overview of world war 1 1914-1918

Overview of World War 11914-1918

Mackenzie DeguchHannah DeitchleyAlicia Porile Kinsey Whitt

Beginnings• June 28, 1914, Serbian fanatic, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria.

• Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany supports Austria in punishing the Serbs.

Beginnings• Stage set or Russia, backing Serbia, and her allies France and Britain, to go to war in 1914

Overview of the War

• World War 1 was also known as the Great War.

• There were two sides of the war:

• Allies: Russia, Britain, and France

• Central Powers: Austria, Germany, and Hungary.

• The United States enters the war in 1917 under President Woodrow Wilson

• Woodrow Wilson called on Americans to “Make the world safe for democracy.”

America enters the War

Technology

• New military technology: trench warfare, use of gas, use of heavy artillery.

• First major trench line was finished in 1914.

• At least 12,000 miles of trenches when the war ended.

Types of Trenches

• Allies used four types of trenches:

• Front Line trench - 50 yards to one mile from the German’s front trench: attack trench

• Support Trench - several hundred yards behind the front line trench: men and supplies

• Reserved Trenches - several hundred yards behind the Support Trenches: had men and supplies for backup.

• Communication Trenches - connected other trenches: messages

Types of Trenches

The War Ends

• War lasted 1,500 days, about four years.

• Official armistice called on November 11, 1918

• 9 million people dead.

• Four empires collapsed.

ALLIED VICTORY!!