Introduction to WWI

Chapter 11

World War One

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“The War to end all wars”

Brainstorm: What do you know about World War I?

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Conscripted soldiers being taken to the Western Front by Military Buses

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German soldiers in their trenches near Antwerp in September of 1914  

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German soldiers after rat hunting in their trenches

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British soldiers try to keep their trench dry by pumping the water

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Peronne during the Battle of the Somme 1916

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Armenian Christians massacred by the Ottoman Turks

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German cemetery at Bethune

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These Belgian children lost their parents during the flight to the Netherlands.These kind of photos were published in magazines to find them back.

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German soldiers rescuing a French comrade in arms

The Great War

The first “world war”– Over 30 countries declare war; more involved indirectly

The first “total war”– Nearly all aspects of life affected for all citizens—not just

soldiers and members of government– Governments take over economy; use propaganda

The first “modern war”– Use of new technology such as airplanes, zeppelins,

machine guns, armored tanks, poison gas; trench warfare on larger scale.

The First “World War”

Participant Countries in World War I – Allies in Green, Central Powers in Orange, Neutral Countries in Gray

The First “Total War”

Examples of war-time propaganda from Great Britain and

Australia

The First “Modern War”

Soldiers wearing gas masks in the trenches at Ypres

Tank from the

Western Front

German Zeppelin

First Modern War

German U-boat

Trench warfarein Flanders

The First “Modern War”

Ruins of Ypres (as seen from the air)