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Alliances (until 1917)
The triple Entante: France, Great-Brittain, Russia, Serbia
The triple alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Neutral countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switserland, Norway, Sweden
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Von Schlieffenplan
Germany
was closed in by 2
enemies
: France and Russia
To prevent a
two front war
, Germany wanted to defeat France quickly in order to fully focus on Russia.
So Germany planned to surprise France by attacking from
Belgium
Slide 3 - Slide
Trench warfare
The
Von Schlieffenplan failed
: The German advances are stopped in Marne by the French and British.
Both sides started to dig
trenches
to protect themselves from the shelling
A long line of trenches stretched on the
Western front
Slide 4 - Slide
2 different fronts
Eastern front:
a moving war until the truce with Russia (March 1918)
Western front:
trench warfare with many casualities and little movement of the front line
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Westfornt
Slide 7 - Slide
Battle of Verdun
21/02/1916 - 18/12/1916
714.231 in 302 days
Germany charged the French line at Verdun
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Battle of the Somme
- 01/07/1916-18/11/1916
- around 1.000.000 wounded or dead
- Deadliest battle in UK history
- around 60.000 dead on the first day
Slide 9 - Slide
Devastating total war
Huge impact on the countries involved:
- conscription and a lot of death
- Women taking over male jobs
- scarcity (food and materials)
- use of new horrifying weapons like tanks, bombs, gas
- civilian casualties
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During the war...
Active us of:
modern propaganda (posters, films)
modern communication (telegraph, phones)
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Slide 13 - Video
USA joins the war against Germany
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Armistice 1918
Truce on 11am on the 11th of the 11th 1918
Germany surrenders
Truce signed in train chariot in Compiègne
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Slide 22 - Video
The peace of Versailles 1919
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Slide 24 - Video
Slide 25 - Video
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