3. [Image source: http://staff.imsa.edu/socsci/jvictory/war_starts/strength_armies.gif]

4. 1914 June 28 th – Arch-Duke Franz-Ferdinand assassinated July 28 th – Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia July 31 st – Russia mobilizes August 1 st – Germany declares war on Russia and mobilizes August 3 rd – Germany declares war on France August 4 th – Germany invades Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany August 6 th – Austro-Hungary declares war on Russia

5. [Image source: http://www.vahs.org/wwi/map001.jpg]

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12. 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)

13. [Image source: http://www.wargamer.com/articles/maneuver_graphics/tan1f.jpg]

14. The 250,000 casualties at Tannenberg indirectly helped the French at the Battle of the Marne. [Image source: http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/German_Drawings/Helden%20-%20010.jpg]

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17. [Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Battle_of_the_Marne_- _Map.jpg/300px-Battle_of_the_Marne_-_Map.jpg]

18. September 15 th – first trenches dug on the Western Front [Image source: http://www.studiolarz.com/speakman/wwi/trenchdetail0.jpg]

19. [Image source: http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Trenches/Illustrierte%20Chronik%20- %20Trenches%20001.jpg]

20. [Image source: http://www.studiolarz.com/speakman/wwi/trenchdetail.jpg]

21. [Image source: http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e0/300px- Trenchaerial.jpg]

22. [Image source: http://www.worldwar1.com/arms/tren001.jpg]

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25. Ottoman Turkey enters war on the side of the Central Powers, 28 October 1914.

27. Christmas 1914 Truce [Image source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/christmas-truce.jpg]

28. [Image source: http://www.greatwar.nl/xmas/christmastruce2.jpg]

29. 1915 February 4 th – Germany declares a submarine blockade of Great Britain April 25 th – Allies begin Gallipoli Campaign May 7 th – Lusitania sunk August 30 th – Germany suspends unrestricted submarine warfare September 5 th – Tsar takes command of army on the Eastern Front September 15 th – British launch a gas attack at Loos December 28 th – Allies begin withdrawal from Gallipoli

32. Aeroplanes were originally employed for aerial reconnaissance and artillery-spotting. [Image source: http://www.aviationartsa.com/art/Aircraft/Sopwith_Camel.jpg]

33. The offensive potential for aeroplanes was quickly recognized. [Image source: http://www.fokkerdr1.com/Arrtwork/fokk er_tri-plane_sopwith_art.jpg]

34. Dogfights became a regular feature of the air war, as nations competed for air- supremacy. [Image source: http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/Group9/dogfight.jpg]

35. 1916 February 21 st to December 18 th – Battle of Verdun May 31 st to June 1 st – Battle of Jutland July 1 st – November 1th – Battle of the Somme November 7 th – Wilson re-elected (”He kept us out of war!”) December 31 st – Rasputin murdered

37. The German strategy at the Battle of Verdun was to “bleed the French white”. [Image source: http://www.waidev2.com/php/IMAGES/HC_ThisDayInHistory/351---Image_large.jpg]

38. The French vow: “None shall pass!” [Image source: http://www.rainfall.com/posters/WWI/295.htm]

39. The Battle of Verdun lasts for ten months. [Image source: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_verdun.htm]

40. The Germans suffered 540,000 casualties to France’s 430,000. [ Image source: http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/be/300px-German_dead_at_Verdun.jpg]

41. The Battle of Verdun resulted in the highest density of dead soldiers in any war. [Image source: http://www.stewartgreen.com/html/galler ies/travel3/images/travel4.jpg]

42. [Image source: http://www.johndclare.net/images/wwi3.h1.jpg] The Battle of the Somme

43. The Allied offensive characterized everything that was wrong with the High Command. [Image source: http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/images/somme_q87.jpg]

44. The only response was to continue throwing more men into the battle. [Image source: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Clinton_Reilly/Somme.jpg]

45. [Image source: http://homepage.mac.com/dmhart/WarArt/Dix/Krieg1924/RetreatFromSomme.JPG]

46. 1917 January 19 th – Zimmerman telegram intercepted by the British. February 1 st – Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare March 15 th – Tsar Nicholas II abdicates April 6 th – Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war April-June - +500,000 French soldiers mutiny May 18 th – Selective Service Act passed July 3 rd – first wave of AEF lands in France October 23 rd – Americans fire first shots in combat November 7 th – Bolsheviks seize power in Russia November – Battle of Cambrai December 3 rd – Bolshevik government in Russia signs armistice with Germany

47. Reasons why the United States entered World War I: [Image source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/guide/pp0594.jpg]

48. 1. Almost all the news from the front was filtered through the British, resulting in most Americans favoring the Allies. [Image source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/images/pp_uk_06.jpg]

49. [Image source: http://www.stentorian.com/madbrute.jpg] [Image source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/easterrising/images/ga/gal03.jpg]

50. 2. Unrestricted submarine warfare, which led to... [Image source: http://www.megacalendars.com/images/Yellow%20Submarine%209580%20FC.jpg]

51. ... the indiscriminate sinking of ships such as the S. S. Lusitania. [Image source: http://www.minerva.unito.it/Theatrum%20Chemicum/Pace&Guerra/ImmaginiUK/Miniature/Lusitania.jpg]

53. 3. Germany’s attempt to enlist Mexican support through an anti- American alliance, as proposed in the now-infamous Zimmerman Telegram [Image source: http://pbsvideodb.pbs.org/resources/greatwar/images/doc_02.jpg]

54. 4. Four American ships are sunk during the first two-weeks of March 1917. [Image source: http://phillips.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/921pendleton_sinking_ship.jpg]

57. America’s most famous general at the time was “Black Jack” Pershing. [Image source: http://www.cresskillboro.com/CB%20Image%20Bank/pershing3.jpeg]

58. General Pershing was placed in command of the American Expeditionary Force.

59. The United States quickly recruited, trained, equipped, and deployed a large army. [Image source: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sherry/BackToThePast/Doughboys.jpg]

60. [Image source: http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_histor y/upload/thumb/a/aa/180px- Johnpershing.jpg] Upon disembarking in France, General Pershing declared “Lafayette, we have arrived!”

61. French Generals wanted to use American soldiers as replacements in their depleted formations. [Image source: http://www.cresskillboro.com/CB%20Image%20Bank/pershing2.jpeg]

62. Pershing insisted that American soldiers would fight in American units commanded by American officers under the American flag. [Image source: http://www.eatonvillenews.net/images/Bob/VETERA NS%20DAY%20DOUGHBOYS%20(OP).jpg]

63. 1918 January 8 th – Wilson declares Fourteen Points March 21 st – Germans launch first of five major offensives aimed at victory before American forces can be deployed July 16/17 th – Tsar and family executed September 27 th – Allies break through the Hindenberg Line October 30 th – Turkey signs armistice November 9 th – Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates November 10 th – German republic declared November 11 th – Armistice Day

65. American forces “baptism of fire” occurred at Chateau Thierry, where they stopped the last major German offensive of the war. [Image source: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/dav1/pg157.htm]

66. American Marines fought with distinction at the Battle of Belleau Woods. [Image source: http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Georges_Scott/Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg]

67. Sergeant Alvin York earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. [Image source: http://www.americanvision.org/images/AlvinCYork.jpg]

68. The end to World War I comes quickly once the United States gets involved as a result 1. tanks,... [Image source ; http://www.jodyharmon.com/militaryart/MarkVgermans.jpg]

69. ... 2. fresh U.S. troops, eager to fight,... [Image source: http://media.historynet.com/images/doughboys1.jpg]

70. ... and 3. America’s industrial might. [Image source: http://dimer.tamu.edu/simplog/images/gallery/industry.jpg]

71. J. F. C. Fuller [Image source: http://www.redflame93.com/files/Fuller__J._F._C..JPG]

72. It was hoped the introduction of tanks would return mobility to the battlefield. [Image source: http://www.gwpda.org/photos/bin06/imag0551.jpg]

73. Smaller light tanks would exploit breaks in the trenches and outflank enemy formations. [Image source: http://www.gwpda.org/photos/bin09/imag0845.jpg]

74. General George Catlett Marshall, U. S. Army Chief-of-Staff and architect of Allied victory in World War II. [Image source: http://www.federalobserver.com/content_images/12_george_c_marshall_01.jpg]

75. General Douglas A. McArthur, commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific during World War II, and United Nations forces during the Korean War. [Image source: http://www.gwpda.org/photos/bin10/imag0950.jpg]

76. Future- General George S. Patton, commander of the Third Army in Europe during World War II. [Image source: http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/jpg/pattont2.jpg]

77. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker became America’s most-famous “ace”. [Image source: http://www.langley.af.mil/staff/ho/images/eddie.jpg]