World War I
Europe... Early 1900’s §Nationalism and Military Build-up §Alliances l Triple Alliance (G, A-H, I) l Triple Entente (F, R, B) §Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand (Sarajevo, Bosnia)
War Declared §Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire) §Allies (France, Russia, Britain, Serbia... later includes Italy, US, others)
The Fight §Schlieffen Plan §Trench Warfare (Western Front) §New Weapons l Poison Gas, Tanks, Submarines (U-Boats), Planes
The “Sub” War §Blockade and Counter Blockade §Lusitania §Sussex Pledge
US Involvement §Neutrality & “Peace with Honor” §German Sabotage §The Zimmermann Note §Sub Warfare Renews (Last Straw) §US Declares War
The “Home Front” §The Draft §War Industries Board §Conservation §“Super-Americanism”
“Over There” §General John Pershing §Russia Pulls Out l Bolshelvik Revolution (1917)
“Over There” §Western Front §Armistice :00
Peace §Treaty of Versailles §Senate Ratification §Results of WWI