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• 12/18 Focus: – The withdrawal of Russia from the war on
the Eastern Front and the entry of the United States into the war in 1917 were major turning points in WWI.
• Important Terms: – Armistice
• Do Now:–What does the term total war refer to?
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World War I
Major BattlesU.S. Entry in the War
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Global War
• Imperial powers brought people from their colonies to fight in Europe.– Example:
Britain • Canada • Australia • India• New Zealand
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Global War
• The war spread beyond Europe– Allied attacks on German
colonies in Africa– Japan declared war on
Germany • Captured German colonies
in China and the Pacific
– Allied attacks on the Ottomans in Middle East
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The Gallipoli Campaign• British attacked the
Ottomans to gain control of the entry way to the Black Sea– Wanted to open up
supply lines to Russia
– British invasion fails
• British supported Arab revolt against the Ottomans on the Arabian peninsula
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The Western Front
• Front remained almost unchanged from 1914-1918
• Huge casualties suffered by both sides trying to break stalemate– Battle of Verdun
• 281,000 Germans• 315,000 French
– Battle of the Somme• 420,000 British • 200,000 French • 450,000 Germans
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The Eastern Front • Russian forces faced
many difficulties – Had a large army but
suffered huge causalities– was not a major industrial
power– Had difficulty getting
supplies from allies• German control of the
Baltic Sea• Ottoman control of the
entrance to the Black Sea
• Germany had to split its forces between the Eastern and Western Fronts
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The Russian Collapse
• Overthrow of the Russian Czar– Communist revolution
in led by Vladimir Lenin – Czar Nicholas II is
overthrown• Russia pulls out of the
war in Oct. 1917– Eastern Front– 2,000,000 Russians
had been killed in the war
• War on the Eastern Front ends
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U.S. Entry into War
• Zimmerman Note– Secret telegram from
Germany to Mexico – asked Mexico to
attack the U.S.– Planned to resume
unrestricted submarine warfare
• U.S. declared war on Germany (April 1917)
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U.S. Troops Arrive in France
• American entry in the war helped Allies win the war– American victories
pushed Germans back to German border
– Germans faced with invasion of Germany
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Armistice
• Germans ask for an end to the fighting on October 14, 1918
• Armistice takes effect at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918– 11th hour of the 11
month of the 11 day
– Veteran’s Day
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Points for Discussion
• Why did the Western Front change very little during the war?
• What impact did Russia pulling out of the war have on the German war effort?
• What was the impact of the U.S. entry into the war on the eventual outcome of WWI?