The Great War

The Triple AllianceGermanyAustria-HungaryItaly

The Triple EntenteGreat BritainFranceRussia

The Two Blocks

EntenteAlliesNeutral

Nicholas IIRussiaTzar and War General

The WWI Leaders

Raymond PoincaréPresident of France

George ClemenseauPrime Minister of FranceTreaty of Versailles

The WWI Leaders

Geroge VEngland

H. H. Asquith1# prime minister

Lloyd George2# prime minister

The WWI Leaders

Kaiser Wilhelm II Germany

Theobald von Bethmann-HollwegChancelor

The WWI Leaders

Franz Josef IEmperor of Austria

Charles IEmperor of Austria after 1916

Grand-nephew

The WWI Leaders

Victor Emmanuel IIIKing of Italy

"Remember: to be a king, all you need to know is how to sign your name, read a newspaper, and mount a horse”

Paolo Boselli Prime Minister

The WWI Leaders

1 = Hussar (13th Regiment) 2 = Uhlan (11th Regiment) 3 = Supply 4 = Curassier (3rd Regiment) 5 = Dragoon 6 = Line Infantry 7 = Field Artillery (NCO) 8 = Hussar Officer (6th Regiment) 9 = Pioneer 10 = Foot Artillery 11 = General 12 = Officer of Guards Infantry 13 = Lieutenant of Line Infantry 14 = Officer of Jegers 15 = Horse Jeger (2nd Regiment)

Austria declares war against SerbiaAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Assassinated by Gravilo princip – a serbian studentIn Bosnia

The Slav population issueSerbia desired to absorb Bosnia

Austria teaches a Lesson

Invades Serbia for its for their annexation intentions of Bosnian territory

The First Movement

Two Great Powers Collide

Russia declares war against AustriaRussia was an allie of Serbia

Had the intention of Latter absorbing both Serbia and BosniaThe three of them had a great slav population

Russia x Austria + GermanyThe Triple Alliance is formed

Russia mobiliazed troops along the german border as well

German took that as a declaration of war

August 1 – German declares war to RussiaAugust 3 – German declares war to France

The Blocks Collide

Britain enters warBelgium issueThe Triple Entente forms

The Blocks Collide

The Western FrontNorthern France

German invades France and BelgiumTrench Warfare

Schlieffen PlanTaking France fast and them taking Russia

Would avoid a two fronts warPredicted a lack of preparation of the two enemy

countries"Paris for lunch, St. Petersburg for dinner.“

Kaiser Wilhelm II 

The Blocks Collide

The Entente strikes backAlsase – Lorraine front

27,000 french men are killedMachine gunsPage 848 and 850

The Marne battleFrench soldiers defeat the germansThe Schlieffen Plan is no longer workingSaved by the Russians

The Blocks Collide

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The Trench Warfare

The Trench Warfare

The Trench Warfare

Russia x Germany350,00 soldiersBattle of Tannenberg

1/3 of the Russian army is killedNot an industrialized countryShortage of supplies

No supply linesPage 849

A endless armyEnourmous population

The Blocks Collide

The Triple AllianceOttoman TurksBulgaria

The Triple EntenteIndiaJapanAustraliaNew Seland

The War Gets Global

The Gallipoli Campaign1915An Entente strategy

Access to the black sea secure supply lines to Russia

British, Australian, New Zeland, French troopsTurned out in to another trench warfareThe Entente retreat

They loose 250,000 soldiers

The War Gets Global

Battles against the German colonial posessions Japan striked islands in the pacificThe British and French took its possession in Africa

The Colonies participation in the warSouth Africa, Senegal, Egypt, Algeria and Indochina India

“ If we would improve ou status through the help and cooperation of british it was ourduty to win their help by standing by them in their our of need”

Mahatma GandhiThe hope that if the colonies helped in the war they would finally get their independence

The War Gets Global

America Joins the FightReasons to enter the war

The submarine issueUnrestricted submarine warfare

The germans would sink any ship in the waters around Britain It sinked 4 american ships in british waters

Arthur Zimmermann’s telegrathhGermany would help mexico reconquer the land they lost to the US

1917 American enters the war on The side of the Entente

The War Gets Global

Brazil enters warReasons

Two brazilian ships are sinked by a German submarineParaná Steam Boat and

The coffe issueGreat drop in the coffee importsProhibition of coffee imports by england

The brazilian people reactionDistruction of German Stabilishments

Brazilian army gave aid to the Entente

The War Gets Global

Brazilian participation into the WW IMedical missions were sent

To France

Sended troops to fight in EuropeIn the armies of the French and British

Sended airplanes and battle ships

Cruzador Bahia and Cruzador Minas Gerais

The War Gets Global

War of AttritionA surprise attackThe heavy bombing destroyed the french

trenchsThe troops are divided in the caosThe french are forcedto fight in small groups with

no tactical link to each otherOver 300,000 were killed

750,000 were wounded

The Battle of Verdun

The Battle of SommeBombing attacks in northern FranceBritish troops are taken donw

 20,000 were killed and over 40,000 were woundedOnly 1o miles of ground were conquered

The Battle of YpresBritish attack on the German lines on BelgiumHeavy rains

Seas of mud

World War I Battles

The country is totally focused in the warThe entire force of governement was dedicated to

wining the conflictFactories were told what to produce and how much

No unemploymentRationing

There was not enough goods for the population

Most of the countries production was sent to the front

CensorshipMost counties censor the war newsPropaganda

Total War

Bring the war!The great war should let out the great beast

that mankind really is“(A guerra) Diria sim ao animal bárbaro, ou mesmo selvagem que existe entre nós”

Page 465 – Age of the Empire

Thus Spoke Zarathustra Was given as a gift to high range german oficers during WW I

Nietzsche

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Women at War

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von RichthofenTop ace aviator at age 23 80 air combat oficial victoriesDies in combat at age 26

The Red Baron

Reinforcements for the EntenteUS + Brazil + all the other coloniesThe entente now has fresh soldiers, money and supplies

Russia FallsThe russian revolution takes the country out of war

A peace treaty is stabilished with Germany

Russia would give away territory to be able get out of the war

The Entente Win the War

A last pushRussia’s withdrawal

Germany can now fight only in western front

The German advance The second Marne battle

Only 40 miles away from Paris

The US help 2 million more soldiers More technological tanks The US advances towards Berlim

The Entente Win the War

The Allies began to crumbleBulgaria and the Turks surrenderIn october the Austro – Hungary empire surrendersKaiser Wilhelm the second steps donw

Germany is now a republic

ArmisticeA peace treaty is signed

November 11, 1918In a railway car near ParisBetween a representative of the German government andthe French marshal

The Entente Win the War

A soldier in the Great WarAn Austrian Citizen

Entered the Bavarian Army  Fought in the Battle of Ypres, and Battle of the Somme

Wounded in the battle of Somme

AccoladesTwo iron crosses

BraveryWound badge

WoundedA shell wound

Either in the groin or in thighTemporarily blinded

Mustard gasArmistice

Great resentment of German’s Government

Adolf Hitler