WWI1914-1918

I. The causes of WWI

1. Nationalism

-Balkans

2. Imperialism

3. Militarism

4. Alliance Structure

A. Triple Alliance

B. Triple Entente

A. The spark

1. Serbia & the Balkans

-The Black Hand

2. Archduke Franz Ferdinand

-Too Nice?

3. Sarajevo, Bosnia June 28,1914

-Gavrilo Princip

4. Austria-Hungary's Reaction

-Wait

-Check on German Alliance

B. The chain reaction 1. July 28 Austria-Hungary

declares war on Serbia

2. Russia starts mobilizing- Germany asks them to stop

3. Germany declares war on Russia

4. Germany declares war on France- a main ally of Russia

5. August 3 Germany, following von Schlieffen Plan, invades

Belgium

6. Britain declares war on Germany

Who was to Blame

for WWI?

Germany- Felt it must

stand behind its ally, Austria

Hungary

Russia Supported

Slavic people & feared

Austria-Hungary

wanted to rule Slavic

People

France- Backed Russia. Felt it needed

Russian support to defeat Germany

Austria-Hungary:

Blamed Serbia for terrorism.

Wanted to crush Serbian Nationalism.

Britain: Felt a duty to

protect Belgium. Feared a powerful Germany

across the English

Channel.

II. Early War of Movement 1914

1. Von Schlieffen Plan

2. Success/Failure of Plan

3. Battle of Tannenberg

4. Battle of the Marne

5. Race to the Sea

III. Trench Warfare 1914-1918

1. Stalemate

2. Trench Life

3. Conditions

4. Violent Battles

5. Little Gains

6. No Man’s Land

7. Death at every turn

IV. The War at sea

1. Few Naval battles

2. British Blockade

3. U-Boats

4. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

5. Lusitania

V. The Eastern front 1914-1917

1. Germany/Austria-Hungary v Russia

2. Large Battles- a lot of movement

3. Czar Nicholas II

4. Lenin & Communist Revolution

5. US Intervention

VII. Turning point: US Declares War 1917

1. U-Boats

2. Zimmermann Telegram

3. Saboteurs

4. Anti-German Press

5. Allied War Debt

6. Woodrow Wilson

7. April 6, 1917

8. Opposition to War

VI. Total war: Life on the Home front

1. Total War

2. The Draft

3. Taxes & Debt

4. Rationing

5. Using the Press: Propaganda

6. Women in the workforce

The Armenian genocide

• Armenians & the Ottoman Empire

• World War I troubles

• The Genocide

• The Debate

End of War

1. 11:00am November 11, 1918

2. Treaty of Versailles

3. Very Harsh, Punish Germans

4. League of Nations?

5. Europe in Shambles