European alliances before World War I

• Europe at its peak

• Imperial Tensions

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• System of Alliances

Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, Duchess Sophie just before they were assassinated

• Nationalism in the Balkans• The Assassination of the Archduke• Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum• The alliance System lead to war

• Alliances• The Western Front• Battles Along the Western

Front

• The Eastern Front• The Balkan Front• The Italian Front• The War ends

British machine gunners in action in 1916 wearing gas helmets for protection from poison gas.

• The Machine Gun• Artillery• Weapons of the Industrial Age• Casualties of Modern Weaponry

A German submarine

A surfaced U-Boat torpedoes a merchant steamer during the First World War

Zimmerman telegram

American troops leave camp in 1917 and prepare to join the Great War going on in Europe

US Soldier, Saying goodbye to family WWI

WWI propaganda poster