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Results of World War I

Victors• Great Britain

• France

• United States

• (But where’s Russia?)

“We all can’t be winners”

Losers

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Ottoman Empire

Italy

What Happened?

France and Germany locked up on their shared border and TRENCH WARFARE began!

They had to hide in trenches cuz of machine guns.

Lots of people died, neither side had advantage.

“There isn’t much room in that there trench!”-Keon

What happened?

Germany was forced to fight enemies on both the east (France) and west (Russia) borders. Schlieffen Plan

Plan to overwhelm France (smaller than Russia) so they can fully focus on the larger enemy, Russia.

Russia thought to be the more dangerous of the 2.

Trenches in the east (no progress) and Germany was doing very well against Russia until…

“They had to fight on BOTH sides?”

What happened to Russia?

Russia drops out of the war!

War very unpopular in Russia

Russia the only nation at that time that the people don’t get to vote for ANYTHING

Millions of Russians dying, lack of modern weapons against German machine guns

Russians been upset with rulers for a long time, WWI the last straw

The Russian Revolution begins in 1917 and the government collapses.

Rioting in the streets!

The Tsar and family are killed!

The Bolsheviks (Communists) take over!

A Spector is Haunting Europe

Where is America?

War wages in Europe from 1914-1917. All countries beat the tar out of each other… and America stays out of the fight.

Germans sinking American merchant ships Sending supplies to the French and

British but not the Germans Germans are stopping the supplies

from getting to their enemies

Zimmerman Telegram (1916) British intercept telegram

Germany to Mexico “Help us win this war, keep America

busy, you can have back all the territory America took from you.

America joins 1917 and GREATLY influences the outcome of the battle.

“Ya, dats right. America wins!”

Conclusion

America helps the Allies win quickly (1918).

Germany, Austria-Hungary surrender without ever being invaded.

Why, then, did they even surrender?

German people will be confused about this for decades.

Results

Russia becomes the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) when Bolsheviks seize power and no longer hold voting.

Europe is destroyed, so USA becomes a SUPERPOWER!

Vladimir Lenin, the man who takes over Russia

Results

Austria-Hungary dissolves and becomes the countries of Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

“Dat’s a lotta countries.”

Results

The Ottoman Empire falls apart (most of the land around the Mediterranean Sea.)

Many nations are formed

Iraq

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

Greece

Egypt

Others

Results

Treaty of Versailles (a city in France and an enormous mansion where Kings would live) sees Germany as aggressors and forced to repay damages!

Germany BANKRUPT… but so is rest of Europe!

Forced to repay debt, but Europe confiscated all good Germany lands and factories… so how can they repay?

Creates an unworkable situation, will lead directly to World War II.

“Germany is forced to swallow a bitter pill.”

ResultsYoung German officer Adolf Hitler (messenger) war hero.

Very mad over end of war. “Germany was never invaded, we never lost!”

Blames Jews for the loss.

Rest of Europe is anti-war and is holding grudges…

Everyone hates Germany, Germany hates everyone else!!

“Man, dat guy’s whack!” –McCray

Last Result

Because of WWI, USA becomes very rich and powerful… but not for long!

1929- Black Tuesday, stock market crashes.

Global Depression hits, “Great Depression.”

1929-1940s.

“Oh dear…”-very poor woman