CHAPTER 29:THE GREAT WAR

Aide MirandaJoshua Piñera

Regina Fragoso

MARCHING TOWARDS WAR

RISING TENSIONS IN EUROPE

NATIONALISM

MILITARISM

IMPERIALISM

TANGLED ALLIANCES

TRIPLE ALLIANCE Germany Austria-Hungary Italy

TRIPLE ENTENTE: Great Britain France Russia

Rivalries and mistrust led to the creation of military alliances between Europe’s Great powers

CRISIS IN THE BALKANS

Austria annexed two Balkan areas: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia had wanted those provinces so they were outraged.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed on June 28, 1914 by Gavrilo Princip a Serbian member of the Black Hand.

Austria declared war on Serbia.

Russia was Serbia’s ally so it started moving it’s troops to the Russian- Austrian border and to the German border.

Germany declared war on France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.

EUROPE PLUNGES INTO WAR

THE GREAT WAR BEGINS

CENTRAL POWERS: Germany Austria-Hungary

○ Ottoman Empire

ALLIES: Great Britain France Russia

○ Japan and Italy

The great war started in the summer of 1914 and everybody thought it wouldn’t last long.

A BLOODY STALEMATE The war turned into a bloody

stalemate because both sides kept fighting and losing soldiers but neither of them would win or be in advantage.

Germany created the Schlieffen Plan

Allies attacked the Germans in the battle of Marne and after four days of fighting Germany retreated.

By 1915 trench warfare began.

THE BATTLE ON THE EASTERN FRONT

The Eastern front war the battlefield along the German and Russian border.

Russia struggled in war because they had not been industrialized yet and they sent their troops to the east to fight Germany and because of this Germany was not able to focus 100% on fighting at the west.

The war spread to Africa and Southeast and Southwest Asia.

A GLOBAL CONFLICT

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WAR AFFECTS THE WORLD ALLIES Japan Australia Italy

Later the USA

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CENTRAL POWERS Ottoman Turks Bulgaria

WAR AFFECTS THE HOME FRONT

Total War

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Rationing Propaganda

THE ALLIES WIN THE WAR

RUSSIA LEAVES THE WAR

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USA JOINS THE ALLIES

GERMANY IS EXPECTANT

USA TIPS THE BALANCE OF THE WAR

On November 11th World War 1 came to an end with an armistice between the German and French government.

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LEGACY OF THE WAR

About 8.5 million soldiers died.

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21 million soldiers were wounded.

War price: $338 billion dollars.

A lot of resentment was left around the world.

A FLAWED PEACE

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THE ALLIES MEET AND DEBATE

The "BIG FOUR" meet at Paris on January 18, 1919.

Woodrow Wilson (USA) Georges Clemenceau (France) David Lloyd George (Great Britain) Vittorio Orlando (Italy)

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"The fourteen points"

End secret treaties Freedom of the seas Free trade Reduced national armies and navies Adjustment of colonial claims A GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS: "The

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"THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES"

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A TROUBLED TREATY

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The treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for everything so this caused Germany to feel anger and resentment.

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This finally led to World War 2...

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