1. World War I
Mr. Mize

2. Central Powers: Allied Powers: Germany Great Britain Austria-Hungary
World War I
Austria-Hungary
France
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Italy

3. Color, Symbol, Slogan Activity: WWI Alliances
Alliances Kick In and turn what could have been a “summer war” into WWI
Russia and France Back Serbia, but first Russia asked Austria to soften its demands and when the plea failed Russia mobilized its military. In response Germany declares war on Russia; Russia appeals to France; Germany asks France to stay out of it, France says no; Germany declares war on France
Germany Invades Belgium following the Von Schlieffen Plan; Britain and other European powers are outraged by the invasion of Belgium and Britain declares war on Germany
Color, Symbol, Slogan Activity: WWI Alliances

4. Von Schlieffen Plan Simple and Easy…Right? Attack France first.
Invade through Belgium
Defeat France in 6 weeks

5. ( Germany would Defeat France First!)
Von Schlieffen Plan

6. Trench Warfare

7. Trench Warefare
Trench Warfare – type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire

8. British trench, France, July 1916 (during the Battle of the Somme)

9. Trenches
Many men killed in the trenches were buried almost where they fell. These corpses, as well as the food scraps that littered the trenches, attracted rats.
Quotes from soldiers fighting in the trenches:
"The rats were huge. They were so big they would eat a wounded man if he couldn't defend himself."
"I saw some rats running from under the dead men's greatcoats, enormous rats, fat with human flesh. My heart pounded as we edged towards one of the bodies. His helmet had rolled off. The man displayed a grimacing face, stripped of flesh; the skull bare, the eyes devoured and from the yawning mouth leapt a rat."

10. Trenches Disease spread easily in the trenches No bathrooms No showers
Trench foot
No bathrooms
No showers
No shelter from the weather

11. A photograph of a man suffering from trench foot.

13. Trenches

14. Western Front Over 400 miles of trenches across Belgium and France.
Most offenses resulted in heavy casualties but gained little territory.

15. Christmas Truce 1914
One of the most remarkable incidents in history was the impromptu truce that took place on the Western Front on Christmas Day Beginning late on Christmas Eve, the entrenched British and German troops began serenading each other with songs and carols. By the next day a full truce was on, with soldiers and officers from both sides fraternizing and exchanging gifts. There was even an international soccer match played with teams comprised of warring soldiers. On December 26, 1914 the First World War started again. How sad. Ninety-four years later, in 2008, soldiers from the same opposing regiments reenacted the famous Christmas Truce in the same location. (video – 3:06)

16. Section 2; A New Kind of War began as 8
Section 2; A New Kind of War began as 8.5 million French, 9 million British, 12 million Russians, and 11 million Germans died; 1 out of every 4 soldiers died
Stalemate on the Western Front occurred as Germany’s Schlieffen Plan failed due to Russia’s quick mobilization; Both sides began to dig deep trenches to protect their armies from the new WWI military technology creating a stalemate for next 4 years

17. Technology of Modern Warfare created enormous casualties
Poison Gas was first used by Germany in 1915, then the allies began using it to blind, choke, cause blisters, and agonizing burns (sometimes fatal)
Tanks, Airplanes, and Submarines: Britain was the first to use tanks, both sides used airplanes at first to observe and later Germany used zeppelins to bomb the English coast, and submarines or U-boats were best utilized by the Germans

18. US Involvement in WWI

19. American Neutrality · Officially, the U.S. was a neutral country.
Nation of Immigrants
Isolationism
However, we traded food, weapons, oil, steel, and other goods far more with the Allied Powers than with the Central Powers.

20. Freedom of the Seas
The U.S. claimed the right to trade with either side in the war.
However, Britain and Germany set up blockades around the British and German coasts.

21. U-Boats
German submarines, called U-boats, torpedoed enemy ships and neutral ships trading with the enemy.

22. Lusitania
In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.
Germans claimed it was carrying weapons from America.
Evidence in how quickly it sank.

24. Zimmermann telegram Secret message from Germany to Mexico
Germany urges Mexico to attack the U.S.
Germany promised to help Mexico regain land it lost to the U.S. in the Mexican War.
The U.S. declared war on the Central Powers in 1917. – *

25. Zimmermann Telegram as Received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, (right) decoded words

27. USA Joins WWI USA joins with the allies
Wanted to protect freedom of the seas
Selective Service Act (1917) required all men from the age of 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
By 1918, approximately 4 million Americans joined the armed forces.