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World War I 1914-1919 Brodie Black, Jake Blotsky

In the first half of the nineteenth century, liberals belived that if European states were oganized along national lines, these states would work together and create a peaceful Europe, but they were wrong. At the same time, Europes great powers had been divided into two loose alliances. Triple Alliance was formed by Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy. The Triple Entente was formed by France Great Britian and Russia. In the early years of the twentieth century, a series of crises tested these alliances. Once the Archduke was assainated in Serbia those alliances started to come into play on country would get involved and drag their allies into the up comming war and soon the whole country of Europe was at war because of this reason. During the war govenments would put up propaganda posters that would encourage people to buy war bonds or to save food. This helped to display the idea of total war in that everybody was involved in the war effort. The tatics of trench warfare were very slow and many times both sides would not move for weeks at a time. The land between the trenchs was called No mans land. In this land men were guned down by the other side's guns before they could even get close to the other side's bunker. During this time war in the air had just started. At the end of the 1915s the airplane appeared on the battlefeild for the first time in history. At first pilots fired handheld pistols at eachother in the air. The year 1917 had not been a good one for the Allies. Allied offensives on the westren front had been badly defeated. The Russian Revolution which had began in november 1917 led to russia's withdrawal from the War a few months later. Delegates met in Paris in early 1919 to determin the peace settlement. At the Paris Peace Conference, complications became obvious. For one thing, secret treaties and agreements that had been made before the war had raised the hopes of European nations for territorial gains. The Treaty of Versailles was the final peace settlement of Paris consisted of five separate treaties with the defeated nations Germany,austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The Germans considered it a harsh peace. They were especially unhappy with Article 231 the so called War Guilt Clause which declared that Germany and Austria were responsible for starting the war. media type="custom" key="13538390"





__** Terms: **__ Brinksmanship- This was the tactic of threating to go to war to achieve goals but over time if you dont actually start war no one will care and wont be scared. Satellites- These were smaller nations that became allies of larger countries during the war like Serbia and Bulgaria. Mobilization- The process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war. Militarism- This was the aggressive preperation for war and as armies grew so did this. Stand To- This means "combat ready," or when troops in the trenches had to be up for thirty minutes before sunrise to be ready to repel and enemy attack. Conscription- A military draft that was established in most western countries before 1914 except the United States and Britain. Propaganda- Ideas spread to influence public poppinion for or against a cause such as WWI. Zeppelins- Giant airships used by Germany to bomb London and Eastern England. Armisice- On November 11, 1918 the new German government signed this which is a " truce or and agreement to end fighting." Dud- There are two kinds, one is a shell that failed to explode on impact and the other kind which draws a big salary and explodes for no reason.



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Lusitania- Tells about the Lusitania and its warnings not to go on the voyage but did anyway and got attacked by German U- boats. The Black Hand- Gives information on the creation of the Black Hand and the assassination. Trench Warfare- This page describes the horrors of fighting in the trench warfare style of fighting. Propaganda Posters- This pages shows a lot of examples of propaganda posters during WWI. No Mans Land- This explains what no mans land is and how soldiers fought in it. Rasputin- This tells who Rasputin was and his murder. Zepplins- Gives information about the Zepplins and their military usage during WWI. Chemical Weapons- This pages gives the types of chemical weapons that were used in WWI such as mustard gas. Conscription- This explains the whole debate on whether or not there should be this Conscription. Gavrilo Princip- This pages tells about Gavrilos life and his assasination of the Archduke and how he tried to kill himself after he completed the task.



__** Timeline: **__ 1882- Triple Alliance forms. 1907- Triple Entente forms. 1914- Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand sparks World War I. 1915- German submarine sinks the Lusitania. 1916- Rasputin is assasinated. 1917- Russian Revolution begins. 1917- The United States enters the war. 1918- Germany agrees to truce. 1919- Allies sign Treaty of Versailles. 1921- Communists control Russia.



__ People: __ 1.Czar Nicholas II: The ruler of Russia during the time before World War one was one of the allies of Serbia and was part of the Triple Entente 2.General Alfred von Schlieffen: The maker of the Sclieffe plan wanted to swing through Belgium and into France and take over Paris 3.Lawrence of Arabia: A British officer that urged the Arab princes and other Arab people to overthrough their Ottoman empire rulers 4.Gavrilleo Princept: He was the killer of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand a member of the Black Hand a Serbian Nationalist group that was blamed for the assasintaion 5.Woodrow Wilson: The United States President during the First World War after the sinking of the Lusitania he decided to enter the war in Europe 6.Friedrich Ebert: The new leader after William II he headed the new Social Democrats announced the ceation of a democratic republic 7.Karl Libknecht: The leader of the German Communists with Rosa Luxemburg he was murdered by the new Social Democratic govenment 8.Georges Clemenceau: A French statesman that was one of France's wartime leaders had a long political career before serving as French prime minister 9.David Lioyd George: He was the prime minister of Great Britian during the first World War won a decisive victory in elections in December of 1918 10.Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The Archduke of Austria he was killed by a Serbian nationalist during a trip to the capital of Bosnia was assasinated June 28, 1914