World War I Pictures
1914-1918
Map of Europe during WWI
What sparked the beginning of
WWI?
The assassination of
an Austrian prince
Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and his
wife.
Alliances (gangs) of
countries went to war
with each other.
What brought U.S. into WWI?
The sinking of the
Lusitania, a cargo ship
carrying passengers
and weapons to Great
Britain. German subs
torpedoed the ship and
sunk it.
More Lusitania pictures.
WWI was the 1st mechanized war
That means machines
were used to fight in
the war.
Submarine warfare
The Lusitania was sunk by
a German sub like this
one.
Unrestricted submarine
warfare meant the
Germans shot at all ships,
not just British and
French.
America claimed it was
neutral in the war, but in
reality it was selling
weapons to France and
Great Britain. Germany
knew this and torpedoed
ships like the Lusitania.
Trench warfare
WWI is known for its
trench warfare.
Soldiers on all sides
would dig trenches to
protect them from
gunfire and anything
else.
New weapons from WWI
This is a machine gun
from WWI.
If you are in a trench
and you are attacked,
you will want one of
these.
Airplanes
Airplanes were used
for war for the first
time during WWI.
The most famous pilot
of WWI was the Red
Baron. He was
German.
More airplanes
Airplanes would drop
bombs by hand into
the trenches. They
had machine guns
mounted on them.
Zeppelins
Germans used
zeppelins to bomb
targets from an
altitude that WWI
planes could not reach.
More Zeppelins!
Often English pilots would
pursue the zeppelins across the
sky but they had little chance of
catching them. The zeppelins
would fly very high and as fast
as the airplane chasing it. To
make matters worse, if a pilot
did manage to catch up to the
airship, the zeppelins were
bristling with machine guns.
How do you successfully
fight in trench warfare?
TANKS!!!
More Tanks!
Biochemical warfare
WWI was a rare war
where chemical
weapons were used.
Mustard and tear gas
were used to bring
soldiers out of the
trenches.
Some gases would
blind soldiers.
Total War!!
Total war is using your
entire economy and
resources for the war
effort.
It also means
purposefully attacking
civilians, not just
military.
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