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General Information…
• Started on July 28, 1914• Ended on November 11, 1918
• Almost 8,000,000 dead. *** Russia the most = 1.7 million• Almost 22,000,000 wounded…..
• Map of Europe greatly changed.
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Reasons for start of war…
• Extreme nationalism – pride in country• Imperialism • Militarism – building up military• Alliance system - <KEY REASON>
– European powers formed rival alliances to protect themselves
– PROBLEM? One event could drag all countries involved into a conflict.
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The Black Hand..• The main objective of the
Black Hand was the creation, by means of violence, of a Greater Serbia.
• Its stated aim was: "To realize the national ideal, the unification of all Serbs. This organization prefers terrorist action to cultural activities; it will therefore remain secret."
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The spark that lit the fuse….
• The one event that started the Great War happened in the Balkans.
• The Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Austria) was assassinated while visiting Serbia.
• The Black Hand was responsible….
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
“You will be home before the leaves have fallen from the trees!!”
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Battle of Verdun• the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements
of World War I. February 1916 – December 1916
• Two million men were engaged.
• The intention of the Germans had been a battle of attrition in which they hoped to bleed the French army white.
• In the end, they sustained almost as many casualties as the French; an estimated 328,000 to the French 348,000.
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Map 31.1: Major U.S. Operations in France, 1918
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Figure 31.1: Approximate Comparative Losses in World War I