1. World War I
The War Beyond Europe

2. These were the long term causes
M.A.I.N.
These were the long term causes
M = Militarism
A = Alliances
I = Imperialism
N = Nationalism

3. Improved Military Technology

4. The War Beyond Europe WWI was a Total War
All resources devoted to the war effort
WWI had far reaching effect for peoples and societies across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, North America, & Pacific
Example: Indian Troops fighting for the British in the Middle East

5. War Beyond Europe
Manpower and resources of imperial possessions sucked into the spreading conflict
By 1915, fighting spread to Middle East, west and east Africa, China, Pacific islands & across most oceans
Troops recruited from Canada, Africa, New Zealand, India, and Australia

7. Support for War
British recruited women to replace farmers and factory workers who went off to war
France recruited laborers from colonies in Africa and Vietnam

9. Japan
British entry in war = empire and allies were brought into the conflict
Naval pact (1902) – Japan
Japan attacked German colonies in China & Pacific
Came to be components for defense perimeter sought during WWII.
Provides great force to Japan’s imperialist goal in China in 1930’s

10. Real Role for the U.S.
American businesses greatly profited from the war:
Selling food, raw materials, & weapons
Increasing exports and huge loans to British, France and Russia:
Transformed U.S. from an international debtor to the world’s largest creditor and strongest economy

11. Death Toll (WWI)
Improved military technology and new tactics led to increased levels of wartime casualties
French invasion of Russia (1812) – 590,000 dead
World War I ( ) – 10 to 20 million dead

12. “Spanish” Influenza
Influenza pandemic killed more people than any other outbreak of disease in human history
Global aspect of World War I allows for the sickness to travel quickly
Million People Die
World Population was <28% of what it is today
50% of deaths are adults age 20 to 40

16. Fall of Colonization
Europeans claim superior rationality and racially embedded capacity to rule
No longer valid due to senseless slaughter of Western Front
Lack of trained Europeans gave Western-educated Africans and Indians high-ranking military roles
unthinkable without the war

17. Result of WWI: World War I puts an end to large, land-based empires:
Ottoman (1922)
Russian (1917)