - First Battle of the Marne-
Western Front
• October 19-November 22 - First Battle of Ypres -
Western Front
• November 1 - Battle of Coronel - At Sea
• December 8 - Battle of the Falklands - At Sea
• December 16 - Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool,
& Whitby - At Sea
• December 24-25 - The Christmas Truce - Western
Front

17. • January 24 - Battle of Dogger
Bank - At Sea
• February 19-January 9, 1916 -
Gallipoli Campaign - Middle East
• April 22-May 25 - Second Battle of
Ypres - Western Front
• May 7 - Sinking of the Lusitania -
At Sea
• September 25-October 14 - Battle of
Loos - Western Front

18. • February 21-December 18 - Battle
of Verdun - Western Front
• May 31-June 1 - Battle of Jutland -
At Sea
• July 1-November 18 - Battle of the
Somme - Western Front
• August 3-5 - Battle of Romani -
Middle East
• December 23 - Battle of
Magdhaba - Middle East

19. • January 9 - Battle of Rafa - Middle East
• Janaury 16 - Zimmermann Telegram -
Western Front
• March 26 - First Battle of Gaza - Middle East
• April 9-May 16 - Battle of Arras - Western
Front
• June 7-14 - Battle of Messines - Western Front
• July 31-November 6 - Battle of Passchendaele
(Third Ypres) - Western Front
• October 24-November 19 - Battle of
Caporetto - Italian Front
• October 31-November 7 - Third Battle of
Gaza - Middle East
• November 20-December 6 - Battle of
Cambrai - Western Front

20. • March 21-April 5 - Spring Offensives -
Operation Michael - Western Front
• June 1-June 26 - Battle of Belleau
Wood - Western Front
• July 15-August 6 - Second Battle of the
Marne - Western Front
• August 8-11 - Battle of Amiens -
Western Front
• September 19-October 1 - Battle of
Megiddo - Middle East
• September 26-November 11 - Meuse-
Argonne Offensive - Western Front

21. • 10 Million Killed
• 338 Billion in Economic Loss
• Europe;
• War torn between economies and Cities
• Lost generation
• German hostilities to European Powers
• German Economic Depression
• Leads to Hitler’s Rise and WWII
• Italians feel slighted by concessions
• Russian Collapses Leads to Revolution
• Rise of Communism – Lenin - Stalin

22. • World;
• U.S. Industrial Boom
• Europe lost many industrial
centres
• Red Scare / Fear of Socialism
• Changing borders in Asia and
Africa
• Japan feels slighted as Europe
takes territory