World War I

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World War I

• Unit 4
• RMS IB 2013-2014
• Mr. Hardy

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Stop and Jot!
Look at the cartoon Free write about what you
think the cartoon means. - Do NOT stop writing
until the music stops!!!
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Prior to Conflict

• Imperialism- 1600s- 1800s
• European nations had controlled over 85 of the
  Earths land for colonies
• Controlling the most territory became a
  competition between rival nations causing
  tension.

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Prior to Conflict- Part 2

• Nationalism
• Citizens of European nations became very proud of
  their nations accomplishments.
• Provided the people with a sense of power!
• Representing ones homeland gave people a sense
  of nation pride that they wanted to maintain by
  becoming more and more powerful

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What does the cartoon tell us about Nationalism?
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Prior to Conflict- Part 3

• Militarism
• To encourage national pride, governments began to
  build large and strong militaries.
• Their armies now contain the newest weapons and
  technology of the time, which increased their
  power!

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Alliances

• In order to encourage nation stability, European
  nations entered into alliances with out strong
  nations.
• These alliances dragged nations into war!
• Triple Alliance
• Germany
• Austria-Hungry
• Italy
• Triple Entente
• France
• Great Britain
• Russia

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Immediate Causes of Global War

• Creation of a new nation- Serbia
• Bosnia (neighbor to Serbia) was taken over and
  added to Austria Hungary's Empire
• Upset the people of Serbia
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• June 28th, 1914
• Killed by member of the Blank Hand (Serbian
  Nationalist Group)
• Supported all Serbian causes
• Ferdinand was the heir to the Austria Hungary
  throne
• Mobilizations
• Nations that felt threatened by the actions of
  rivals organized the armies
• Became ready for battle!
• Alliances
• Once 1 member of the alliance went to war, the
  other members joined in support!

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War Begins!

• 1914- War begins when the Triple Alliance and
  Triple Entente enter into warfare
• Alliances changed their names to
• Allied Powers (previously Triple Entente)
• Central Powers (previously Triple Alliance)
• 1914-1917- The United States stayed neutral
• Neutral means to not take part of or give
  assistance in a dispute or war between others
• Source www.dictionary.com

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U.S. Enters WWI

• Causes that brought the U.S. into war
• Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915
• Passenger cruise ship that entered a war zone
• German U-Boat attacked the ship causing it to
  sink
• Over 1,000 people died, including 128 Americans
• Zimmerman Telegram, January 1917
• Arthur Zimmerman, German government official,
  sent a telegram to the German Abassador to
  Mexico.
• Offered Mexico U.S. territory if they were to
  join WWI as an ally to Germany.
• American Citizens
• Outraged by the sinking of the Lusitania and the
  Zimmerman Telegram, American citizens called for
  war!!!!!
• The United States entered World War I on April
  6th, 1917

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A New Kind of War

• Trench Warfare
• Opposing sides dug deep trenches opposite of each
  other
• Soldiers would fight from within the trenches and
  try to cross No Mans Land to gain territory
• No Mans Land- territory between trenches
• Barbed wire and weapons blocked your way to the
  other side
• Think- No man made it across
• Technology
• Airplane
• Tanks
• Machine Guns
• Mustard Gas
• Submarines

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Trench Warefare
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End of the Great War

• Armistice- stopped fighting
• Central Powers surrendered in November 1918
• Treaty of Paris- January 1919
• Leaders involved- George Clemenseau (France),
  Vittoria Orlando (Italy), David Lloyd George
  (England), and Woodrow Wilson (USA)
• Punishments to Germany
• No military! - Lost Land (Poland and
  colonies)
• Pay reparations (pay back the Allied Powers for
  the money they had spent on the war)

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Comparison of Military Deaths in WW1 and WW2 For
Major Participants
Country Killed WW1 Killed WW2 (Military Deaths Only)
Germany 1,773,700 5,533,000
Russia 1,700,000 9,750,000
France 1,357,800 217,600
Austria-Hungary 1,200,000 561,000
British Empire 908,371 579,600
Italy 650,000 301,400
Turkey 325,000 0
United States 116,516 383,600
Japan 300 2,120,000