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1914

• June 28th – Arch-Duke Franz-Ferdinand assassinated• July 28th – Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia• July 31st – Russia mobilizes• August 1st – Germany declares war on Russia and

mobilizes• August 3rd – Germany declares war on France• August 4th – Germany invades Belgium; Britain

declares war on Germany• August 6th – Austro-Hungary declares war on Russia

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Three Stages of the War

1. War of Motion (August to December 1914)

2. Stalemate (January 1915 to February 1917)

3. Revolution and Ending of the War (February 1917 to November 1918)

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The 250,000 casualties at Tannenberg indirectly helped the French at the Battle of the Marne.

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September 15th – first trenchesdug on the Western Front

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Ottoman Turkey enters war on the side of the

Central Powers,28 October 1914.

Christmas 1914 Truce

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1915

• February 4th – Germany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain

• April 25th – Allies begin Gallipoli Campaign• May 7th – Lusitania sunk• August 30th – Germany suspends unrestricted

submarine warfare• September 5th – Tsar takes command of army on the

Eastern Front• September 15th – British launch a gas attack at Loos• December 28th – Allies begin withdrawal from

Gallipoli

Aeroplanes were originally employed for aerial reconnaissance and artillery-spotting.

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The offensive potential for aeroplanes was quickly recognized.

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Dogfights became a regular

feature of the air war, as nations competed

for air-supremacy.

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1916

• February 21st to December 18th – Battle of Verdun

• May 31st to June 1st – Battle of Jutland

• July 1st – November 1th – Battle of the Somme

• November 7th – Wilson re-elected (”He kept us out of war!”)

• December 31st – Rasputin murdered

The German strategy at the Battle of Verdun was to “bleed the French white”.

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The French vow:

“None shall

pass!”

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The Battle of Verdun

lasts for ten months.

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The Germans suffered 540,000 casualties to France’s 430,000.

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The Battleof Verdun resulted inthe highest density of

dead soldiersin any war.

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The Battle of the Somme

The Allied offensive characterized everything that was wrong with the High Command.

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The only response was to continue throwing more men into the battle.

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1917• January 19th – Zimmerman telegram intercepted by the British.• February 1st – Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare• March 15th – Tsar Nicholas II abdicates• April 6th – Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war• April-June - +500,000 French soldiers mutiny• May 18th – Selective Service Act passed• July 3rd – first wave of AEF lands in France• October 23rd – Americans fire first shots in combat• November 7th – Bolsheviks seize power in Russia• November – Battle of Cambrai• December 3rd – Bolshevik government in Russia signs armistice with

Germany

Reasons why the United

States entered World War I:

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1.Almost all

the news fromthe front was

filtered through the British,

resulting in most Americans

favoring the Allies.

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2. Unrestricted submarine warfare, which led to . . .

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. . . the indiscriminate sinking ofships such as the S. S. Lusitania.

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3. Germany’s attempt to enlist Mexican support through an anti-

American alliance, as

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4. Four American ships are sunk during the first two-weeks of March 1917.

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America’s most famous general at the time was “Black Jack” Pershing.

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General Pershing was placed in commandof the American Expeditionary Force.

The United States quickly recruited, trained, equipped, and deployed a large army.

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Upon disembarking in France, General

Pershing declared “Lafayette, we have arrived!”

French Generals wanted to use

American soldiers as

replacements in their depleted formations.

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Pershing insisted that American soldiers would

fight in American units commanded

by American officers under the

American flag.

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1918

• January 8th – Wilson declares Fourteen Points• March 21st – Germans launch first of five major

offensives aimed at victory before American forces can be deployed

• July 16/17th – Tsar and family executed• September 27th – Allies break through the Hindenberg

Line• October 30th – Turkey signs armistice• November 9th – Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates• November 10th – German republic declared• November 11th – Armistice Day

American forces “baptism of fire” occurred at Chateau Thierry, where they stopped the

last major German offensive of the war.

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American Marines fought with distinctionat the Battle of Belleau Woods.

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Sergeant Alvin York earned the Congressional

Medal of Honor for bravery above and

beyond the callof duty.

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The end to World War I comes

quickly once the United States gets

involved as a result 1. tanks, . . .

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. . . 2. fresh U.S. troops, eager to fight, . . .

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. . . and 3. America’s industrial might.

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J. F. C. Fuller

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It was hoped the introduction of tanks would return mobility to the battlefield.

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Smaller light tanks would exploit breaks in the trenches and outflank enemy formations.

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General George Catlett Marshall,

U. S. Army Chief-of-Staff

and architect of Allied victory in World War II.

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General Douglas A. McArthur,

commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific during World War II, and United

Nations forces during the Korean War.

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Future-General

George S. Patton,

commanderof the Third

Army in Europe during World War II.

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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker became America’s most-famous “ace”.

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