1. WORLD WAR I

2. FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNE September 1914
French transport soldiers by 2000 taxicabs to the front line
TRENCH WARFARE : 2 Lines of trenches reach from the English Channel to Switzerland
STALEMATE: Neither French or Germans gain ground
SCHLIEFFEN PLAN is a failure – Germany must fight a two front war

3. French Taxis to the Front

4. Trench Life

5. Trench Warfare

6. Going Over the Top

7. Charging into No-Man’s Land

8. The Western Front

10. Arial View

11. Battle of Verdun February – November 1916
War of Attrition – wear the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses:
540,000 French casualties
430,000 Germans
700,000 French and German soldiers die

13. Remains of Trenches Today

14. The Eastern Front

15. The Battle of Tannenberg August 1914
Germans surround Russians
Germans surround Russians
Of the 150,000 Russian troops:
95,000 captured
30,000 killed
10,000 escape
Russian General Samsonov kills self rather than report back to Tsar Nicolas

16. Tannenberg

17. Russian Prisoners

18. War Time “Planned Economies”
Price, wage, & rent controls
Rationing of food supplies and materials
Regulate imports and exports
Take over of transportation and industries
Women move into “male” jobs

19. New Roles for Women

20. Allied Victory 1917 – U.S. Enters war Fresh troops and Materials
Psychological boost

21. Second Battle of the Marne July 1918
140,000 fresh American troops supported by 350 tanks push Germans back over the Marne

22. Central Powers Collapse
With the arrival of 2 million more U.S. troops, Allied forces advance toward Germany
1st – Bulgarians & Ottoman Turks surrender
German soldiers mutiny
Kaiser Wilhelm steps down
November 11, 1918 Germany and France sign an armistice: an agreement to stop fighting

24. Legacy of WWI
Technology brings war’s death and destruction on a global scale
8.5 Mil. Soldiers die
21 Mil. Wounded
Countless civilians die of starvation, disease , & slaughter
Drains treasuries of Europe $338 Billion
Destruction of farms, industries, homes, villages, and cities