1. Battles and Warfare

2. Many women served as nurses on the frontline
Women in the War
Many women served as nurses on the frontline
Women also went to work the essential jobs the men had left behind
This led to broader rights for women and helped with the passing of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote

8. Women in Russia
In Russia, women were still not allowed to join in combat
That didn’t stop many women from doing so anyway
They would disguise themselves and volunteer
One of the best known was Maria Bochkarëva
By getting special permission from Tsar Nicholas II she was able to fight in the front lines

10. Women’s Battalion of Death
After Tsar Nicholas abdicated, Women were allowed to join the war in special units
Maria Bochkarëva was put in charge of organizing what became known as the 1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death
They trained fiercely and fought on the frontline
Bochkarëva was eventually forced to escape to America when the Bolsheviks tried to execute her

13. War Casualties Country Men mobilized Killed Wounded POW’s + missing
Total casualties
casualties in % of men mobilized
Russia
12 million
1.7mill
4.9mill
2.5mill
9.15mill
76.3
France
8.4 mill
1.3mill
4.2mill
537,000
6.1mill
73.3
GB + Empire
8.9mill
908,000
2mill
191,000
3.1mill
35.8
Italy
5.5mill
650,000
947,000
600,000
2.1mill 39
USA
4.3mill
126,000
234,000
4,500
350,000 8

14. Bolshevik Uprising Russia was exhausted by 1917
The Tsar was very unpopular thanks in large part to Rasputin
In March of 1917 the Tsar abdicated and in July he and his family were killed
The Bolsheviks uprising or October Revolution happened in November of 1917
Russia, under the rule of Vladimir Lenin, signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March of 1918 formally leaving the war

15. Vladimir Lenin

16. Up until this point, Germany had been fighting a war on two fronts
Now that they didn’t have Russia on their back, they were able to push most of their forces to the Western Front
This began the Hundred Days Offensive where Germany almost took France and ended the war

17. Appointed the General of the American forces Military experience
John J Pershing
Appointed the General of the American forces
Military experience
West Point graduate
He refused for a while to let American soldiers fight in non- American regiments
Eventually gave in and sent Americans to fight with the French and British

18. John J. Pershing

19. Influenza
In case war wasn’t enough for the world, there was a devastating Influenza outbreak from 1918 to 1919
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic has been the deadliest in known history
It killed more people than the war – between 20 and 40 million
More people died of the Spanish flu than in all the years of the Black Death

21. Influenza in America
About 675,000 people died of influenza
Half of the American soldiers in Europe who were killed, died of the flu
The flu effected people in the 20 to 40 age group
There were no vaccines yet so the only way to fight it was through quarantine and the closing down of public spaces

23. The Fighting was over on November 11th, 1918
The War Ends
With American help and because the Germans were exhausted, the war drew to an end
The 100 Day Offensive ended with an armistice and negotiations began to sign a peace treaty
The Fighting was over on November 11th, 1918