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Title: Warfronts


1
Warfronts Weapons
  • Ms. Ramos
  • Alta Loma High School

2
Schlieffen Plan
  • Plan for Germany to attack France quickly and
    avoid a two front war
  • Plan failed

www.schoolhistory.co.uk
Ms. Ramos
3
Plan assumed
  • Russia at least 6 weeks to mobilize
  • France easily defeated in 6 weeks
  • Belgium would not resist
  • Britain would remain neutral

Ms. Ramos
4
Reality
  • Belgium BEF held up Germany
  • Russia mobilized in 10 days Ggt forced to defend
    east
  • G did not attack Paris, held up by France _at_ Marne

Ms. Ramos
5
Western Front
  • Trench warfare
  • Small land gains
  • Germany vs. UK France

http//www.collectinghistory.net/trench.jpg
Ms. Ramos
6
http//www.uoregon.edu/kimball/images/maps/1914-W
W1.RUS.Ctq39.jpg
Ms. Ramos
7
Eastern Front
  • Absence of trenches
  • Larger land gains
  • German, Austrians, Turks vs. Russia Serbs
  • More mobile warfare

http//clevelode-battletours.com/images/usaargonne
tank.jpg
Ms. Ramos
8
Both Fronts
  • Huge numbers of soldiers killed
  • Mass destruction of land
  • Deplorable conditions
  • Stalemates

Ms. Ramos
9
Battle of Marne, 1914 1918
  • Germany moves thru Belgium
  • French troops move to halt advance
  • British Expeditionary Forces (BEF) join
  • G. halted defensive
  • By end May 1918 G. _at_ Marne again

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Army
Ms. Ramos
10
Battle of Ypres, 1914,1915,1917
  • 1914 BEF stops G.
  • 1915 1st use of poison gas by Germany

Ms. Ramos
http//www.eurekacouncil.com.au/Australia-History/
History-Pages/1917-battle_of_passchendaele.htm
11
  • 1917 over-ambitious aims bad weather led to
    250,000 dead

http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileSecond_Batt
le_of_Passchendaele_-_wounded.jpg
http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b
/The_Way_to_the_Front.jpg
Ms. Ramos
12
Battle of Verdun, 1916
  • Unsuccess. G battle w/ France
  • No strategic gains anyone
  • F Gen Joseph Joffre Ils ne passeront pas They
    shall not pass!
  • 3 F forts surrender to G
  • UK Russia help F
  • G on defense
  • By Nov, F back to Feb position

Ms. Ramos
13
http//www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/battle
verdun33/afterbattle.jpg
Ms. Ramos
http//www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/battle
verdun66/fotokerkhof01.jpg
14
Battle of Somme, 1916
  • One of biggest slaughters
  • UK plan march across no-mans, fail rid wire gun
    post
  • Huge losses both
  • July-Nov UK 3 miles short 1st day objective

http//www.english.illinois.edu/maps/ww1/photoessa
y.htm
http//www.columbia.edu/itc/history/winter/w3206/e
dit/sommebattle.html
Ms. Ramos
15
Battle of Cambrai, 1917
  • Ex of tank surprise break trench deadlock
  • 476 tanks move against G
  • Calvary fail take full adv.

http//pages.123-reg.co.uk/jerryandjanet-526112/th
egreatwar/id3.html
Ms. Ramos
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