Causes of the war-Abby Militarism-Building up your military Alliances- making alliances with other contrary Imperialism- making an empire Nationalism-having pride in your country beleiving that you can win it all Assassination- the assassination of archduke and his wife was a huge hit that made war the start
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination-Tiffani He was born in Graz Austria, Wealthy, High level of military status, Married Sophie Chotek in 1900, Marriage was a secret he wasn't polite, and he was a prince. was shot by Gravrilo Principe and they wanted to break off Austria Hungary's south side. there was also a secret military called the black hand and it was formed on Sept 4 1901
Declarations of war-Katherine Major Allies: France, Italy, Russia, and other commonwealth. later in the war US joined the allies. the other forces were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey. the war began with Austria-Hungary declaring war with Serbia on July 28th 1914
War Plans-Megan the Schlieffen plan- Germany invaded Belgium on August 3, 1914 using this plan and they used it on France and failed and they were hoping for quick victory. Austia Hungary's Plan B and R in plan B six armies on the field and three invade Serbia three more garding the russian boder. in plan R 4 armies instead of three guarding Russia and 2 in Serbia Russia: Plans G,A, and 19 G lets Germany invade far into Russia and when they were weak they would push them back Plan A and 19 are the same just invade germany. Great britain didn't have a war plan and the same goes with the US
- Austro-German-Bulgarian Invasion of Serbia-Zach they made the land really hard to live on becuase they didn't want Bulgarians to live on that land
America Questions Neutrality-Sara We saw no reason to get involve in this war. Immigrants made hard because they came over right before the war and then they couldn't decide whether or not to join.
Sinking of the Lusitania-Austin Gremany was the first ones to use submarines to attack ships without getting spotted. The main reason that they did this is because they declared an unrestricted war on Britain. anything British was a target of germany's
Causes of US joining war-Evan we got into the war because we stopped trading with Germany and on January 1917 the British got a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann. It asked mexico to help them win the war and they would get some of our land. there was also the Nye Committee and there was the sinking the Lusitania. There was also Germany sinking our ships. The big business really pushed for war was also a cause. There was also propaganda because it got the people on the side of the war
- US Mobilizing for the War-Colin D.
Propaganda-Will/Marcus It was designed to sway people for the war. this is how we funded for the war and how we got people to work for the war. The addressed everyone. Central powers made their posters to wordy and they often lied
- Weapons-Shea Rifles were the main wepon used by solders Machine Gun Needed 4 to 6 men working it and it had to be on a flat surface. the Germanys use Zeppelin- an Airship that was used in German Bombing raids. The stop using them because they were easy to shoot out of the sky. Tanks were firs introduce in the Battle of Somme. Required a 3 man team, Traveled at 3 mph, and could not cross trench. Planes First started being used as weapons in this war. they wwere used to deliver bombs and do spywork, but they were later armed with machine guns and bomb. Flamethowers were used by germany in the early tims of the war. German use Grenades and they had 70,000
- Gas Usage-Coner this weapon was designed to injure more than kill because it was designed to hurt them internally and when you used it, it scared people half to death because they didn't know the differents between smoke and Gas. The was Tear Gas, Mustard Gas, Phosgene, and Chlorine
- Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, ignores treaty agreements.
- Major battles before US-Rob Battle of Somme lasted 4 months and british lost most of the men and it was the first battle to use gas. the battle of verdun and it is was almost a full year war and it was the longest battle ever Philippe Petain. Battle of ypres and there was no deaths for british but there was 1500 deaths and 600 POW. there was a Christmas Treaty and it was a 24 hour truce to celebrate Christmas from 12:01 Christmas morning to 12:01 December 26th
Major Battles-Kat Battle of Baporette was the wostest defeat of Italy ever. the Hundred day Offensive and this battle was the that had the most Causalties and this was the battle to end the war and it did last about a hundred days. The Battle of Cantigny it was the first american Offensive in the war and we won with France at our side. Meuse argonne Offensice and it was US and France verse the German Empire and we won again
Russian Government Overthrown by Bolsheviks-Josh Russia Ended Russian Participation and it was Signed March 3rd, 1918 by Russian and Central Powers. the Bolsheviks were communists and they won thought signing of the Treaty Of Breat-Lataf. October Revolution established Soviet Russia. Causes for the Revolutions was Social, Economic, and Political Crisis and everything was going down the drain
Czar Nicholas takes command of Russian forces-Jake
Homefront-Zach/Jake Untied kingdom had to rastion because of the U-boat attacks on the ships. Civilians are targeted for the first time in the war by german bombing. there was an act called the Realm Act and they didnt want people talking about some stuff about the war
November 1918- Germany signs armistice-Caleb November 11,1918 took effect at 11 am Paris time and this was the surender of germany and it required the demilitarization of German and the withdraw of troops, and it was changed to Veterans day after world war 2
President Wilson’s 14 points speech/four principles-Cade
- Reliance on open democracy rather than secret agreements
- Freedom of the seas
- Free trade
- Reduce the military forces and/or weapons
- Readjust the colonies Fairly
- The allowance of Russia to self Demonstrate its own government
- Respect for Belgium's integrity
- Restoration of French Territory
- Italy receives territory based upon ethnicity
- Austria-Hungary receives fair development opportunities
- Independence for the Balken States
- Self-determination for the peoples of the Ottoman Empire and free passage though the Dardanelles
- Independence for Poland
- The formation of a league of nations to guarantee independence for all countries, big and small
- Reactions and Results
- the only public statements of war aims
- influenced the Armistice
- Nobel Peace Pize in 1920
- Many countries thought badly of the points
- Not enough punishment for Germany
- Conclusion- what ac
- German military limitation
- Concerns of peace
- Damage to conquered territories vs. Germany
- Treaty of Versailles
- Different agreent
- Punshed germany
- Angered Germans
End of war/Treaty of Versailles-Nick H.Didn't do it so it is mr bruns The Paris Pease Conference
- the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of WWI to set the peace terms of germany and other defeated powers following the Armistice
- It took place in paris in 1919
here is a map of the time
http://qx19.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/europe-map-before-after-wwi-08-021.jpg
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