4/12/2016
13.2 War Consumes
Europe
Warm Up!
Explain what
is
happening
in this
political
cartoon.
The Alliance System
Collapses
• The Chain Reaction!!
• The Schlieffen
Plan – the German
plan for fighting a
two-front war
(attack France first,
then head to
Russia).
– Belgium attacked
first!
• European Nations
Take Sides
– Central Powers –
Germany, AustriaHungary (later
Bulgaria & Ottoman
Empire).
– Allies – Great
Britain, France,
Russia, Japan (later
Italy).
• At first, soldiers
are happy to leave
for a ‘short war’.
They had no idea
what was to
come!!!
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A Bloody Stalemate Along the
Western Front
• The Western Front.
• The Conflict Grinds to a Halt.
• War in the Trenches.
– Trench Warfare
The Battle on the Eastern
Front
• The Eastern
Front.
• Central Powers
Gain the
Advantage.
• Russia’s War
Effort Weakens.
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