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 Militarism
 Alliance
 Nationalism
 Imperialism
 Assassination
 Triple Alliance
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy
 France
 Russia
 Great Britain
 June28,1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand on a visit to
Sarajevo was shot and killed by a Serbian Gavrilo
Princip
 July 23, Austria-
Hungary presented an
ultimatum to Serbia
 July 28, AustriaHungary declared war
on Serbia
 Germany’s plan to
fight a two front war
against France and
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
The Ottoman Empire
 The first major
German defeat
occurred when
France stopped
Germany at the
Marne River
500 miles that went from the North Sea to the Swiss border
Advancing troops in the
Battle of the Somme
British artillery firing on the Germans at the Battle of the Somme
 Machine gun
 Poison gas
 Armored tank
 Airplane
 Submarine
 Artillery
1915 The Allies tried to take a part of
the Ottoman Empire called the
Dardanelles and capture
Constantinople the Ottoman
capital. They wanted to take the
Ottoman Empire out of the war and
establish a supply line to Russia The
allies suffered 250,000 casualties
 May 7, 1915 German U-boat sunk the Lusitania, 1,198
dead.
 Telegram to the German
Ambassador in Mexico.
Germany would help
Mexico regain land lost to
the United States if
Mexico declared war on
the United States.
 Propaganda was used to
keep up morale
 Women replaced men in
factories
 March 15 1917 Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated.
 November 1917Bolshevik (communist) leader Vladimir
Lenin seized power
 March 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
 The allies with American soldiers
were able to defeat the Central
powers.
 November 9, 1918Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated
 November 11, 1918
 “At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the
eleventh month, the guns fell silent”
The Great War
Militarism
Allianceationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
Alliance
Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Triple Entente- France, Russia, and Great Britain.
June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand on a visit to Sarajevo was shot and
killed by a Serbian Gavrilo Princip
July 23- Austria-Hungary presented an ultimatum to Serbia
July 28-Austria declared war on Serbia
Schlieffen Plan- Two Front War (Germany)
Central Powers- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Allies- Great Britain, France, Russia, (Japan and Italy joined later).
Battle of the Marne- First major German defeat
Western Front- 500 miles from the North Sea to the Swiss border
Trench Warfare- “no man’s land”
New weapons of war- machine gun, poison gas, armored tank, airplane and submarine.
Eastern Front- along the Russian-German border