WAR CHRONOLOGYApril 1917: USA declares warBolshevik Revolution pulls Russia out of warGermans try to launch a massive offensive

before the U.S. can mobilize its forces

March-June 1918: Germans move towards Paris

June: US Troops arrive and hold off the Germans at the Battle of Belleau Wood

Germans make a last attempt to take ParisJuly-August 1918: The Second Battle of the

MarneLast German offensive*Defeated by USA and France

Americans push north into BelgiumBattle of the Meuse-Argonne

Largest US involvement: 26,277 killed95,786 wounded

American victory

BY NOVEMBER, 1918 KAISER WILHELM ABDICATES AND GERMANY SURRENDERS!!!

• The US government spent more money in 1917-1918 than in the previous 125 years total!!!

• No American tanks were used. Our industry was unprepared for war.

• About 10 million people died in WWI• 37.5 million total casualties

WILSON’S PEACE PLANTHE FOURTEEN POINTS

Purpose: to eliminate the causes of war

“We entered this war because violations of right had occurred which touched us . . . and made life impossible unless they were corrected and the world secured once and for all against their recurrence. What we demand is that the world be made fit and safe to live in.”

THE FOURTEEN POINTS1. Open Alliances (no secrets)2. Free navigation of the seas in peace

and war3. Free Trade4. Reduction of Arms in all nations5. Grant the citizens of colonies the right

to determine their own government14. League of Nations

THE COST OF WWIMONEY SPENT LIVES LOST CASUALTIES

U.S.A. $22 billion 116,000 350,000 (8%)

ENGLAND $38 billion 947,000 3,200,000 (36%)

FRANCE $26 billion 1,385,500 6,160,000 (73%)

RUSSIA $18 billion 1,700,000 9,150,000 (76%)

ITALY $13 billion 460,000 2,197,000 (39%)

GERMANY $39 billion 1,806,000 7,142,000 (65%)

AUST-HUNG. $21 billion 1,200,000 7,000,000 (90%)

TOTALS $300 billion 8,538,315 37,500,000

The Big 4• Wilson = USA• Lloyd-George = England• Clemenceau = France• Orlando = Italy

• Henry Cabot Lodge (Strong Reservationists) fight against the Treaty in the USA

• The Treaty of Versailles never passes in the US

RESULTS OF THE WAR1. Map of Europe re-drawn: New

Boundaries2. Communism in U.S.S.R.3. Dynasties collapse in Russia, Germany,

Austria-Hungary4. European landscape destroyed5. European population decreased

RESULTS OF THE WAR6. Economic Depression7. Anger & Hatred in Germany8. USA becomes the most powerful nation

in the world9. US women get suffrage