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Title: US Impact and the End of WWI


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US Impact and the End of WWI
  • 1918

2
US Joins WWI
  • Apr. 1917 - US declared war on Germany
  • Getting the Troops Ready (4 steps)
  • Conscription (Draft)
  • Armed
  • Training
  • Shipped to Europe

3
Russia Surrenders(Dec. 1917)
  • Russian army suffered millions of casualties
  • Many unhappy with the war (in Russia)
  • Blamed the Tsar (Nicholas II)
    for losses
  • Civilians resisted the Russian govt
  • Soldiers resisted fighting
  • Became the Bolshevik Revolution
  • Bolsheviks the extreme Communist party that
    takes control of Russia in 1917
  • Vladimir Lenin became new communist leader
    (Soviet Union)
  • Soviet govt surrendered to Germany (Treaty of
    Brest-Litovsk)
  • German troops can now focus on France

4
US Impact
  • Trench warfare had stopped Germany in the West
    (GB French)
  • But with Russia now gone in the East, Germany
    could focus on winning in the West
  • U.S. had a large impact on the war by
  • Adding numbers to Allied forces
  • Increased war supplies

5
Europe in 1917
German forces
Allied forces
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Britain
Russia
Germany
U.S.
1917
Austria-Hungary
France
Ottoman-Empire
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The Central Powers Collapse
  • Germany pushed back in the West
  • March April 1918 20 days of fighting 110,000
    total casualties
  • Other Allies made a push in the East (Greece,
    Italy, Romania)
  • Ottoman-Empire surrendered on Oct. 30, 1918
  • Austria-Hungary surrendered on Nov. 4, 1918
  • Germany was alone
  • Accepted an armistice at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918
    (Armistice Day)
  • the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the
    eleventh month
  • Armistice - stoppage of fighting to create and
    agree upon a treaty

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Why Did Germany Surrender?
  • German people grew tired of war (lost support)
  • Germanys allies quit fighting
  • 6 Million casualties (not including 760,000
    German civilians)
  • GB blockade left Germany starving
  • Economy wrecked w/o trade
  • Allied forces stronger w/ US joining

8
Peace Treaty is Signed 1919
  • Allies met in Paris to create a treaty
  • Central Powers not included
  • Russia not included
  • Versailles Treaty of 1919
  • Treaty was very hard on Germany (had to agree)

9
Versailles Treaty 1919
  • Germany made to accept all the blame for starting
    WWI
  • AH split
  • Germany gave up land to France, Belgium, Denmark
  • Poland was recreated (from Germany and Russia)
  • Germany gave up all overseas colonies
  • Army limited to 100,000 men
  • Give up all tanks, planes, ships, subs
  • Had to pay reparations
  • Reparations money paid by a defeated country to
    another country for losses suffered during war
  • 33 Billion (Equivalent to 420.4 Billion today)
  • Finished last 94 million payment on October 3rd,
    2010!!!
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