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World War I Virtual MuseumTRANSCRIPT
World War I
AlliesGreat Britain
FranceRussia
United States
Central PowersGermany
Austria-HungaryOttoman Empire
Germany’s Punishment
Having to accept full responsibility Germany was forced to reduce its
armed forces and had to pay the allies $33 billion. German colonies’ and coal
fields’ were also taken away as punishment for the war.
Effects of WWI
Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia , Poland, Austria, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia were created after the war. The
League of Nations was established at the end of the war to maintain
world stability.
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Alliances
Countries forming partnerships with each other help to form the building
blocks of WWI.
Nationalism
Pride in one’s nation in the 1920’s was popular but also was a main cause
for The Great War
Imperialism
European nations wanted more land and competed for colonies. They
bigger the country the better it was.
Militarism
Countries with strong militaries easily controlled undevolped nations. Large militaries needed resources
and land.
Stairs
Map of Alliances and Central Powers
Challenges of the Trenches
The attacks from the enemies artillery would come from
dawn to dusk. Attacking was a difficult task due to the enemies’ barbwire and
machine guns.
Problems In the Trenches
Mud, rats, trench foot, maggots, lice, disease, and the cold are all problems
soldiers of World War I faced in the trenches.
Trench Warfare
Trenches were built in order to protect a side’s position and cut down on
human loss.
World War I
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Germans used unrestricted submarine warfare to sink all ships
headed towards the Allies nations to have a quick victory on the western front. To help assure the Germans would not attack merchant ships
without warning the Germans promised the Sussex Pledge.
Zimmerman Note
A note from an ambassador of Germany was sent to Mexico asking
the Mexican government to attack the United States. In exchange the
Germans promised they would aid the Mexicans in retrieving some of the
land that the US took from the Mexicans.
Sinking of Lusitania
The United States was outraged to hear about a
passenger boat carrying 100 children and 128 Americans sink because of a German U-Boat that thought that the
Lusitania was carrying ammunition and attacked it.
Strand the GermansAmericans cut off the German
rail lines and attacked through the Argonne Forest. It took 47 days and 1.2 soldiers
to completely cut off all of German supplies.
War Over
German lines begin to crumble by October of 1918. By November the allies have captured the high and Germany surrenders. On the 11th
hour, 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 the war ends.
US in WWI
General Pershing was the leader of the US troops. There were 1 million soldiers in the
United States by July 1918.