Results of World War I for the World Wars elective class.

1. Results of World War I
FRANCE, GERMANY, UNITED STATES, GREAT
BRITAIN, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, OTTOMAN
EMPIRE, RUSSIA
IN REAL-LIFE

2. Victors
• Great Britain
• France
• United States
• (But where’s
Russia?)

3. “We all can’t be winners”
Losers
Germany
Austria-
Hungary
Ottoman
Empire
Italy

4. What Happened?
 France and Germany locked up on their shared
border and TRENCH WARFARE began!
 They had to hide in trenches cuz of machine guns.
 Lots of people died, neither side had advantage.
“There isn’t much room
in that there trench!”
-Keon

5. What happened?
 Germany was forced to fight
enemies on both the east
(France) and west (Russia)
borders.
 Schlieffen Plan
 Plan to overwhelm France
(smaller than Russia) so they can
fully focus on the larger enemy,
Russia.
 Russia thought to be the more
dangerous of the 2.
 Trenches in the east (no
progress) and Germany was
doing very well against Russia
until…
“They had to
fight on
BOTH sides?”

6. What happened to Russia?
 Russia drops out of the war!
 War very unpopular in Russia
 Russia the only nation at that time
that the people don’t get to vote for
ANYTHING
 Millions of Russians dying, lack of
modern weapons against German
machine guns
 Russians been upset with rulers
for a long time, WWI the last straw
 The Russian Revolution begins in
1917 and the government
collapses.
 Rioting in the streets!
 The Tsar and family are killed!
 The Bolsheviks (Communists) take
over!

7. A Spector is Haunting Europe

8. Where is America?
 War wages in Europe from 1914-
1917. All countries beat the tar out
of each other… and America stays
out of the fight.
 Germans sinking American
merchant ships
 Sending supplies to the French and
British but not the Germans
 Germans are stopping the supplies
from getting to their enemies
 Zimmerman Telegram (1916)
 British intercept telegram
 Germany to Mexico
 “Help us win this war, keep America
busy, you can have back all the
territory America took from you.
 America joins 1917 and GREATLY
influences the outcome of the
battle.
“Ya, dats right. America wins!”

9. Conclusion
 America helps the Allies
win quickly (1918).
 Germany, Austria-
Hungary surrender
without ever being
invaded.
 Why, then, did they even
surrender?
 German people will be
confused about this for
decades.

10. Results
 Russia becomes the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) when
Bolsheviks seize power and no longer hold voting.
 Europe is destroyed, so USA becomes a SUPERPOWER!
Vladimir Lenin, the man
who takes over Russia

11. Results
 Austria-Hungary dissolves and becomes the
countries of Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and
Slovenia.
“Dat’s a lotta countries.”

12. Results
 The Ottoman Empire falls apart (most of the land
around the Mediterranean Sea.)
 Many nations are formed
 Iraq
 Iran
 Saudi Arabia
 Turkey
 Greece
 Egypt
 Others

13. Results
 Treaty of Versailles (a city in
France and an enormous
mansion where Kings would
live) sees Germany as
aggressors and forced to
repay damages!
 Germany BANKRUPT… but
so is rest of Europe!
 Forced to repay debt, but
Europe confiscated all good
Germany lands and
factories… so how can they
repay?
 Creates an unworkable
situation, will lead directly to
World War II.
“Germany is forced to swallow a
bitter pill.”

14. Results
Young German
officer Adolf Hitler
(messenger) war
hero.
Very mad over end of
war. “Germany was
never invaded, we
never lost!”
Blames Jews for the
loss.
Rest of Europe is
anti-war and is
holding grudges…
Everyone hates
Germany, Germany
hates everyone else!!
“Man, dat guy’s whack!” –McCray

15. Last Result
 Because of WWI, USA becomes very rich and
powerful… but not for long!
 1929- Black Tuesday, stock market crashes.
 Global Depression hits, “Great Depression.”
 1929-1940s.
“Oh dear…”
-very poor woman