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