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1914-1918: The World at War

Explore the causes, major players, and brutal realities of World War I through differing viewpoints. Discover the Alliance system, militarism, economic rivalries, aggressive nationalism, and the spark that ignited the war. Witness the war effort, the role of women, and the impact of wartime propaganda. Experience the horrors of trench warfare on the Western Front and the devastating toll of a multi-front war.

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1914-1918: The World at War

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  1. 1914-1918:The Worldat War By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S.Chappaqua, NY

  2. Differing Viewpoints • “Family Feud” • “Fall of the Eagles” • “The War to End All Wars” • “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”

  3. Causesof theWar

  4. 1. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

  5. Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:

  6. The Major Players: 1914-17 Allied Powers: Central Powers: Nicholas II [Rus] Wilhelm II [Ger] George V [Br] Victor Emmanuel II [It] Enver Pasha[Turkey] Pres. Poincare [Fr] Franz Josef [A-H]

  7. Europe in 1914

  8. 2. Militarism & Arms Race Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers [Ger., A-H, It., Fr., Br., Rus.] in millions of £s.

  9. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

  10. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

  11. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The“Powder Keg”of Europe

  12. The“Spark”

  13. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

  14. The Assassination: Sarajevo

  15. The Assassin: GavriloPrincip

  16. Who’s To Blame?

  17. The Schlieffen Plan

  18. German Atrocities in Belgium

  19. Mobilization • Home by Christmas! • No major war in 50 years! • Nationalism! It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there!

  20. Recruitment Posters

  21. A Young Australian Recruit

  22. Recruits of the Central Powers A German Soldier Says Farewell to His Mother Austro-Hungarians

  23. New French Recruits

  24. A German Boy Pretends to Be a Soldier

  25. Womenand theWarEffort

  26. Financing the War

  27. For Recruitment

  28. Munitions Workers

  29. French Women Factory Workers

  30. German Women Factory Workers

  31. Working in the Fields

  32. A Woman Ambulance Driver

  33. Red Cross Nurses

  34. Women in the Army Auxiliary

  35. Russian Women Soldiers

  36. Spies • “Mata Hari” • Real Name: Margareetha Geertruide Zelle • German Spy!

  37. Posters:WartimePropaganda

  38. Australian Poster

  39. American Poster

  40. Financing the War

  41. German Poster Think of Your Children!

  42. The Western Front: A “War of Attrition”

  43. A Multi-Front War

  44. The Western Front

  45. Trench Warfare

  46. Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”

  47. Verdun – February, 1916 • German offensive. • Each side had 500,000 casualties.

  48. The Somme – July, 1916 • 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. • Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

  49. War IsHELL !!

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