The Great War (Cont.)

Combat in WWI Soldiers in trenches Rapid-fire machine gun “No man’s land” – space b/w

trenches Grenades thrown in high casualties

Combat (cont.) April 22, 1915- G use 1st poison gas 2nd Battle of Ypres July-Nov. 1916- British use 1st tank Battle of Somme Massive death, Western Front

stalemate

Russia Leaves war in 1917 Vladimir Lenin overthrows gov’t Nov. 1917- est. Communist gov’t

U.S. Gen. J.J. Pershing West Point grad. Fought in Spanish-Am. War Led American Expeditionary Forces

Battle of the Argonne Forest Sept. 26, 1918 Gen. Pershing 600,000 U.S. troops Advanced past Hindenburg Line

The War Ends A-H, Ottoman Turks surrender G emperor forced to step down Nov. 11, 1918 Armistice: cease-fire

Wilson’s Fourteen Points Jan. 8, 1918- conference in Paris “Principle of justice to all” League of Nations Prevention of entangling alliances

Treaty of Versailles June 28, 1919 G stripped of armed forces Paid reparations ($33 bil) to Allies U.S. Senate rejected Feared LN limited war-making power

of Congress

The Red Scare Late 1919-Spring 1920 Fear of Communism Anger at Germans FBI est.