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CHAPTER 29:THE GREAT WAR
Aide MirandaJoshua Piñera
Regina Fragoso
MARCHING TOWARDS WAR
RISING TENSIONS IN EUROPE
NATIONALISM
MILITARISM
IMPERIALISM
TANGLED ALLIANCES
TRIPLE ALLIANCE Germany Austria-Hungary Italy
TRIPLE ENTENTE: Great Britain France Russia
Rivalries and mistrust led to the creation of military alliances between Europe’s Great powers
CRISIS IN THE BALKANS
Austria annexed two Balkan areas: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia had wanted those provinces so they were outraged.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed on June 28, 1914 by Gavrilo Princip a Serbian member of the Black Hand.
Austria declared war on Serbia.
Russia was Serbia’s ally so it started moving it’s troops to the Russian- Austrian border and to the German border.
Germany declared war on France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.
EUROPE PLUNGES INTO WAR
THE GREAT WAR BEGINS
CENTRAL POWERS: Germany Austria-Hungary
○ Ottoman Empire
ALLIES: Great Britain France Russia
○ Japan and Italy
The great war started in the summer of 1914 and everybody thought it wouldn’t last long.
A BLOODY STALEMATE The war turned into a bloody
stalemate because both sides kept fighting and losing soldiers but neither of them would win or be in advantage.
Germany created the Schlieffen Plan
Allies attacked the Germans in the battle of Marne and after four days of fighting Germany retreated.
By 1915 trench warfare began.
THE BATTLE ON THE EASTERN FRONT
The Eastern front war the battlefield along the German and Russian border.
Russia struggled in war because they had not been industrialized yet and they sent their troops to the east to fight Germany and because of this Germany was not able to focus 100% on fighting at the west.
The war spread to Africa and Southeast and Southwest Asia.
A GLOBAL CONFLICT
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WAR AFFECTS THE WORLD ALLIES Japan Australia Italy
Later the USA
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CENTRAL POWERS Ottoman Turks Bulgaria
WAR AFFECTS THE HOME FRONT
Total War
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Rationing Propaganda
THE ALLIES WIN THE WAR
RUSSIA LEAVES THE WAR
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USA JOINS THE ALLIES
GERMANY IS EXPECTANT
USA TIPS THE BALANCE OF THE WAR
On November 11th World War 1 came to an end with an armistice between the German and French government.
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LEGACY OF THE WAR
About 8.5 million soldiers died.
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21 million soldiers were wounded.
War price: $338 billion dollars.
A lot of resentment was left around the world.
A FLAWED PEACE
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THE ALLIES MEET AND DEBATE
The "BIG FOUR" meet at Paris on January 18, 1919.
Woodrow Wilson (USA) Georges Clemenceau (France) David Lloyd George (Great Britain) Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
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"The fourteen points"
End secret treaties Freedom of the seas Free trade Reduced national armies and navies Adjustment of colonial claims A GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS: "The
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"THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES"
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A TROUBLED TREATY
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The treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for everything so this caused Germany to feel anger and resentment.
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This finally led to World War 2...
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