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“The Soldier"
Poem written by Rupert Brooke was about the effect of war on soldiers lives and how a particular soldier dies in peace. -
Russia Declares War on Austria (3 guts)
Because Russia was the largest Slavic country, Austria’s Ultimatum to the Serbs, also Slavic forced Russia’s entry into the Great War. -
Austria-Hungary Declares war against Serbia
Serbian Nationalist shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo because Serbia wants to be its own country. June 28, 1914 -
Austria-Hungary Declares war on Serbia (4 guts)
Austria-Hungary decide to initiate the war when a Serbian Nationalist shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. -
Germany Declares War on Russia
Rivaled over lands in the Balkans and commercial privileges. Germany was also an Ally with Austria. -
War on Two Fronts
Russia was on the east side of Germany casing Germany to have to fight the war on two fronts, the west and east. -
France and Russia Declare War on Germany
France and Russia had a long standing military alliance and when Germany declared war on Russia it was only a matter of time until France joined the fight. -
Germany Declares War on France
Germany and France had an ongoing rivalry for coal sales and over land. -
Britain Declares War on Germany
Britain and Germany have past conflicts between their both superior armies and Navies. Decide to join the war on opposing sides. -
Britain Declares War on Germany
Britain and Germany have an economic rivalry during the Industrial Revolution between who could sell more, high quality Britain, or Germany’s cheap low quality products. -
Germany Militarism (2 guts)
Germany joined the war and was very pro militarism, causing them to think that their military could easily win because of its superiority. -
Britain vs. Germany Navies
Britain and Germany fought many wars in the water using their great Navies since Britain was in the Atlantic Ocean. -
Germany Invades Belgium
Germany invades Belgium in order to get through it to fight the war in France. -
Germany Zeppelins
Germany had many air raids on England using zeppelins until they realized zeppelins sucked and were doing more damage to them then the British. -
Germany Invades Belgium
Germany decided to go through Belgium to get to France since it was in the way, this was called the Schlieffen Plan. -
Britain vs. Germany Navies
Britain and Germany fought many wars in the water using their great Navies since Britain was in the Atlantic Ocean. -
1st Battle of the Marne (2 guts)
Began trench warfare, all armies were stalled for years in the trenches, this initiated trench warfare in WW1. -
Propaganda (2 Guts)
Propaganda posters all over said that if people joined the war that it would be over quicker and showed soldiers walking into the sunset. January 1915 -
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Battle of Gallipoli (2 guts)
Turks lost 300,000 men and if it had succeeded it could have ended the Turks participation in the war. -
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German Submarines (3 guts)
Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic Ocean to destroy U.S. supply ships and passenger ships such as the Lusitania. -
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Battle of Verdun (2 guts)
282,000 Germans killed, 18% of German losses in WW1, Germans lost initiative and ultimately the war. -
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Battle of the Somme (2 guts)
British suffers 420,000 casualties when their bombardment of German troops fails and kills no one. July 1-Nov 18, 1916 -
Russian Revolution
The armistice signed because of the Russian Revolution freed up many German troops for the other side of the war. -
Russia Vacates the War
Russia leaves the war due to rioting in Russia and the upcoming Russian Revolution. -
Russian Lands
Russia loses 1/3 of its land in Western Russia and the land creates Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. -
More Troops
When Russia leaves the War this frees up a lot of troops for the Germans to use to fight on the Western Front. -
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Russian People vs. Russian Gov.
People rebelled against the government protesting bread prices and going on strike. -
U.S. Movie Propaganda (3 guts)
The U.S. used movies to promote the idea of going to war by portraying joining the war as patriotic and glorious. -
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide is compared to the Holocaust in many ways because both were religious minorities in their respective states and both had a history of persecution. -
U.S. Declares War on Germany
U.S. joins after many years of unrestricted submarine warfare with Germany and after the destruction of passenger cruise ship, the Lusitania. April 6, 1917 -
U.S. Declares War on Germany
U.S. joins after many years of unrestricted submarine warfare with Germany. -
1 Million Troops
The United States sent over a million troops into Europe for the war super unprepared. -
The Battle of Caporetto
Austro-Hungarian and German forces break through Italian lines and Italy suffers 300,000 losses, 90% of which were prisoners. -
Russian-German Armistice
Germans and Russian sign an armistice signaling peace on the Eastern Front of the war. -
Uncle Sam (3 Guts)
The U.S. used Uncle Sam to put pressure on the people of America to join the war effort. -
Pablo Picasso
Picasso marries a ballerina named Olga Khokhlova who believed in social property which went against Pablo Picasso’s Bohemian lifestyle. -
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2nd Battle of the Marne
Victorious counter offense against the Germans forcing them to retreat, ultimately losing the war. July 15-22, 1918 -
French Killed (2 guts)
1,385,000 French military killed by the end of WW1 this was a large number since most of the war was fought in France. -
Turkish Killed
325,000 Turkish military killed by the end of WW1. -
British Colonial Participants
1,100,000 British Colonial Participants in WW1 from India. Nov 11, 1918 -
Germans Killed
1,808,000 German military killed by the end of WW1 this was a large number since Germany had the largest army.` -
Civillians Killed
7,000,000 Estimated Civilians killed by the end of WW1 on all sides of battle. -
British and French Gain
Britain and France gained land in the Treaty and got Germany to pay millions in war reparations. -
Germany Losses (3 guts)
Germany lost most of their military and their economy crashed from paying war reparations. -
Austria and Hungary Losses (2 guts)
Austria and Hungary divide and their empire is dismantled and disarmed. -
U.S. Effects
U.S. removed some of the causes for WW1, got freedom of the seas, and made the League of Nations but never joined. -
Soviet Union Losses (3 guts)
Soviet Union lost West Russia and it was split into many separate states. -
French Gains
With the Treaty of Versailles France gained land and two mandates; Syria and Lebanon in Southern Europe. -
British Gains
With the Treaty of Versailles Britain gained land and two mandates; Palestine and Jordan in Southern Europe. -
Germany
Germany lost some land in the Treaty of Versailles and the land became E. Prussia. -
Austria and Hungary
Austria and Hungary split up and lose a lot of land forming many other countries such as Czechoslovakia. -
Britain
With the Treaty of Versailles Britain gained land and two mandates; Palestine and Jordan in Southern Europe. -
France
With the Treaty of Versailles France gained land and two mandates; Syria and Lebanon in Southern Europe. -
France and Britain Desires
France and Britain negotiated for more land at the Paris Peace Conference and for Germany to pay war reparations. -
U.S. Desires
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson wanted a long standing peace between everyone and for everyone to be able to have their own countries. -
Austria-Hungary Desires
Austria-Hungary wanted to be unified and to keep its empire. -
Germany Desires
Germany wanted to keep their military and to be present at the Treaty of Versailles. -
Soviet Union Desires
The Soviet Union wanted to be involved in the Treaty and to get their lost land back from Germany. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was supposed to ban secret treaties between nations, but it didn’t work. The U.S. also never joined. -
Republicans
Republicans didn’t want to join because they believed that joining the war was an unnecessary loss of lives. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was destroyed in the fall of the practice of consultation among European powers, which was increasingly formalized as the Concert of Europe. -
British Economy
The British economy after the war was slow to recover since Germany was too poor to pay war reparations and to buy British goods. -
Austria-Hungary Trade
Austria-Hungary lost access to ports, therefore they weren’t able to trade with other far away countries. -
France Coal Mines
France gets Germany’s coal mines in the Saar Basin, causing France to get rich and Germany to become poor. -
International Effects
Some effects from WW1 were free peoples, free countries, free trade, cooperation league, and limiting the Central powers armies. -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini created a political party called Fascism that eventually made Italy into a totalitarian government. -
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Paris Peace Conference
Germany wasn’t allowed to attend so all negotiations were made without Germany. -
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Balkans Desire
The Balkans wanted peace after the war but instead there was many bloody years to follow. -
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League of Nations Effects
The League of Nations was meant to fix the world’s major issues to prevent future wars, the league did a good job with some problems but managed to overlook most major issues. -
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Lost Generation
The Lost Generation was a group of young people from the U.S. who sought a Bohemian lifestyle and rejected the values of American Materialism. -
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Totalitarian Leaders
Totalitarian leaders such as Lenin and Stalin used mass propaganda to influence people into listening to them, made people loyal to the state and some imposed secret police to enforce their rule. -
Lenin
Lenin and the communists established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a totalitarian government that had the goal of a classless society. -
T.S. Eliot
American-British poet writes about his time fighting in the war in a soldier's perspective. One of many literary works about the war. -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin took control of the USSR after Lenin died, Stalin had the goal of industrial growth and to have all economic activity under strict state control. -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a totalitarian ruler in Germany whose goal was to purify Europe and eventually the rest of the world by making it Aryan. -
Tender is the Night
Tender is the Night is a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about being in the front lines of the war and what soldiers saw during the war. -
League of Nations Failure
There were many causes for WW2 and one of them was the fall of the League of Nations which was implemented to withhold peace.