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Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War lasted from 1870- 1871. It ended with a humiliating defeat for France. The Franco-Prussian War lead to creation to a pwerful German Empire, with a military and industrial potential to further disrupt the European balance of power on the one hand and widespread resentment and desire for revenge against the French. -
Russo-Japanese War
The Japanese Russo was from 1904-1905. The outcome of the war against the Japanese was a major blow for the Russians who lost almost an entire Baltic and Pacific fleet. The defeat also caused a political crisis which was really serious that led to the Russian Revolution of 1905. -
Moroccan Crisis
The Moroccan Crisis- The Tangler Crisis was from 1905-1906. It brought the European power on the brink of war. Also both crisis were provoked by the Germans with the anim to which cause tensions bwteen France and Britian -
Entente Cordiale
Germany's military convienced Great Britian that Germany may soon establish itself as a dominant power on the contient. Also in order to create an counterweight to German Empire, British decided to enter into an alliance. -
Bosnian Annexation Crisis
In 1908 Austria-Hungary decidied to annex Bosina and Herzegovina which was formally an integral part of the ottoman empire. Also the annexation of the provinces that were occupied by the Dual Monarchy since 1878 was bitterly opposed by Serbia. -
Italo-Turkish War
The Italo-Turkish War took place between 1911-1912. It didn't pose any threat to peace to Europe. Turkish defeated which revealed the weakness of the Ottoman army and disagreement between the European powers. Also the war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire was strong. -
Balkan Wars
Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, and Bulgaria formed Balkan League. Which is a military alliance against the Ottoman Empire. A few months the Balkan allies stripped the Ottoman Empire of it's possessions in the Balkans. The success of the Balkan League supprised most of the European powers. -
Aviation
In World War I aircraft was first used, there were all kinds of different aircraft. At the start of the war there were debats about the over the usefulness of aircraft in warfare. Aircraft was used alot in World War I and it was helpful. -
The Western Front
The Western Front battlefields were established include sand, clay, chalk, and rock, rivers, canals, valleys, and cliffs, etc. The Western Front runs through a wide varierty of landscapes in south-west Belguim, north-eastern, and eastern France. -
Conditions
Living conditions back during the time of the first World War where very different from the modern warfare that we have today. Life on the war front was hard too, the food was scarce, and staying healthy was difficult due to the conditions of the campus and the trenches. -
Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand.
On June 28, 1914 was when Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The assassin meant to shoot Franz Ferdinand but he shot his wife and then shot Franz Ferdinand and they both died instantly. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
It was on June 28, 1914 when a group of conspirators from the revolutionary movement called Mlada Bosna. Well Archduke and his wife were visiting Sarajevo, the assassin, Gavrilo Princip and his 5 accomplices were Bosnian Serbs. The event triggered the course of events thst directly led to the outbreak of World War I but it did not cause it. -
How did WWI Start
The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Fraz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. His death at the hands of Gavrilo Princip. The events that led up to the assassination are significantly more complicated. By 1914, those alliances resulted in the six major powers of Europe. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
It was one month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, which effectively beginning the First World War. Were threatened by Serbian ambition in tumultuous Balkans region of Europe. Austria-Hungary determined that the proper response to the assassinations was to prepare for a possible military invasion of Serbia. -
The two contracting parties agree to observe strict neutrality in regard to the present conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia
two contracting parties agree to observe strict neutrality in regard to the present conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Also Russia could intervene with active military. The Ottoman-German alliance was an alliance between the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire. -
Trench Warfare
Trenches is what the men built to stay in during war. The Trenches were where the men slept and during the war the men would stick out there heads and start shooting the enemy. Sometimes the trenches would get invade which was bad because they would of died or about died and would be left to die. If it rained in the trenches the trenches would get all mudy and dirty. The trenches were dug deep into the ground. -
Germany declares war on France
It was two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France. Germany officially at war with France and Russia, a conflict originally centered in the tumultuous Balkans region. Then his threat to Belgium, whose perpetual neutrality had been mandated by a treaty concluded by the European powers. -
Germany invades Belgium, leading Britain to declare war on Germany.
Great Britain declares war on Germany, also the United States declares its neutrality. Germans attack the Belgian fortress city but meet resistance from Belgian troops inside the Liege Forts. German and Austrian are using high explosive shells which is remaining Belgian troops, retreat northward toward Antwerp as the German westward advance continues. -
The Eastern Front
Austria, Russia and Germany plunged their countries into a world war which engulfed Europe. It was the bloodiest conflicts in history. The Eastern Front of that great war had a profound impact on the remainder of the 20th century. -
Kiffin Rockwell
Kiffin Rockwell was born in 1892 in Newport, Tennessee. The Rockwell borthers were concerned about the European war and were determined to fight for France. They both volunteered to serve in the French army shortly after beginning of the First World War. He became one of the founding pilots in the squadron initially known as Escadrille Americaine. -
The War at sea
On August 28, 1914 it was the battle of the Bight. The war quickly spread to the sea, in a corner of the North Sea known as Helgoland Bight. Also bight partly enclosed patch of water on the North coast of Germany. -
Contributions
The US contributed in a pretty significant way financially and industrially before they actually joined the war proper. Also German offensives of 1918 were a last gasp of a collapsing Army and Nation. The Germans knew they were close to total exhaustion. The US did provide military and industrial supplies to the Entente powers before they joined the war 'officially' -
Chemical Weapons
Members of the German Army opened the valves of more than 6000 steel cyclinders arrayed in trenches along their defensive perimeter at Ypres, Belguim, within 10 minutes. Also 160 tons of chlorine gas drifted over opposing French trenches. Chemical weapons were dangerous in World War I, you had to wear a mask if there was posion gas in the air or you would die instantly. They were used often. -
The Sinking Of The Lusitania
The Lusitani made her first voyage on September 1907 from Liverpool to New York. On May 7, a ship near the coast of Ireland at 2:10 in the afternoon. Which was a torpedo fired by the German submarine U 20 slammed into the Lusitania side. Then a mysterious explosion ripped the liner apart. There were 1,924 aboard dead. -
Tanks
The idea of the tank came from a development of farming vehicles that could cross difficult land with ease by using caterpillar tracks. On land they have the speed of 4mph. Also the military failure in Gallipoli had pushed the emphasis of the war back to the Western Front. -
Tanks
The tank was first used at the little known Battle of Flers. The idea of the tank came from a development of farming vehicles that could cross difficult land with ease by using caterpillar tracks. Also he start of life for the tank did not bode well. The first model came off the factory floor on September 8th 1915. On September 10th, its track came off. -
Outer Banks
Several of the U-boats would get as far south as the North Carolina coast, where they sank three ships just a few miles from the Outer Banks.The Outer Banks would play a crucial role in two more wars just decades after the Civil War, graveyard of the Atlantic. World Wars. -
July Ultimatum
July 23, Austria-Hungary presented an ultimatum to Serbia. However Vienna intentionally imposed impossible demands to Serbia in order to be able to declare war on its neighbor for orchestrating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. -
Battles
The greatest battle of the first World War. Jutland had all the ingredients to be a great British Naval victory but in the event the result was much less clear-cut. Also at the end of May Scheer sortied with the entire High Seas Fleet. -
The Zimmerminn Telegram
The Zimmerminn Telegram was a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States. Also there were threats to the United States which contained in the telegram inflamed American public against Germany and also helped congress declare war on Germany in 1917. -
U-boats
Germany announces the renewal of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic. The German government maintained that the Lusitania was carrying munitions, but the U.S. demanded reparations and an end to German attacks on unarmed passenger and merchant ships. -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The threat of the German U-boat submarine raises its head again. As Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warefare it had resently suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries. Unrestricted submarine warfare was introduced first in World War I in the early 1915. -
Russian Revolution
Two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. Russians had lost faith in the leadership ability of Czar Nicholas II. Government corruption was rampant, Russian economy remained backward. -
Entry into the war
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany.ilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. -
Wilson's 14 points
It was on January 8, 1918 when President Woodrow Wilson proposeda 14 point program for world peace. Then later the points were taken as a basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Economic
When the war began, the U.S. economy was in recession. Also a 44-month economic boom ensued from 1914 to 1918, then Europeans began purchasing U.S. goods for the war and also later as the United States itself joined the battle. Into the war in 1917 unleashed massive U.S. federal spending which shifted national production from civilian to war goods. -
The Red Baron
Manfred von Richthofen also known as "The Red Baron" 15-20 aircraft kills were considered exceptional, Richthofen earned his legendary super-status. Also he was born in Kleinburg, on May 2, 1892. Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen was a member of an aristocratic Prussian family. -
Lives
the first gunshot fired in anger in 1914 to the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month in 1918. The Great War took peoples lives, 65 million men who fought in World War I. 8 million men were killed in battle. 2 million died of illness or diease. 21.2 million were wounded. 7.8 million were taken prisoner or went missing in action. -
Date and Time
The armistice between the Allies and Germany also known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location in which it was signed. It was the agreement the ended the fighting in Western Europe that comprised the First World War. Also it went into effect at 11AM. -
Last Casualty
The last day of World War I was November 11th 1918, known as Armistice Day. Many parts of the Western Front fighting continue Casualties occurred even as the people of Paris, London and New York were celebrating the end of the fighting. Americans took heavy casualties on the last day of the war. -
U-boats
The war at sea U-boats. The U-boats could roam virtually across the ocean. Germany had about 28 U-boats. U-boats was used alot in the sea during World War I -
Christmas Truce
Chritsmas Eve many German and British troops would sing Christmas carols to each other across the lines, sometimes Allied soldiers would hear bands playing. The Christmas Truce came 5 months after the outbreak of war in Europe. German soldiers would emerged from their trenches to the Allied lines across no-mans land calling out "Merry Christmas" -
Personal conclusion
My personal conclusion of World War I is that World War I was suppose to be the War to end all Wars. During World War I we had alot of deaths and we lost people and families lost loved ones. World War I started having tanks and gasses which I think tanks kinda helped us. No one likes war and no one likes losing someone they love in war.
