THE GREAT WARWorld War I

Unit 13

Links Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand

Discovery Ed: WWI

WWI PPT

Personal Stories

Sounds of WWI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7WAu_jAnQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjOVFQoAoM&feature=related

Map of Participants in WWIAllied Powers were:France, United Kingdom, Russia, United

States

Central Powers were:Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey

Directions: Fill in your map using the following countries. Color Allied Powers blue and Central Powers red.

Fill in the Map Key at the bottom of the map.

World War I: Map of Europe, 1914

Two Armed Camps!Allied Powers: Central Powers:

Great Britain

Austria-Hungary

France

Russia

Germany

Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

World War I

Causes of WWI-MANIA!! Militarism-Policy of building up a strong Military to

prepare for war

Alliances- Agreements between nations to provide aid and protect on another

Nationalism- extreme pride in one’s country

Imperialism- when one country takes over another country economically and politically

Assassination- of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand

The 5 Major Causes of WWI1. MilitarismCountries throughout Europe made built a strong defense to prepare for war. 2. AlliancesAn agreement that if one country was attacked, allied countries were bound to help protect them.

3. NationalismThe nationalism of the various countries throughout Europe contributed to the beginning and length of the war in Europe. Each country tried to prove their dominance and power.

4. ImperialismImperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control. The raw materials these areas could provide were appealing to these countries. The increasing competition and desire for greater empires led to confrontation that helped push the world into World War I.

5. Assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandThe final trigger to the beginning of World War I (that made all the items come into play; alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was this assassination.

Aggressive Nationalism

THE WAR AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION:

NEWTECHNOLOGY

What new weapons were used in WWI

Machine Guns Poison Gas Submarine (U Boat) Airplane Tank

All of these weapons existed because of the Industrial Revolution.

French Renault Tank

The Airplane

“Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

U-Boats

Why was WWI a Stalemate?

What is a stalemate? When neither side can make a move to

win.

Question: What was the solution for all of the new technology that was being used in WWI?

Answer: Trench WarfareMillions of people died, but not ground was

gained.

Trench Warfare

It was a form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches, to seek protection from enemy fire & to defend their positions.

No Man’s Land The stretch of land between the front line

trenches was dangerous. No Man's Land contained miles of barbed wire, hundreds of corpses, and land mines.

Sometimes as narrow as 15 yards or as wide as several hundred yards, No Man's Land was heavily guarded by machine gun and sniper fire. Soldiers were forced to cross No Man's Land to advance or scout for enemy positions. Official truces were often necessary to retrieve the wounded or bury the dead.

LIFE IN THE TRENCHES Lived very close to other soldiers.

Not much room to move around.

Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjOVFQoAoM&feature=related

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Cheshire_Regiment_trench_Somme_1916.jpg

LIFE IN THE TRENCHES Trenches could be miserable sometimes

Rainstorms trench foot sanitation lice & rats

Trench Food•A total of 3,240,948 tons of food was sent to the front lines.

• The bulk of their diet was bully beef (caned corned beef), bread and biscuits.

•By the winter of 1916 flour was in such short supply that bread was being made with dried ground turnips. •Finally, the main food was pea-soup with a few lumps of horsemeat

POISON GAS a new weapon used in the war different types

blind choke Burn

FlameThrowers

GrenadeLaunchers

Poison Gas

Machine Gun

World War I Casualties

Cost of the War 15 million people were killed.

About 1/3 of the soldiers that fought in the war were wounded.

The economic cost was severe. Estimates put the damage at about 100

trillion modern U.S. dollars. The European economy was left in

shambles and the U.S. emerged as the dominant world economic power.

Trench Warfare Activity Sounds of WWI http

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7WAu_jAnQ&feature=related You and your group are to make a trench

using your desks. Create your own ammo using paper.

Listen the sounds of war. Write a final letter home that you would like

someone to give your family if you did not survive. Be as descriptive as possible.

World War II: Map of Europe; 1939