WORLD WAR I “THE GREAT WAR” 1914-1918

MILITARISM AND THE ARMS RACE BOTH GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY WERE BUILDING UP THEIR ARMIES AND NAVIES “ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE”

ALLIANCES TRIPLE ALLIANCE ALSO KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL POWERS GERMANY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY TRIPLE ENTENTE ALSO KNOWN AS THE ALLIES FRANCE GREAT BRITAIN RUSSIA

Alliances By 1914 all the major powers were linked by a system of alliances. The alliances made it more likely that a war would start. Once started, the alliances made it more likely to spread.

NATIONALISM HAVING PRIDE IN YOUR COUNTRY AND A WILLINGNESS TO DEFEND IT

1914 -ASSASSINATION WWI STARTS WHEN ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND WIFE ARE KILLED IN SARAJEVO

MACHINE GUN & GAS MASK

NEW STYLE OF WARFARE

AMERICAN “DOUGH BOYS”