Causes of the Great War WWI

3 ‘isms’ and…the other one Imperialism When one country controls all aspects of: Militarism The rapid build up: Nationalism An intense love of: Alliances When two or more nations:

Imperialism Napoleon's Empire Meet the ‘Iron Chancellor’ and his puppet king Nothing a little WAR can’t fix…

Journal 3/15 You are Great Britain; you have the strongest Navy in the world. Close to your borders is the newly powerful nation of Germany (remember…it used to be a confederation but Bismarck and William I combined the Prussian empire with the German…you remember) has started a campaign of militarism. How do you feel about this? Why?

Militarism How German industrialism leads to Militarism A warning from the ‘Iron Chancellor’ Kaiser William II

Nationalism Diverse Hapsburg Empire Austria becomes Austria- Hungary The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

A NEW KIND OF WAR Fighting WWI

Two Front War Schlieffen Plan was: – Attack ______Belgium – Causes______to join: The plan ____ – Russia was _______than Germany thought – France and Britain push: Both sides ‘dig in’ meaning they fight in _______

Stalemate on the Western Front A stalemate is: _____ cause a stalemate – No one will cross: – Trenches can be easily: Modern tech does not: – Poison gas was________ – Tanks could roll over trenches but: – Aircrafts had little effect: Zeppelins: “Dog fights”:

More Modern Technology Submarines – U-Boats (unterseeboot): – U-boats sink ships: – The Allies form convoys: Rapid fire Machine guns – Less re-_____ – Kills 100s of men ______ Long rang artillery – Like a _____ – Hit target from up to:

More Modern Technology Submarines – U-Boats (unterseeboot): – U-boats sink ships: – The Allies form convoys: Rapid fire Machine guns – Less re-_____ – Kills 100s of men ______ Long rang artillery – Like a _____ – Hit target from up to:

Journal 4/29 Turn to page 828. Read the section from the novel All Quite on the Western Front. Answer the questions at the bottom right.

SLOW END TO A LONG WAR Breaking the stalemate, Total war and seeking ‘peace w/o victory’

Total War: Conscription is used: – Defecting: – Morale is ____ Economic total war – Gov’t regulate _____ – Gov’t ______food – Gov’t raise _____ Britain enforces a _________: – Not supposed to stop: – To retaliate, Germany:

Total War; Controlling public opinion Propaganda spreads ideas to promote a: – Censor art, _______ writing, films and _____ – Gov’t create favorable: Casualties of war are withheld: Women are encouraged to: – Work in factories: – As______

Ending the Stalemate Russia leaves due to: – Tsar is_________ – New leader: – Germany can focus on: US enters – Germans sink Lusitania: – British intercept the Zimmermann telegram Kaiser asks________to join them in war Americans start to __________Germany

Peace without victory German gov’t seeks an armistice or: Paris Peace Conference leaders of the ______ ______meet to: – _________is not invited – None of the: Treaty of Versailles punishes________ 1) 2) 3)