NB #4: WWI Video Reflections

You will watch 4

video clips relating

to military aspects

of the beginning of

WWI.

After each clip,

answer the

reflection question

including specific

details from video.

“Two-Front” War Develops between Allied & Central Powers

1914

Video Reflection #1 (4:00 – 14:00): Why did the German

army invade Belgium, what occurred there early in the war

and how did this influence public opinions about the war?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gflb_jSYTV0

Political Impacts of Attack

on Neutral Belgium

• German army accused of

atrocities against Belgian

civilians

• Outraged over attack on

neutral Belgium, England

declares war on Germany

(August 1914)

• Italy later (1915) uses attack

on Belgium as excuse to

leave Triple Alliance & join

Allies

• Events in Belgium

remembered for rest of war

as seen in US propaganda

(1917) on the right

Video Reflection #2 (40:00 - 50:00):

Why did a stalemate develop on the

Western Front? Describe how soldiers

on all sides faced this situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gflb_jSYTV0

Trench Warfare on Western Front

Video Reflection #3 (27:15 -32:00): Describe the early

fighting on the Eastern Front between Russia & Germany

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gflb_jSYTV0

New military technologies of World War I

Mobilized Dead Wounded Missing/PoWRussia 12,000,000 1,700,000 4,950,000 2,500,000 Germany 11,000,000 1,773,700 4,216,058 1,152,800Great Britain 8,904,467 908,371 2,090,212 191,652 France 8,410,000 1,375,800 3,266,000 537,000 Austria-Hungary 7,800,000 1,200,000 3,620,000 2,200,000 Italy 5,615,000 650,000 947,000 600,000 US 4,355,000 126,000 234,300 4,526 Turkey 2,850,000 325,000 400,000 250,000 Bulgaria 1,200,000 87,500 152,390 27,029 Serbia 707,343 45,000 133,148 152,958 Belgium 267,000 13,716 44,686 34,659

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_BHhOAOLH4

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Video Reflection #4 (1:30 - 13:30): Considering the overview of the war discussed in

the video clip, what aspects of WWI do you think are most worth understanding and

remembering? Why?

World War I “Big Picture” Summary

• When: July, 1914 to November, 1918

• Who: Major Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, Russia (until 1917)

& Later Italy & USA

Major Central Powers: Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary

• How: Huge scale attacks with new deadly military technology including mechanized weapons

(ex: tanks), chemical weapons (ex: poison gas), long range artillery (ex: cannons that fire 3+ miles) and air power (ex: fighter plans & aerial bombing) but often traditional tactics (ex: trenches & direct infantry charges)

• Where: Most battles in Europe (Western & Eastern Fronts) with some conflict in colonial

holdings across Africa & Asia

• What Resulted:- 10+ millions soldiers died & 15+ millions injured…7+ millions of civilians casualties as well

- Europe economically devastated, socially embittered & politically unstable

- Treaty of Versailles ending WWI fails to solve the major issues that caused war in the first place

and leads to an even bigger conflict (World War II) 20 years later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XPZQ0LAlR4&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&index=36 11 minute “Crash Course” on WWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3UjJ5kxiLI 6 Minute Cartoon Summary of WWI