Interactive Tour of WWI

World War I:A Virtual Tour : 

World War I:A Virtual Tour

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Main Page Causes Archduke Ferdinand Trench Warfare War of Attrition Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points League of Nations Entrance of the U.S. into War End of War Treaty of Versailles Germany’s Price Lead up to WWII Video Soldiers Blinded by Gas Attacks WWI Tank (very slow and unstable, but broke through trenches) Quit

Causes: Why did the war happen? : 

Causes: Why did the war happen? Clashing empires in Europe Imperialism, militarism, and the arms race Populations have little control over their ambitious imperial rulers to reign them in Many old scores to settle-years of previous war and destruction Historical balance of power theory: becomes unbalanced (between Britain and France, Austro-Hungary and Germany) Paranoia, ultra-nationalism, propaganda Energy of the industrial revolution ready to violently burst Entangling and secret alliances Europeans had barely avoided wars in the last few years before the war: squabbling over territory, colonies, and pride European powers had pre-made plans to attack their enemies Many European powers need to distract their diverse populations from internal strife (ex: Russia, Britain, and Austro-Hungary Kaiser Wilhelm II pushes Britain into a naval arms race and increases the size of the already huge German army Kaiser Wilhelm II-Germany Quit

Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination : 

Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination Map of Population: 1900 -Notice the size of East Asian countries, particularly Japan. Is there any foreshadowing you can do? (Hint: Is Japan’s population to large for its actual size?) He is the heir to the Austrian throne who is assassinated in Bosnia by Bosnian-Serb extremists. This causes full war between Serbia and Austria, which Serbia calls on its ally Russia who mobilizes partially, then Turkey mobilizes against the threat of Russia, Russia fully mobilizes, Germany mobilizes against Russia, France mobilizes against Germany, Germany attacks through neutral and then Britain gets involved. GIANT SNOWBALL EFFECT! Quit

Trench Warfare : 

Trench Warfare Always wet, cold, and sick-always stuck in the mud. Trenches were slightly taller than the men, never left the trench.- small bomb shelters. Incredible boredom and fear: bombs going off and artillery one second and then hours of nothing Rats, lice, disease, trenchfoot Death is all around-sight, sound, smell (bodies would lay in ‘No Man’s Land’ between trenches Snipers, artillery, battles, patrols, trench raids Gas attacks: blind and wound soldiers Machine gun: if on exposed land, soldiers would be mowed down LINK: Writings of American soldiers during WWI Quit

War of Attrition : 

War of Attrition Essentially who will run out of men first? Means massive casualties for all sides: Verdun=600,000 dead; Somme-20,000 dead in one day or 1,500 dead in the first 15 minutes Technology of the industrial revolution produced advanced weaponry to engage in wholesale slaughter Hospitals are full of invalids, blind, maimed 10,000,000 dead, 21,000,000 wounded-Europe 50,000 dead, 200,000 wounded-U.S. Britain’s “Lost Generation” Quit

US Entrance Into War : 

Neutrality Zimmerman Telegram U.S. supplies aid to belligerents but is unbalanced. Semi-neutral-more aid to Britain, no protest when Britain seizes ships headed to Germany-BUT are angry when Germany does the same to U.S. ships headed to Allies 1915-Lusitania sunk off the coast of Ireland-many Americans killed-riled up American public Germany apologized-but Sect. of State Robert Lansing proclaims Germany is a threat to Democracy Germany tries to ally with Mexico if U.S. enters war-promises to retake southwest lost in 1844 Wilson uses this telegram as a means to initiate war and arm merchant ships U.S. public’s anger comes to a boiling pt. when Germany continues unrestricted submarine sinkings (after failed American diplomacy) U.S. declares war on Germany- April 2, 1917 US Entrance Into War Quit

President Woodrow Wilson : 

President Woodrow Wilson -Extreme moralist, idealist -Very good speaker -Professor -Reform governor of NJ; Progressive -Poor health -Poor interpersonal skills, often regarded as arrogant and foolhardy -Fourteen Points -League of Nations Woodrow Wilson Sect. of State Robert Lansing (who was put in place after Wilson fired William Jennings Bryan for disagreeing with his policy) William Jennings Bryan Quit