Dec 27, 2015
{England blamed GermanyBelgium blamed GermanyRussia blamed AustriaGermany blamed RussiaFrance blamed GermanyAustria blamed SerbiaSerbia blamed AustriaItaly was NEUTRAL (at least at first)
Who’s to blame?
Trench Warfare Soldiers dug a series
of trenches to create a fortified position.
The enemy did the same.
Fighting occurred between the trenches.
This resulted in a stalemate, neither side having an advantage.
What kind of living conditions do you think trench warfare created?
Trenchfoot! Fungal infection Prolonged by long
exposure to damp, cold conditions
Poor hygiene/environment Estimated 20,000 British
casualties in one yr. alone Improved with better
trench construction, rubbing grease on toes/feet, and wearing clean, dry socks
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A brighter moment of the war…
The Christmas Truce of 1914
December 24, 1914 German front lines decorated for the season
Christmas trees and Chinese lanterns Germans walked toward British trenches
“Hello, I want to talk to you!”
Enemies drank toasts Exchanged products (jam, coffee, chocolate,
etc…) One group of Germans played soccer with Scots
in kilts
The Christmas Truce
TOTAL WAR: How war affected life at home
Total war: the channeling of all of a nation’s resources into the war effort.
Rationing: using coupons to get food and gas
Propaganda: spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause.
Women: contributed to war effort
The United States Helps Win the War
Belgium, Italy, Romania, Greece, and Portugal join the Allies.
The US remains neutral but sends supplies to the Allies.
German submarines begin attacking US ships in the Atlantic.
The US enters the war in 1917 and Russia drops out because of revolution in that country.
Germany surrendered 1918
Wilson’s 14 Points
President Wilson wanted the following out of the war:
Each nationality in Europe have its own state
An independent Poland Freedom of the seas An end to secret diplomacy A League of Nations
The Paris Peace Conference 1919Germany’s Territorial
Loses•Germany lost Poland•Germany lost territory to Poland and France•Germany lost all its overseas territory
Austria-Hungry and Turkey
•Austria-Hungry was divided into several new countries•Turkey lost its territory in the Middle East
Punishing Germany• Lost its navy•Reduced army to small police force•Had to accept blame or war•Had to pay huge reparations to the Allies
League of Nations• organization of nations pledged to defend each other against aggressors.•The US and Russia did not join
The cartoon was created (incredibly) in 1920. It was titled "Peace and future cannon fodder". There is a small child with a copy of the Treaty behind them. Above the child's head is a comment "1940 class". The leaders of the nations at Versailles are seen walking past, and there is a caption: "The Tiger: Curious! I seem to hear a child weeping!"
What idea is the author trying to convey in the cartoon?
World War One in the Middle East
Armenian Massacres
Some Armenian Christians sought to have their own state separate from the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire disarmed the Armenians so they could not help the Russians.
They jailed and then shot or hung political leaders.
Turkish soldiers gathered 1 million Armenian men, women, and children and sent them on death marches to the Syrian desert.
Arabia, Syria, and Palestine
These areas were promised independence from Turkey if they supported the Allies during the war.
After the war these areas were divided between Britain and France.
Uprisings in Egypt and Arabia led to their independence in 1922-1924.
Turkey became a secular state in 1920 and abolished the Sultanate in 1923.