2. World War I : Battles & Technology

3. A World War

4. The Balkans, 1914 The “Powder Keg” of Europe

5. A Multi-Front War

7. Trench Warfare

8. “No Man’s Land”

9. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

10. French Renault Tank

11. British Tank at Ypres

12. U-Boats

13. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

14. The Zeppelin

15. The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta” Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

16. The Flying Aces of World War I Eddie Rickenbacher, US Francesco Barraco, It. Rene Pauk Fonck, Fr. Manfred von Richtoffen, Ger. [The “Red Baron”] Willy Coppens de Holthust, Belg. Eddie “Mick” Mannoch, Br.

17. Looking for the “Red Baron?”

18. Flame Throwers Grenade Launchers

19. Poison Gas Machine Gun

20. John Sargent “Gassed”

21. The Western Front http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/la unch_ani_western_front.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/la unch_ani_western_front.shtml

22. Verdun – February, 1916 e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties. e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties.

23. The Somme – July, 1916 e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months. e 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. e Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

24. War Is HELL !!

25. The Eastern Front

26. The Gallipoli Disaster, 1915

27. T. E. Lawrence & the “Arab Revolt”, 1916-18

28. The Sinking of the Lusitania

29. The Zimmerman Telegram

30. 1918 The end is near

31. German Cartoon: “Fit for active service!”, 1918

32. 1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died

33. 11 a.m., November 11, 1918

34. 9,000,000 Dead 9,000,000 Dead

35. The Somme American Cemetary, France 116,516 Americans Died

36. World War I Casualties

37. Turkish Genocide Against Armenians A Portent of Future Horrors to Come!

38. Turkish Genocide Against Armenians Turkish Genocide of Armenians (1914 - 1922) Districts & Vilayets of Western Armenia in Turkey 19141922 Erzerum215,0001,500 Van197,000500 Kharbert204,00035,000 Diarbekir124,0003,000 Bitlis220,00056,000 Sivas225,00016,800 Other Armenian-populated Sites in Turkey Western Anatolia371,80027,000 Cilicia and Northern Syria309,00070,000 European Turkey194,000163,000 Trapizond District73,39015,000 Total 2,133,190387,800