Both Alliances Hoped For A Both Alliances Hoped For A Quick VictoryQuick Victory

“ Keep the right wing strong”

Von Schlieffen Von Moltke

The Schlieffen PlanThe Schlieffen Plan

Invade Belgium and France with most German armies loaded on the extreme right

The Central Powers:

The Allies:

““PLAN XVII”PLAN XVII”

Aggressively invade Alsace-Lorraine, the province Germany took from France in 1870.

Superior numbers of German troops will be beaten by the greater “ELAN VITAL “ (fighting spirit) of French troops.

The huge “ Russian Steamroller” invades Eastern Germany.

Germany is defeated.

Field Marshal Foch Field Marshal Joffre

Old Tactics vs. New Technology

Old Tactics…..LOSES !!!!!!!Old Tactics…..LOSES !!!!!!!

Generation Theory of WarfareFirst GenerationFirst Generation:

Second GenerationSecond Generation:

Third Generation:Third Generation:

First generation warfare reflects tactics of the era of the smoothbore musket,

Second generation warfare was a response to the rifle, barbed wire, the machinegun, and indirect fire - W.W. I.W.W. I.

Speed and manuver to bypass the enemy strengths and force a collapse - WWII

“ BLITZKRIEG”

The Killing Power of New The Killing Power of New Weapons Forced Soldiers to “Dig Weapons Forced Soldiers to “Dig

In” -Trench WarfareIn” -Trench Warfare

The trenches went for hundreds of miles….

““The Queen of The Battlefield”: The Machine GunThe Queen of The Battlefield”: The Machine Gun

.30 Browning M-1917

Bergmann MP18 Submachine Gun

Vickers 7.7 mm

Fired 400 - 1600 bullets each minute from .30 to .50 + caliber

Killed 1.5 million soldiers by 1915

TANK:TANK: “The Landship” - 13 - 33 Tons. Multiple 6 pound or 75 mm guns plus machine guns. 2-5 mph

The Paris Gun BIG BERTHA

POISON GASPOISON GAS

Mustard Gas

Chlorine Gas

Knights of the AirKnights of the Air

The Red BaronOswald Boelcke

Captain Eddie

Rickenbacker

“IN FLANDER'S FIELDS”by Lieut-Col. John McCraeIn Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on rowThat mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.