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    The document summarizes several key causes of World War 1: Militarism led European powers to engage in an arms race and build up their militaries; Alliances like the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente bound countries to support one another militarily; Nationalism increased tensions as countries sought to unite ethnic groups within their borders; and Imperialism fueled competition for colonies in Africa and Asia between European powers. The immediate trigger for war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist, which caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia and drew in other allied countries through a series of declarations.

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    The document summarizes several key causes of World War 1: Militarism led European powers to engage in an arms race and build up their militaries; Alliances like the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente bound countries to support one another militarily; Nationalism increased tensions as countries sought to unite ethnic groups within their borders; and Imperialism fueled competition for colonies in Africa and Asia between European powers. The immediate trigger for war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist, which caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia and drew in other allied countries through a series of declarations.

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    The document summarizes several key causes of World War 1: Militarism led European powers to engage in an arms race and build up their militaries; Alliances like the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente bound countries to support one another militarily; Nationalism increased tensions as countries sought to unite ethnic groups within their borders; and Imperialism fueled competition for colonies in Africa and Asia between European powers. The immediate trigger for war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist, which caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia and drew in other allied countries through a series of declarations.

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    Causes of WWI – MANIA!

    Militarism - policy of building up a strong military to prepare for war


    (ARMS RACE)

    Alliances – agreements between nations to provide aid and protect


    one another

    Nationalism – extreme pride in one’s country

    Imperialism – when one country takes over another country


    economically and politically

    Assassination – of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand


    MILITARISM

    • Glorification of the military


    • War was viewed as an adventure for
    young men
    • There was a desire to create a large
    amount of weapons as well as building up
    a nation’s army and navy
    Triple Alliance vs. Triple Entente
    • The Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-
    Hungary and Italy balanced by the Triple
    Entente of France, Russia, and Great
    Britain

    • As a result, by 1907 Europe was divided


    into two armed and rather fearful camps.
    Nationalism
    • The French Revolution had spread nationalism
    throughout most of Europe
    – The idea that people with the
    same ethnic origins, language,
    and political ideals had the right
    to form sovereign states through
    the process of self-determination

    MAIN IDEA OF
    NATIONALISM
    Nationalism
    • Strong in the Balkans
    • Balkans
    – Albanians, Greeks, Romanians, Bulgarians and Serbs,
    – Each group was struggling to get lands with their peoples in one
    country
    • Austria- Hungary annexed Bosnia as one of its territories
    in 1908
    • Serbia was newly independent and thought that Bosnia
    should be one of their territories
    Imperialism
    • Virtually all the major powers were engaged in a
    scramble for empire to bolster their economies

    • The fiercest competition was between Britain,


    Germany and France
    Imperialism
    • Britain, Germany and France needed foreign
    markets after the increase in manufacturing
    caused by the Industrial Revolution.
    • These countries competed for economic
    expansion in Africa
    • Clash of France and Britain against Germany
    in North Africa
    European
    Conquest of
    Africa
    The
    “Spark”
    Assassination

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and


    Duchess Sophie at Sarajevo, Bosnia,
    on June 28th, 1914.
    Austrian
    Archduke Franz F
    erdinand
    was killed in
    Bosnia by a Serb
    who believed that
    Bosnia should
    belong to Serbia.
    Domino Effect
    Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for Ferdinand’s death and
    declared war on Serbia

    Germany pledged their support for Austria -Hungary

    Russia pledged their support for Serbia.


    Domino Effect
    Germany declares war on Russia.

    France pledges their support for Russia.

    Germany declares war on France.

    Germany invades Belgium on the way to France.

    Great Britain supports Belgium and declares war on Germany.


    COMBATANTS OF WWI
    Central Powers Allied Powers

    Germany Russia

    Austria-Hungary France
    World
    Ottoman Empire War I Great Britain

    Bulgaria Italy

    Japan

    United States (1917)


    Why was WWI a Stalemate?
    • What’s a stalemate?
    – Neither side can make a move to
    win
    • Both sides of the war threw arms
    and troops in to win but…………
    • Millions die without gaining
    ground.
    What new weapons were used in
    WWI?
    • Machine gun
    • Poison gas (Mustard gas)
    • Carried by the wind
    • Burned out soldier’s lungs
    • Deadly in the trenches
    where it would
    sit at the bottom
    • Submarine
    • Airplane
    • Tank
    • Hand grenades
    • Flame Throwers
    • Why these weapons? Why now?

    INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!
    Trench Warfare
    Trench Warfare – type of fighting during
    World War I in which both sides dug trenches
    protected by mines and barbed wire
    • Trenches were dug from English Channel
    to Switzerland
    • 6,250 miles
    • 6 to 8 feet deep
    • Immobilized both sides for 4 years
    MYTH
    REALITY
    THE TRENCH SYSTEM

    • Front line
    • Communication
    trench
    • Support trenches
    • No Mans Land
    • Barbed wire
    LIFE IN THE TRENCHES

    • Elaborate • Boredom
    systems of – Soldiers read to
    defense pass the time
    – barbed wire – Sarah Bernhardt
    – Concrete machine came out to the
    gun nests front to read
    – Mortar batteries poetry to the
    – Troops lived in soldiers
    holes underground
    “Death is Everywhere”

    • “We all had on us the


    stench of dead bodies.”
    Death numbed the
    soldier’s minds.
    • Shell shock (mental
    anguish)
    • Psychological devastation
    • “Never such innocence
    again”
    • Bitterness towards
    aristocratic officers whose
    lives were never in danger
    TRENCH FOOT
    OTHER WWI WEAPONRY

    Used to stop stalemate


    “BIG BERTHA”
    German submarines, called U-boats,
    torpedoed enemy ships and neutral
    ships trading with the enemy.
    German U-Boat torpedoes
    a British ship
    In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship,
    killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.
    WWI AIRCRAFT
    SPAD VII
    Curtiss Jenny

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