• 1914-1918 • US ENTERS 1917
WORLD WAR ONE
THE GREAT WAR
THE WAR TO END ALL WARS
ISMS OF WW1 IMPERIALISM—LAND, COLONIES, MARKETS
MILITARISM- ARMS BUILDUPA. USE MILITARY THREAT , NOT MEDIATION
NATIONALISM- NATION COMES FIRSTA. LEADS TO SELFISH INTERESTS RATHER THAN COOPERATION
KEY EUROPEAN NATIONS GREAT BRITAIN- STRONGEST POWERA. SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIREB. STRONGEST NAVY
GERMANYA. STRONGEST ARMYB. MOST INDUSTRIALIZEDC. NAVAL BUILDUP TO COMPETE W/ G. BRITAIN
ALLIANCE SYSTEM TRIPLE ENTENTE CENTRAL
POWERS
1. GREAT BRITAIN 1. GERMANY 2,FRANCE 2. AUST.
HUNGARY 3. RUSSIA 3. ITALY
No Mans land
TRIGGER OF WW1 ASSASSINATION
6-28-1914 ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND SHOT
HEIR TO THRONE IN AUSTRIA HUNGARY
A.H. DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA ALLIANCE SYSTEM COMMITS MAJOR
POWERS TO WAR
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
WAR SOON BOGS DOWN INTO TRENCH WARFARE
EG 1ST BATTLE OF THE SOMME : STARTS 7-16 ENDS 11-16 THE FRONT LINE MOVES A TOTAL OF 7
MILES 1.2 MILLION LIVES LOST COMES TO SYMBOLIZE WW1 FUTILITY TRENCH WARFARE LASTED 3 YEARS
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY WAR IS ‘OVER THERE” NOT OUR WAR
PUBLIC OPINION DIVIDED
MOST COME TO FAVOR ALLIED SIDE
200% MORE TRADE W/ ALLIEDS
US HAS LABOR SHORTAGE DUE TO WAR SONG LYRIC I DIDN’T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER BROUGHT HIM UP TO BE MY PRIDE AND JOY WHO DARES PLACE A GUN ON HIS SHOULDER JUST TO SHOOT SOME OTHER MOTHER’S DARLIN BOY?
BRITISH BLOCKADE DEVASTATING NAVAL BLOCKADE USUALLY RESERVED FOR WAR CONTRABAND GR BRITAIN BLOCKADES FOOD AND FERTILIZER LEADS TO FAMINE /STARVATION 750K 750K STARVE TO DEATH
GERMAN RESPONSE
A SUBMARINE WARFAREB. MINE THE NORTH SEA C. ATTACK ANY SHIP TO GREAT BRITAIN
AMERICA EDGES CLOSER TO WAR LUSITANIA MAY 7 1915 LUXURY LINER TORPEDOED 128 AMERICANS AMONG DEAD SHIP CARRYING MUNITIONS TO ENGLAND ( GERMANY WITHIN RIGHT)
ZIMMERMAN NOTEINTERCEPTED / LEAKED TO PRESSGERMANY ASKS MEXICO TO ATTACK USAGERMANY WILL RETURN AZ, TEX. NEW MEX. TO MEXICO
NEW WEAPONS / TECHNOLOGIES 1st modern war Mechanized warfare (tank +
airplanes) Big Bertha - huge cannon 1 ton
shell /75 miles Zeppelins gas filled airship/ designed
to drop bombs in enemy territory Machine gun most deadly weapon 600 rounds per minute = 40 riflemen
WEAPONS /TECHNOLOGY Poison gas (usually chlorine) Terrified Allied soldiers Blindness suffocation Advanced weapons led to trench
warfareBIG BERTHA
Machine gun
END OF WAR GERMANY EXHAUSTED ; WAR MACHINE DONE LOW MORALE DESERTATIONS NO DECISIVE BATTLES WON OR LOST POIGNANT QUOTE ABOUT WW1 IN
PARTICULAR
“THEY LOST, WE DIDN’T WIN” BRITISH SOLDIER
11TH HOUR, 11TH DAY 11TH MONTH NOV 11TH, 11AM, 1918 WAR IS OVER
TREATY OF VERSAILLES OFFICIALLY ENDS WAR
LEADS TO MANY NEGATIVES, INCLUDING RISE OF ADOLF HITLER
PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
33 BILLION IN WAR REPARATIONS STRIPPED OF ALL COLONIES 9 NEW NATIONS CREATED REDUCED GERMAN ARMY TO 110K MEN WAR GUILT CLAUSE ---- GERMANY’S
FAULT