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MONDAY, JAN. 12
Warmup: (Please write a response)
What cause of World War 1 does this cartoon illustrate?
Explain the sequence of events that this is referring to.
8.2 THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1919
THE WAR: 1914-1919
The Eastern Front:
•Fighting in Eastern Europe involving Russia and Germany.
THE WAR: 1914-1919
The Western Front
•the fighting that took place in France, between France and
Germany.
•This eventually turned into a stalemate – a battle in which
neither side can gain advantage or win.
THE WAR: 1914-1919
Trench warfare
•warfare fought in a series of ditches protected by
barbed wire.
THE WAR: 1914-1919
The Battle of Verdun:
•Verdun was a French fortress on the German border that
the French were determined to defend.
•The German goal was to wear the French out with
constant attacks.
•In 10 months in 1916, 700,000 French and German
young men died.
TRENCH WARFARE
REFLECTION
1.The strip of land between the trenches was called “no
man’s land. “ Why and how do you think it got that title?
2. List some of the activities of the soldiers. How has daily
life, such as eating and sleeping, been mixed with combat?
3. What other hardships do you think these soldiers faced?
4. What would be your greatest fear in these trenches?
THE WAR: 1914-1919
United States involvement:
•The U.S. attempt at neutrality ended when the Germans
refused to stop unrestricted submarine warfare.
•The sinking of the British ship Lusitania was the catalyst
that led the U.S. to join the war.
THE WAR: 1914-1919
Total War
•Complete mobilization of resources and
people that affected the lives of all
citizens in warring countries.
•All citizens were “part of the army.”
planned economies
•In order to mobilize all the resources of
their nation, European countries began
to control the sale of food and other
materials.
WOODROW
WILSON:
“the men and
women who remain
to till the soil and
man the factories
are no less a part of
the army than the
men beneath the
battle flags.”
THE WAR: 1914-1919
Total War and Women:
•Because so many men left to fight at the front, women were asked to
take over jobs that had not been available to them before.
•In some countries, the role women played in wartime economies had a
positive impact on their social and political emancipation.
THE WAR: 1914-1919
Propaganda – the
spreading of ideas to
influence public opinion for
or against a cause.