Post on 23-Dec-2015
European alliances before World War I
• Europe at its peak
• Imperial Tensions
• Militarism
• Nationalism
• System of Alliances
Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, Duchess Sophie just before they were assassinated
• Nationalism in the Balkans• The Assassination of the Archduke• Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum• The alliance System lead to war
• Alliances• The Western Front• Battles Along the Western
Front
• The Eastern Front• The Balkan Front• The Italian Front• The War ends
British machine gunners in action in 1916 wearing gas helmets for protection from poison gas.
• The Machine Gun• Artillery• Weapons of the Industrial Age• Casualties of Modern Weaponry