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Section 14-2 World War I

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The Fighting Starts Trench Warfare- was used to hold off the German advance. Very bloody and deadly type of warfare, where two parallel systems of trenches were dug across France and Belgium. Armies fought for mere yards of ground over three years. No mans land- barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire that was between the trenches.

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Australian Poster

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German Poster Think of Your Children!

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The Western Front: A War of Attrition

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A Multi-Front War

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The Western Front

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Trench Warfare

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No Mans Land

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The Airplane Squadron Over the Brenta Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

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The Flying Aces of World War I Eddie Rickenbacher, US Francesco Barraco, It. Rene Pauk Fonck, Fr. Manfred von Richtoffen, Ger. [The Red Baron] Willy Coppens de Holthust, Belg. Eddie Mick Mannoch, Br.

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Looking for the Red Baron?

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Verdun February, 1916 e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties. e German offensive. e Each side had 500,000 casualties.

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

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The Eastern Front

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The Gallipoli Disaster, 1915

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Turkish Cavalry in Palestine

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America Joins the Allies

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The Sinking of the Lusitania

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The Zimmerman Telegram

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The Yanks Are Coming! The Yanks Are Coming!

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