world war i
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World War I. Chapter 18 Section 1 Pages 582-589. Causes. Nationalism : extreme pride in culture Imperialism : expanding control Militarism : building up weapons Schlieffen plan: Germany to attack France and Russia Simultaneously Alliances : partnerships between nations. Triple Alliance - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
World War I
Chapter 18Section 1
Pages 582-589
Causes • Nationalism: extreme pride in culture• Imperialism: expanding control• Militarism: building up weapons
– Schlieffen plan: Germany to attack France and Russia Simultaneously
• Alliances: partnerships between nations
Triple AllianceGermany
Austria HungaryItaly
Triple EntenteGreat Britain
France Russia
BALANCE OF POWER
• Handout: Conditions in
Europe 1914
How it all began…June 28 1914
The assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Page 582)
1. Princip (Serb) kills Archduke Ferdinand in Bosnia2. Austria Hungary declares war on Serbs3. Russia (promised to protect slavic Serbs) mobilizes
military4. Germany feels threatened and declares war on Russia5. Germany declares war on France6. Great Britain declares war on Germany
Who’s taking sides??
Central Powers
Austria HungaryOttoman Empire
(Turkey)Germany
Allied Powers
Great BritainFranceRussia
30 additional nations enter the war before its conclusion.
It was known as the GREAT WAR
• MAP of Alliances• Streaming Clip
– Introducing the World War– Causes
• How many causes can you identify in the clip?
Fighting the WarAugust 1914• Belgium and the Schlieffen Plan
– German forces invade Belgium with 700,000 forces burning villages and killing civilians
“Our advance in Belgium is certainly brutal…all who get in the way must take the consequences”
-German Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke
A New Kind of War : Your Turn Page 585-586
• Describe the French Army:
• Describe the German Army:
• How had the face of warfare changed?
Fighting the War (continued)September 1914
• France pushed Germany back 40 miles• This gave Russia enough time to
mobilize• Germany then had to withdraw troops
from France to fight Russia
Late Fall 1914• France and Germany are at a stalemate
– Meaning:• A massive system of trenches stretched
400 miles across Europe
Fighting the War (continued)
Europe 1914
The Trenches (pg 586-587)
Trenches
Schlieffen Plan Results
Strategy and Response
Central Powers
Early StrategyInvade neutral
Belgium to attack France; defeat France quickly; attack Russia
Allied Powers
Allied ResponseSent troops to support
Belgium; counter attack at Marne River gave Russia time to mobilize for war