This document provides an overview of World War 1 and some of its aftermath. It outlines the major alliances between European powers in 1914 that led to the outbreak of war. It then details some of the major battles and developments on the Western Front, as well as involvement of countries like the US, Britain's colonies, and the Ottoman Empire. The document concludes by discussing the 1918 flu pandemic, end of the war in 1918, postwar peace negotiations and territorial changes, and some social unrest in the US during the 1919-1920 period.

1. America
in the
Great War
created by
David William Phillips

2. Triple Alliance:
• Germany
• Austria-Hungary
• Italy
Triple Entente:
• France
• Russia
• Great Britain

3. WAR!
Serbia (10) Austria-Hungary (6)
Russia (5)
Germany (1)
France (4)
Belgium (9)
Britain (2)
Ottoman Turks
(8)
Italy (7)
assassination
back-up
support
mobilizes (WAR!)
WAR!
Schlieffen Plan
Schlieffen Plan
has treaty
alliance
Bulgaria (12)
The Outbreak of the Great War

4. Allied Powers:
Britain (2)
France (4)
Russia (5)
Italy (7)
Belgium (9)
Serbia (10)
Central Powers:
Germany (1)
Austria-Hungary (6)
Ottoman Empire (8)
Bulgaria (12)
OUT 1917
United States (3) IN 1917
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5. The Major Players: 1914-17
Nicholas II ,
Czar of Russia
George V ,
King of Britain
Poincare,
President of France
Allied Powers:
Franz Josef ,
Emperor of Austria-Hungary
Wilhelm II,
Kaiser of Germany
Victor Emmanuel II,
King of Italy
Central Powers:
Enver Pasha,
Turkey

10. German Atrocities in Belgium

11. Western Front = trench warfare stalemate

18. Over the top

19. Barbed wire defenses

21. Machinegun nests

23. Flamethrowers

25. Grenade Launchers

26. Artillery batteries

27. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

31. Shell Shock

32. Poison Gas

35. Men blinded by tear gas.

36. Victims of Mustard gas.

37. “No Man’s Land”

45. French Renault Tank

47. British Tank at Ypres

51. Turkish Cavalry in Palestine

52. T. E. Lawrence
and the “Arab Revolt”, 1916-18

53. Sikh British Soldiers in India

54. Fighting in Africa
British Sikh
Mountain Gunners
Schutztruppen/Black Soldiers,
German East Africa

55. Fighting in Africa
3rd British Battalion, Nigerian Brigade

56. Fighting in Salonika, Greece
French colonial marine infantry from
Cochin, China - 1916

57. Airplanes

60. Curtis-Martin
U. S. Aircraft Plant

61. Zeppelins

65. U-boat/Submarine

68. U-Boats

69. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

70. Recruitment Posters

71. Recruits of the
Central Powers
Austro-Hungarians
A German Soldier Says
Farewell to His Mother

72. New French Recruits

73. Soldiers Mobilized
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
France Germany Russia Britain
Millions

74. Lusitania

75. The Sinking
of the Lusitania

76. The Zimmerman Telegram

77. April 1917: US entry “to make the world safe for democracy”

79. The Yanks
Are Coming!

81. Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun,
Take it on the run, on the run, on the run,
Hear them calling you and me,
Every son of liberty.
Hurry right away, no delay, go today,
Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad,
Tell your sweetheart not to pine,
To be proud her boy's in line.

82. Over there, over there
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming everywhere
So prepare, say a prayer
Send the word, send the word to beware
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over, over there!

83. Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun,
Johnnie show the Hun you're a son of a gun,
Hoist the flag and let her fly,
Yankee Doodle do or die.
Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit,
Yankees to the ranks from the towns and the tanks,
Make your momma proud of you
And the old Red White and Blue.

85. Americans in the Trenches

86. The Spirit of ’76’

87. Over there, over there
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming everywhere
So prepare, say a prayer
Send the word, send the word to beware
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over, over there!

88. Uncle Sam—He the Man!

89. Don’t Mess with the U. S.

90. The “Little Soldier”

96. 1917 – Selective Service Act
By 1918 - 24 m. men registered
4.8 m. served; 2 m. saw combat
400K African-Americans
15K Native American scouts, messengers, snipers

97. Council of National Defense
War Industries Board, Bernard Baruch
Food Administration, Herbert Hoover
Railroad Administration, William McAdoo
National War Labor Board, W. H. Taft & Frank P. Walsh

98. U. S. Food Administration

99. U. S. Food Administration

100. U. S. Food Administration

102. U. S. Shipping Board

103. U. S. Fuel Administration

104. U. S. Fuel Administration

106. Munitions Workers

107. Munitions Work

108. French Women Factory Workers

109. German Women Factory Workers

110. A Woman Ambulance Driver

111. Red Cross Nurses

112. Women in the Army Auxiliary

113. Russian Women Soldiers

114. Spies

116. Women Used In Recruitment

119. The Red Cross Nurse

121. Opportunities for
African-Americans in WW1
“Great Migration” 1916 – 1919  70K
War industries work
Segregated units

123. For “Colored” Men in Service

124. African-Americans on a Troop
Ship Headed for France

125. “Rescuing a Negro During the
Race Riots in Chicago”, 1919

126. Committee of Public Information,
George Creel
America’s “Propaganda Minister”
Anti-Germanism
Selling American Culture

129. Think of Your Children!

133. Government Excess
1. Espionage Act, 1917
• forbade obstruction to recruitment and
promotion of military insubordination
• ordered the Postmaster General to screen mail
for left-wing material
• fines of up to $10,000 and/or up to 20 years

134. 2. Sedition Act, 1918
• crime to speak against buying war bonds or
willfully utter, print, write or publish any
disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive
language about the US gov, Constitution, or
armed forces or to willfully urge, incite, or
advocate any curtailment of production …
essential to … the war
Government Excess

135. 3. Schenck v. US, 1919
• peacetime leaflets would have been
protected by First Amendment
• BUT speech judged by circumstances
• The most stringent protection of free speech
would not protect a man in falsely shouting
fire in a theater and causing a panic.
• If speech posed clear and present danger,
Congress can restrain
Government Excess

136. Who’s To Blame?

137. “A Street in Arras”
John Singer Sargent, 1918

138. “Oppy Wood” – John Nash, 1917

139. “Those Who Have Lost Their Names”
Albin Eggar-Linz, 1914

140. “Gassed and Wounded”
Eric Kennington, 1918

141. “Paths of Glory”
C. R. W. Nevinson, 1917

142. German Cartoon:
“Fit for active service!”, 1918

143. 1918 Flu Pandemic:
Depletes All Armies
50,000,000 –
100,000,000 died

144. 11 a.m., November 11, 1918
The Armistice is Signed!

147. 9,000,000 Dead

148. World War I Casualties
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
9,000,000
10,000,000
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Great Britain
Italy
Turkey
US

149. Turkish Genocide Against Armenians
A Portent of Future Horrors to Come!

150. Paris Peace Conference, Jan-June 1919

154. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 1918

158. German Territorial Losses: 1919-1921

159. League of Nations Mandates in Africa

164. New Nations: 1923

167. Post-war labor unrest in 1919:
Coal Miners Strike
Steel Strike
Boston Police Strike

168. Russian
Civil War,
1917-1922

170. “Red Scare” -- Anti-Bolshevism
“Put Them Out & Keep Them Out” –
Philadelphia Inquirer

171. “If Capital & Labor Don’t Pull Together” –
Chicago Tribune

172. Consequences of Labor Unrest
“While We Rock the Boat” – Washington Times

173. Coal Miners’ Strike - 1919
“Keeping Warm” – Los Angeles Times

174. Steel Strike - 1919
“Coming Out of the Smoke” – New York World

175. The “Red Scare”
“What a Year Has Brought Forth” – NY World

176. Boston Police Strike - 1919
“He gives aid & comfort to the enemies of
society” – Chicago Tribune

177. Boston Police Strike - 1919
“Striking Back” – New York Evening World

178. Police Arrest “Suspected Reds’ in Chicago, 1920
“Red Scare” – Palmer Raids

179. “Red Scare” – Palmer Raids
A. Mitchell Palmer’s Home Bombed, 1920

180. The 1920 Election