1. The First World War – Western Front
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2. German War Plans- Von Schlieffen and Von Moltke (actual)

3. French Response-
Plan XVII

4. Germans invade through Belgium, August 1914

5. Advance slowed and stopped by British at Mons and by the French outside Paris at the Marne

6. Allies win the Race to the Sea, and trench lines form

7. Trench warfare-lines remain similar for next 3 years

8. 1915- Germans try poison gas to break deadlock

9. Allies respond with failed attacks of their own

10. Lusitania sunk as part of German submarine warfare

11. 1916- The BIG PUSH- Verdun by the Germans

12. 1916- the Big Push- Allies at the Somme

13. The German and British navies clashed at Jutland in 1916- ended in a draw

14. By 1917 the war had expanded to the air
Zeppelins
Dogfighting and Aerial Warfare

15. The Zimmerman note scandal finally brought the U. S
The Zimmerman note scandal finally brought the U.S. into the war in 1917

16. In 1918, the Germans made one last great attack- Operation Michael, using their new storm troopers. These made progress but failed.

17. The effects of the blockade and the addition of the Americans finally broke the German armies.

18. November 11, 1918 – 11 am, armistice signed