1. HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014
Lecture Fourteen: World War I

2. The Mood of 1914 Ultimatums and Declarations of War
Mobilization of Nationalism
The Burgfrieden

3. War Strategy The Initial Assault on Belgium and France
Russian Mobilization and the Battle of Tannenberg
The First Battle of the Marne
The Race to the Sea

4. Stalemate From War of Breakthrough to War of Attrition
Conditions at the Front
Attempts at a Technological Military Breakthrough
Rethinking Logistics – Walther Rathenau
British Blockade and Submarine War
The War on Other Fronts

5. Home Front and Crisis Patriotic Auxiliary Service Law Turnip Winter
Emerging Anti-War Sentiment
The USPD, Mass Strike, and Spartacus League
End of Burgfrieden -- January 1918 Strike

6. The End Collapse of Russia and Entry of US
Last Assault and Call for Armistice
Abdication of William II
Naval Mutiny and Start of Revolution
The Armistice
The Toll
German Dead 2 million, Wounded 4 million
Austrian Dead 1 million, Wounded 3.5 million
Allied Dead 5.7 million, Wounded 12.8 million