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Transcript of Legacy of War and the Russian Revolution. The final ones… Canadian soldier George Price died at...
The final ones…
• Canadian soldier George Price died at 10:58…– Went to tell people soup would be served at 11:30
• American Soldier Henry Gunther killed at 10:59…
• Fighting continued right up until 11:00 to destroy as much artillery as possible.
Agenda
1. Bell Ringer: How was Germany treated after World War I?2. Notes: Russian Revolution and the legacy of World War I. (20)3. Video Clip: Russian Revolution (15)4. League of Nations Discussion (10)5. Comparing Revolutions (10)6. Propaganda Analysis: Russian Revolution (15)
Issues with the League of Nations• Ends up being a weak
organization.• United States does not join,
the people want isolation.• Bitterness and hatred stew
with the German people• Some Allies didn’t receive
any support after the war, ex: Japan and Italy.
• Mandate System = Colonialism
The Costs• Brought war to a global
scale.• 8.5 million dead, 21 million
wounded. • Countless farmlands and
lives destroyed. • Russian Revolution would
begin as a result of lives lost in the conflict.
• Nazism would base its origins in Germany’s losses during World War I
Russian Revolution of 1917
• The rumblings of Revolution began in the 1800s.
• Assassinations and revolts were common by the lower class.
Alexander III• Takes over after father is
assassinated. • Strengthen autocracy,
orthodoxy, and nationality. • Censorship codes on all
written records.• Even schools were
monitored for political dissent.
• Pogroms – organized violence against Jews to unify Russian Culture.
Nicholas II
• Tsar of the Romanov family takes over in 1894.
• Refused to surrender any power.
• Industry slow to take hold. • Trans-Siberian railway
constructed in 1904, Russia is a leading steel industry.
Industrialization and Revolution• More factories = poor
working conditions, low wages, and child labor.
• Two Revolutionaries:– 1903, Mensheviks broad
base of popular support for a revolution.
– Bolsheviks, small number of committed revolutionaries.
• Lenin would lead the Bolsheviks, but flee when he faced arrest in early 1900s.
International Affairs
• Russo-Japanese War– Japan attacks Russia over
broken treaties. They manage to take Manchuria.
• Bloody Sunday– 200,000 show up peacefully
asking for better wages and working conditions.
– Tsar is not at home, guards fire on Civilians, killing 1,000.
Russia and World War I• Weak Generals and lack of
artillery lead to the civilian population revolting.
• Tsar Nicholas attempts to rule near the front, to manage military affairs.
• Wife runs government, but follows the elusive Rasputin.
• War destroys morale, and with food and supplies dwindling, along with inflation, people began a revolution.
The March Revolution• It began with a strike in 1917
over food shortages.• Soldiers given the task of
shooting the rioters would join them instead.
• The Tsar would abdicate his throne, and a provisional government was interred.
• The provisional government continues war and bad policies, and a more radical revolution follows with Lenin.