Warm Up Q

• Prompt: Describe the effects of the new

technology on warfare during WWI.

• Please write the prompt and answer in 3-5

sentences, using examples when possible.

World War I Goes Global

War Goes Global

• As the war was taking longer than expected, the Euro. powers looked for allies around the world to tip the balance

• Also moved the war to other fronts as well

War Goes Global

Battle of Gallipoli• Allies look to take

out the Ottomans

• Take out a Central Power

• Get connected to Russia

• Battle of Gallipoli –battle to take the Gallipoli peninsula in Feb. 1915

• TPS: Why did the Allies want to connect with Russia?

Battle of Gallipoli

• Brit., Australian, NZ, and Fr.

VS.

• Turks & Germ.

• Turned into trench warfare – lasted until Dec.

• Allies eventually gave up, suffered 250K casualties

America Joins the Fight

• In 1917, the focus of the war shifted to the high seas

• Germ. used submarines in the Atlantic Ocean

• Unrestricted submarine warfare – Germ. announced their subs would sink w/o warning any ship in the waters around Brit.

Sinking of the LusitaniaMay 1915 – sinking of the Lusitania, US citizens die, Germ. say they are fair game

America Joins the Fight• Feb. 1917 – Zimmerman

telegram

–Germ. intercepted by Allies which stated that Germ. would help Mexico take back land from the US if they sided with the Germans

–LAST STRAW!!!

• America joins the Allied Powers on April 2, 1917

War Affects the Home Front

• Total war – countries devoted all of their resources to the war effort

–Gov’t took control of the economy

–Factories produced goods for the war

–Civilians (non-soldiers) worked in the factories

• Rationing – ppl could buy only small amounts of items that were also needed for the war effort (butter, shoe leather, etc.)

• TPS: How did total war lead to rationing?

War Affects the Home Front

• Gov’ts suppressed antiwar activity – no speaking out against the war

• Censorship of the news – recall the Battle of the Somme news article

• Honest reporting = ppl would turn against the war

• Propaganda – one-sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support for the war

WWI Propaganda

CW Assignment: Prop. Posters

• Create a full page WWI Propaganda Poster

• Any country involved in WWI (France, Britain, Germany, etc.) – NOT USA!!!

• Goal: one-sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support for the war

• Include color visuals and a catchy slogan

• ONLY 20 minutes to complete!

Warm Up

• Prompt: Explain the involvement of civilians in the war effort in WWI. What did they do? What effects of the war did they experience?

• Please write the prompt and respond in complete sentences!!

Final Drive of WWI

• With the US – the balance seemed to tip in the Allies favor

• March 1917 – Russia backs out of the war b/c civil unrest forces gov’t revolution in Russia

–We’ll get into that next unit!

• Germ. now can send all of its troops to the Western Front to attack

• Spring 1918 – Germ. mounts final massive attack on the Allies in France

Final Drive of WWI

2nd Battle of the Marne (July 1918)

• Recall: What was the significance of the 1st

Battle of the Marne?

• Germ. clashes with Allies (including 2 mil. “fresh” US troops) and are taken down

• Germ. defeated and pushed further back

Allied Powers Win the War

• Central Powers crumble

–Ottoman Turks surrender

–A-H sees revolution within

–Germ. soldiers mutiny (turned on)

• Kaiser Wilhelm stepped down from power (Nov. 1918)

• Germ. signs armistice (an agreement to stop fighting) with French troops – war ends Nov. 11, 1918 (Veteran’s Day)

Legacy of War

• WWI was a new kind of war

• New technologies

• War on a grand and global scale

• Lots of death and destruction

• 8.5 million soldiers died; 21 million were wounded

• War also led to the death of civilians through starvation, disease, and warfare

Legacy of War

Legacy of the War

• Devastating economic impact

• Euro. $$ was used up

• Destroyed farmland, homes, towns, villages

• The “Lost Generation” – those that survived had a sense of disillusionment (insecurity & despair) in regards to the war

• TPS: Why might Europeans have experienced disillusionment in the wake of WWI?

• Summary: How did America’s entry to the war tip the scales in favor of the Allies?