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Overview of World War 11914-1918
Mackenzie DeguchHannah DeitchleyAlicia Porile Kinsey Whitt
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Beginnings• June 28, 1914, Serbian fanatic, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria.
• Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany supports Austria in punishing the Serbs.
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Beginnings• Stage set or Russia, backing Serbia, and her allies France and Britain, to go to war in 1914
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Overview of the War
• World War 1 was also known as the Great War.
• There were two sides of the war:
• Allies: Russia, Britain, and France
• Central Powers: Austria, Germany, and Hungary.
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• The United States enters the war in 1917 under President Woodrow Wilson
• Woodrow Wilson called on Americans to “Make the world safe for democracy.”
America enters the War
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Technology
• New military technology: trench warfare, use of gas, use of heavy artillery.
• First major trench line was finished in 1914.
• At least 12,000 miles of trenches when the war ended.
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Types of Trenches
• Allies used four types of trenches:
• Front Line trench - 50 yards to one mile from the German’s front trench: attack trench
• Support Trench - several hundred yards behind the front line trench: men and supplies
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• Reserved Trenches - several hundred yards behind the Support Trenches: had men and supplies for backup.
• Communication Trenches - connected other trenches: messages
Types of Trenches
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The War Ends
• War lasted 1,500 days, about four years.
• Official armistice called on November 11, 1918
• 9 million people dead.
• Four empires collapsed.
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ALLIED VICTORY!!