World War I: The World War I: The BeginningBeginning

Mr. BachAccelerated World History

Hudson High School

A Family AffairA Family Affair

• Three Cousins– King George V (England)– Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany)– Tsar Nicholas II (Russia)

Willy, Nicky, and Georgie

War GoalsWar Goals

• Germany• Austria-

Hungary• Ottoman

Empire• England• France• Russia• United States

The Battle PlansThe Battle Plans

• France – Plan XVII (elan vital)

• Austria-Hungary – Plans B and R

• Russia – Plans G and A (19)

• United States• Germany –

Schlieffen Plan

The Schlieffen PlanThe Schlieffen Plan

German Atrocities in Belgium

German Atrocities in Belgium

The Schlieffen Plan Falls The Schlieffen Plan Falls ApartApart

• The Battle of the Marne– The Western Front

• The Battle of Tannenburg– The Eastern Front

The Western FrontThe Western Front

A Multi-Front WarA Multi-Front War

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

Trench WarfareTrench Warfare

““No Man’s No Man’s Land”Land”

““No Man’s No Man’s Land”Land”

The Western Front TodayThe Western Front Today

A New WarA New War

• Machine Guns

• Trench Warfare

• Barbed Wire• Hand

Grenades

• Heavy Artillery

• Gas Attacks (Gas Masks)

• Tanks• Airplanes• U-Boats

French Renault TankFrench Renault Tank

U-BoatsU-Boats

The Flying Aces of World War I

The Flying Aces of World War I

Eddie Rickenbacher, US

FrancescoBarraco, It.

Rene PaukFonck, Fr.

Manfred vonRichtoffen, Ger.

[The “Red Baron”]

Willy Coppens deHolthust, Belg.

Eddie “Mick”Mannoch, Br.

The ZeppelinThe Zeppelin

FlameThrowers

FlameThrowers

GrenadeLaunchersGrenade

Launchers

Poison Gas

Poison Gas

Machine Gun

Machine Gun