Course of WWI
Course of WWI short war illusion Schlieffen Plan: avoid 2-front war western front vs. eastern front trench warfare = stalemate
Schlieffen Plan – August, 1914
Schlieffen Plan – September, 1914
Trench Warfare
A British soldier inside a trench. Trenches A British soldier inside a trench.
Battles to Know Marne Somme & Verdun 1st trenches bloody little ground gained
Why did the US enter the war in 1917? Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare 1915: sinking of Lusitania 1915-1917: halted 1917: resumed Zimmermann Telegram Germany offered Mexico US territory if they joined the German cause
Why was WWI so destructive? trench warfare new technologies: tank poison gas machine gun airplane submarine
Verdun: Before & After Cloister of the Hotel la Princerie (France) – before and after the battle.
Tank 1916: tank warfare introduced by France/GB 1917: France & GB used 1500 tanks each A German tank.
Poison Gas German soldiers wearing gas masks. The Germans introduced the use of poison gas in warfare in 1915.
Machine Gun
Below: A German airplane. Above: Painting of a British airplane engaged in combat. The airplane has a machine gun mounted on its top wing.
Snoopy, the WWI Flying Ace
Submarine A German U-boat, 1910.