WWI weapons & inventions

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Trench Foot

TRENCHESTRENCHES

Gas masks to prevent the contamination of muster gas

GASMASKS & MUSTER GASGASMASKS & MUSTER GAS

• The tank – can move over trenches and barbed wire

AIRPLANESAIRPLANES

FLAME THROWERFLAME THROWER

BLIMPS BLIMPS

STEEL HELMETSSTEEL HELMETS

U-BOATS / SUBMARINESU-BOATS / SUBMARINES

SUMMARYSUMMARYRemember machine guns were invented

during the Civil War … these are just improvements!

World War I CasualtiesWorld War I Casualties

01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,0009,000,000

10,000,000RussiaGermanyAustria-HungaryFranceGreat BritainItalyTurkeyUS

9,000,0009,000,000 DeadDead9,000,0009,000,000 DeadDead

The Somme American Cemetery, France

The Somme American Cemetery, France

116,516 Americans Died116,516 Americans Died116,516 Americans Died116,516 Americans Died

http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

Year?Pandemic = Who got it?

How many Americans killed?

How many killed worldwide?

Describe how the influenza virus spread in the United

States.

I had a little bird, Its name was Enza.

I opened the window, And in-flu-enza.

NOTES: The End of War

Impact of US entrance

1. US Soldiers = American Expeditionary Forces

a.) Selective Service Act: 3 million drafted

b.) doughboys (nickname b/c buttons look like donuts)

“We dig no trenches to fall back on”

2. Germans forfeit (quit)

Wilson

1. 14 Points: Wilson’s peace proposal

a.) League of Nations: International organization to promote security and peace in the world

b.) Self Determination: community has the right to determine the gov’t that rules them anti-imperialism

c.) No blame: do not accuse one country of starting the war

d.) No reparations: loser does not pay for damage caused

Armistice (stop fighting) … 11th

day, 11th hour, 11th month

1. Big 4: Allied leaders design peace treaty

a.) US – seeks “peace without victory” .. End the war but do not punish the loser

b.) France – seeks complete humiliation of Germany

i.) Wilson forced to compromise on 14

points

2. Create Treaty of Versaillesa.) Creation of new countries

i.) Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia

2. Create Treaty of Versaillesa.) Creation of new countries

i.) Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia

b.) blame Germany for war

c.) Germany must pay $269 billion in reparations

d.) League of Nations – defensive alliance

i.) US refuses to sign b/c fear they will be obligated to enter a war