1. Warmup What made WWI so deadly?

2. WWI: Important Battles & Events

3. Total War Verdun Ypres Somme Marne

4. First Battle of the Marne Timeline: September 1914

5. 2 nd Battle of Ypres TIMELINE: 1915

7. Verdun - February to June 1916

8. Battle of the Somme - July 1916 Aerial Bombardment Lack of Surprise 80% of BEF advance - 750,000 men Caught in No Man’s Land

9. Caporetto Gallipoli Jutland Tannenberg

11. Gallipoli

12. Jutland

13. Caporetto

14. Battle of Cambrai TIMELINE: 1917 First use of the British secret weapon—the TANK First successful penetration of German trenches/line Cambrai is in France

15. On April 2, 1917… President Woodrow Wilson declared WAR… THE AMERICANS BEGIN TO GO “OVER THERE”

16. THEN SOMETHING else HUGE HAPPENS… TIMELINE: November 1917

17. Bolshevik Revolution: communists take over Russia –L–Led by Vladimir Lenin This leads to Russia’s withdrawal from WWI –T–Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: peace agreement between Russia & Central Powers

20. Chateau- Thierry TIMELINE: JUNE 1918 American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F) led by John J. Pershing First fight for the A.E.F in WWI Successful in stopping German advance

22. Second Battle of the Marne TIMELINE: JULY 1918 Germans last desperate offensive of the war HEAVY CASUALTIES –N–Nearly 262,717 men killed or wounded Destroyed the German ability to attack again

23. Saint-Mihiel TIMELINE: SeP-Nov 1918 First mainly A.E.F battle Biggest A.E.F operation and victory of WWI Pushed Germans back to Armistice line –1–11 th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 th month of 1918 armistice signed—WWI IS OVER!

24. In the End

25. Wilson’s Goal Peace without victory New world order 14 Points – League of Nations Leads to Treaty of Versailles U.S. Congress rejects - never ratifies