WORLD WAR ONE 1914 -1918

TheGreat War
The War To End All Wars
The Powder keg
of Europe 1914.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

The Central Powers vs. The Allied Powers
Kaiser William II of
Germany and Emperor
Franz Joseph of Austria-
Hungary
Czar Nicholas
of Russia
King George V
of Great Britain
The Spark that ignites World War One
The assassination
of Archduke Ferdinand
of Austria-Hungary by
Serbian terrorist
Gavrilo Princip.
June 26, 1914
Gavrilo Princip

Member of Serbian
Black Hand
terrorist
group who demand
self-determination
for Slavic
people.
Trench Warfare in World War One
Over the Top
No Mans Land
A Bloody Stalemate
New Weapons of War
Machine Guns Bi-Planes
U-Boats
Poison Gas
Death and Destruction
of World War One
Over Nine Million
killed
Billions of dollars worth of
irreplaceable architecture
and artwork are destroyed.
As a pacifist, President Woodrow Wilson fights to keep
America out of World War One
We must be impartial in thought
as well as action.
Elected in 1912 as a
Progressive Democrat. He
is re-elected in 1916 using
the slogan,
He kept us out of war.
PROPAGANDA
The Sinking of the Lusitania 1915
Contraband
To break the British Blockade and stop supplies
from reaching the allies
the Germans develop the U-Boat and conduct
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.
On May 7, 1915 a German U-Boat sinks
the British Liner, Lusitania, killing over 1,200
including 128 Americans.
The Zimmerman Note
January, 1917
The Proposed German-Mexican
Alliance
To make the world safe for Democracy
Wilsons War declaration states America is entering
the fight to
A Doughboy
of the American
Expeditionary Forces.
General John Black
Jack Pershing.
Commander of the A.E.F.
America declares war on Germany
April 1917
THE HOMEFRONT
Americas war effort by
civilians in the United States
was nicknamed the
HOMEFRONT
The Selective Service
Act 1917.
Conscription- Compulsory
enrollment into
military service.
21-30 years of age
later 18-45.
Four million American
men serve in
World War One.
Propaganda- Public
information used to mold
popular support for a
cause.
US Army
Recruiting Poster
The Committee on Public
Information is created to
convince the American
people to support the
war effort.
Liberty Bonds are
sold by the
government to raise
$$$ for the war effort.
Civilians are
persuaded to
conserve certain foods
with programs such as
Meatless Mondays and
Wheatless Wednesdays.
Millions of American
families also
plant Victory Gardens
Civil Liberties are Restricted
The Espionage Act of 1917 &
the Sedition Act of 1918
made obstruction of the war effort illegal.
Anti-war newspapers are censored
and anti-war speakers are jailed.
The Sedition Act made it illegal to criticize
the President, the Government or the US Army.
All things German become suspect:
German is no longer taught in high schools.
Hamburger becomes Salisbury Steak.
Dachshunds become Liberty Pups.
Some Americans of German
descent are
jailed without trial.
American troop
ships heading to
France were
escorted across the
Atlantic Ocean by
convoys.
The Americans and Victory
The Russian Revolution- Due to his handling
of the war and food and fuel shortages,
Czar Nicholas of Russia is forced to abdicate
on March 15
th
1917.
In October of 1917, Bolsheviks
under the leadership of
Vladimir Lenin took over
Russia. They withdrew Russia
from the war and later on they
created the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin
On March 21
st
, 1918 the Germans begin a massive
attack along the Western Front.
American forces play a major role in halting
the German offensive at the French town of
Chateau-Thierry in June,1918.
Battle of Argonne Forest
After a failed German offensive
in September of 1918, US
General Pershing assembled
600,000 troops and launched the
largest offensive in American
history. The Germans
surrendered on 11-11-1918.
Armistice Day
Alvin York
The Congressional
Medal of Honor
received the
Congressional Medal of
Honor for leading an attack
on a German machine
gun nest, taking 32 machine
guns, killing 28 German
soldiers and capturing 132
others.
Military Deaths By Country

France = 1,385,000
Great Britain = 910,000
United States = 106,000
Germany= 1,773,000
Austria-Hungary = 1,200,000
Ottoman Empire = 325,000
Russia = 4,950,000
Frank Buckles, 1901-2011
The last surviving American
Doughboy. He was 110 years old.