Agenda
# 1/13/17
*Copy agenda down on your notebook. (Phones and earphones
should be put away & backpacks should be behind you or on the
floor).
1.
Warm up #2
2.
Finish Lecture # 1 Causes of WWI
3.
“Whose to blame?” activity
4.
Original conflict hand out
5.
Exit Slip #1
Warm up #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRcg_t2oJkc
 What
were the causes of WWI ?
(In other words M.A.I.N)
 Sentence
 The
Starters:
causes of WWI were______.
Exit Slip #1
Who is to blame for starting
WWI?
Sentence starter:
_________ is to blame for
WWI.
Review: War is Ignited: June
28, 1914
1.
Austria-Hungary issues a
series of ultimatums to Serbia
a.
They gave Serbia 48 hours to
comply
b. This was not enough time for
Serbian government to agree or
disagree-Austria-Hungary saw
this as rejection
c. July 28, 1914 AustriaHungary declares war on Serbia
WWI 1914-1919

All sides thought it would be a
quick war but new technology
assured that it would be a harsh and
drawn out war
Propaganda:

was used by all sides
 1. Government sponsored efforts to depict the war
efforts as patriotic
 2. Propaganda was the most important tool in
building patriotism
The Great War has Begun
C.
Great Britain proclaimed to be in the
war to “protect smaller nationalities
from the will of stronger aggressors”
D. Germany proclaimed to be in the war
to protect German existence from
barbarian enemy neighbors
E. World War I was the first European
total war
1.
every aspect of society goes into
supporting the war effort
2.
civilians became fair game as targets
Nations Take Sides

Mid-August 1914- two sides at war throughout
Europe

Central Powers- Germany, Austria-Hungary (and
other nations)

Allies- Britain, France, Russia (and other nations)
The Conflict Grinds Along

Western Front- heavy battle zone in northern France

Schlieffen Plan- German plan to defeat France & then
Russia
Bloody Stalemate

Germany army quickly advances to outskirts of Paris

Forced to retreat at First Battle of the Marne

Schlieffen Plan fails & Germany has to fight two-front
war
War in the Trenches

Conflict descends into trench warfare-armies fighting
in the trenches

Battles result in many deaths & small land gains
Life in Trenches

Miserable, difficult & unsanitary

New weapons lead to more deaths

1916-Massive losses for both sides @ battle in Verdun
& Somme
No Man’s Land

Bombed out landscape

Machine-gun fire

Air unbreathable

Living HELL!!!
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Early Fighting

Eastern Front- fighting along the German-Russian
border

Russians push into Austria & Germany but forced to
retreat
New Weapons
Armored Tank
Machine-gun
Poison Gas
Airplanes
Submarines
Massive Killing

1916-German attack French soldiers- Verdun= 300k
die

British attack NW of Verdun-Somme River= 20k die

Each side lost 500k men to gain 4 miles of land
Russia Struggles

1916-Russia suffering- many casualties (2million) &
few supplies (most loss)

Huge size of Russian army = formidable force

Prevents Germany from sending more troops to
Western Front