How world war one has had a
profound effect on the humanity and
the century that followed it.
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The Great War
The War to End All
Wars
The Forgotten War
WITH A TANGLE OF
ALLIANCES.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
assassinated by Serbian rebels
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Which gave Austria-hungry an
excuse to invade Serbia,
Germany gave support.
Russia was allied with Serbia
and Declared war on Germany
and Austria-Hungry.
France was allied with Russia so
they Declared war on Germany.
Germany invaded Belgium
which had a treaty with Britain
Britain Was obliged to defend
Belgium and Declared war on
Germany
U.S. joined later after German Uboats sank several U.S. ships.
WWI ERA MAP OF EUROPE
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Through Trench Warfare
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Attrition
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Underground Tunneling
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Machine Guns
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Massive Suicide Charges
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Poisonous Gas (i.e. Mustard Gas, Chlorine)
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Artillery Shelling
The beginning of Tank
Warfare.
The Beginning of Air
forces, and bombers.
Flame throwers begin
use
WHAT IS THE PRICE OF A
MILE?
21.59 men dead or
wounded for every foot
gained.
That’s 140,000 men for
every mile.
The total advance was a
little over five miles.
Literature
on the war
Suicide in the Trenches- by
Siegfried Sassoon.
The Send Off- by Wilfred Owen
A Dead Boche- by Robert Graves
A Farewell to Arms- by Ernest
Hemmingway
In Flanders Field- By John McCrae
SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES
By Siegfried Sassoon
I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the
lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of
rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling
eye
Who cheer when soldier lads
march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never
know
The hell where youth and laughter
go.
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The bad peace of WWI lead directly to WWII.
The rise of the U.S. into a super power.
Caused the Great depression.
Lost an entire generation of young men.
Created first world peace organization
Rise of National Socialism and Hitler
Brought about communist takeover of Russia
The Atomic Bomb
The Cold War
“How high a price is victory? That's a
question we owe to the First World War.
And the question is still with us today.”
-Jay Winter, Historian
Duffy, Micheal. How it Began Intro to WWI. 22
August 2009. 8 March 2011
<http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/index.h
tm>.
Jack, Richard. The Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April to
25 May 1915. Beaverbrook Collection of War Art.
Winter, Jay. The Great War and the Shaping of the
20th Century. 2004. 8 March 2011
<http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/thenandnow/>.
World War I. 9 March 2011 <http://www.worldwars.org/worldwar1/>.