The document summarizes the key participants and causes of World War 1. The major Allied powers were Great Britain, France, and Russia, while the Central powers were Germany and Austria-Hungary. The causes of WWI are summarized as militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Key battles discussed include the Battle of Marne, Battle of Somme, and the Battle of Verdun on the Western Front as well as the Battle of Tannenberg on the Eastern Front.
6. Causes of World War I:
MANIA
• Militarism
• Alliances
• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Assassination
7. Militarism
The aggressive preparation for war.
• European counties were building up their military
forces in a bid to outdo each other.
• Conscription = Russia 1.3 million, French and
German = 900k, British, Italian, Austro-Hungarian
250 to 500k.
• Generals planned how TO FIGHT not how to
AVOID a war.
8. Nationalism
• Feeling of devotion to your
country
• People under the control of
an empire wanted to rule
themselves.
11. Assassination
• The murder of a political figure
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
Austria was assassinated
• This sealed Austria’s alliance with
Germany
13. Schlieffen
(SHLEE*fuhn)
Plan
2 front war with France and
Russia
Fast invasion into France by going
through Belgium
Plan was to sweep around Paris
and surround most of the French
army
After Paris captured, German
army go east against 6 million
Russian troops
14.
15. Germany Advances
• Q: Look at the physical map of Europe. Explain why the
passage though Belgium was the best route for the
Germans.
A: It was not as heavily defended as the border by
Luxembourg
• Q: Explain how the delay in marching through Belgium
helped France survive.
A: It allowed the French time to move troops closer to
Paris and the Marne River
16. • Q: Situated between France and Germany, Belgium
chose a position of neutrality. Do you think they should
have chose sides? Was Belgium in a sense choosing
sides when she refused passage to the German army?
A: Yes or No. You tell me
• Q: Why was the world outraged when Germany marched
into Belgium?
A: Belgium was a neutral country
17. • Q: Explore how a hasty attack by the Russians at
Stalluponen, Gumbinnen, and Tannenberg helped to
save Paris.
A: It caught the Germans by surprise and they had to divert
many troops to the east
• Q: Explain the impact the taxicab drivers of Paris had on
the Battle of the Marne.
A: They were able to play an important role in defending
Paris and thus the French people rallied behind the war
cause
19. • What creates animosity between people?
• Is it human nature to be violent? And is war
really a choice?
• What is the difference between killing in war
and murder?
• Who are the enemies of the U.S. today?
Would you fight against them if the president
asked you to?
• Is there a difference if a man, woman or child
is killed?
• Should there be rules to war?
• Is it o.k. to kill using drones or should
soldiers be forced to kill face to face?
24. Battle of Marne
Attrition = the enemy
must be worn down to
the point of collapse by
continuous losses
Stalemate = a point
where neither side can
achieve victory
33. Great Britain Plan
15 miles of troops
Launch shells into
German trenches
Germany fortified
• 3 rows of trenches
• barbed wire
German guns fell silent
GB attacked across
No Man’s Land
34. Battle of Verdun (France) 1916
Symbolic of the
“new kind of war”
36. War of Attrition
10 months of fighting
A few miles of land
Futile loss of life
Thousands of wounded
soldiers left to die because not
enough medical care
French and German
700,000 deaths
460,000 were French
37. Totals
• Marne = 1,525,000 DEAD
• Ypres = 21,000 GB DEAD First Day Alone
• Somme = 1,100,000 DEAD
• Verdun = 760,000 DEAD
39. Eastern Front
Tannenberg (August
1915) Gallipoli (April 1915)
• Russians invaded
Eastern Germany
• Russians defeated
• No longer threat to
Germans
• Poorly planned battle by
British and Austrialian
troops
• Dardanelles, near Turkey
• Unsuccessful
• Central Powers victory
40. “Gallipoli”
• Archy is a sprinter who just won a big
race, and grew up on a ranch riding
horses. He is eager to join the “Light
Horse”- and Australian regiment- and
fight in the war. He is too young to join
up. And is going to Perth to try to sign
up.
• His coach used to have him repeat
“What are your legs- steel springs,
How fast will you run?- as fast as a
leopard-then let’s see you do it.”
41. • Frank Dunne (Mel Gibson)
is also a sprinter and just
lost a race and $ in the race
Archy won.
• He is traveling w/ Archy, but
does NOT support
Australia's participation in
Britain's war.
• He left a job he had w/ 3
friends, Barney, Snow,Bill