AIM

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AIM How was war on the Eastern and Western fronts
similar/different?
DO NOW Political Cartoon Who did it?
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Schlieffen Plan
In case of a two front war, the plan was to
attack France and then Russia
But how could they attack both without France and
Russia closing in on Germany?
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Think about this...
What is Russia lacking at this point, that many
European countries have?
Railroads!

• Therefore, Russia cant mobilize their troops
  quickly!

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Under the Schlieffen Plan...

• A large part of the German army would race west,
  to defeat France, and then return to fight Russia
  in the east

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Western Front

• Region in Northern France

• Long bloody stalemate

- Deadlock along battlefields

• Schleiffen Plan failed

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Trench Warfare

• Dug trenches to protect from enemy fire

• Soldiers fought each other from trenches

• Miserable conditions

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Trench Warfare (cont'd)
Men slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud, and
dreamed mud

• Swarmed with rats

• No food or sleep

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WALKING THROUGH A FLOODED TRENCH
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PICTURE OF A MAN SUFFERING FROM TRENCH FOOT
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Trench Warfare (cont'd)

• No mans land space between two trenches

• Trenches not safe. Poisonous gas could still
  affect soldiers

On the Western Front Many Casualties, little
gain
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Eastern Front

• German/Russian border

• Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians and
  Turks

• More mobile than Western Front

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Eastern Front (cont'd)

• Slaughter and stalemate still common

• Eventually, Russia is pushed out of
  Austria-Hungary