1. Germany’s Impact on World War I
Presented by
Aacha | Nathan | Miles | Shakwon

2. The Schlieffen Plan
● This plan was created by General
Count Alfred von Schlieffen.
● Germany intended to invade France
quickly through Belgium and Holland
before Russia had a chance to
mobilize.
● The plan was an effort to forcibly end
the war by the means of force (see
image)

3. The Schlieffen Plan
● In 1906 Von Schlieffen was
replaced was by Von Moltke.
● Moltke altered the Schlieffen
plan some. Instead of sending
soldiers through Belgium,
Luxembourg, and Holland,
Moltke decided to avoid
sending any soldiers through
Holland.

4. Outcome of the Schlieffen Plan
● On August 2, 1914, Germany invaded Belgium and
Luxembourg. However they were met with unexpected
resistance in form of the Belgian army and the British
Expeditionary Force who arrived shortly after.
● The Russian were able to mobilize their army in only ten
days and Germany had to send troops back from
Belgium to defend their eastern borders.
● Instead of trying to capture Paris, they attacked areas
east of Paris. That is where the French met the
Germans for the Battle of Marne, which ended
Germany’s attack on France.

5. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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The British ship Lusitania got sinked by a
German U-boat in 1915, this ship had
thousands of people
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1201 people drowned in the sinking and 128
Americans

6. The U-Boat
The U-Boat was know was a
Submarine. The Germans blocked
Britain and snuck attack them by
going under water in the Atlantic.

7. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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Countries Involved: America, Germany, and Britain
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introduced in WW1 in 1915
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Germany declared the area around British and all of the neutral countries war zone
would be attacked by Germany
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started a string of attacks on merchant ships
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the supreme army command endorsed the navy's opinion that unrestricted U-boat
warfare against the British at sea could result in a German victory by the fall of 1917
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pressured as he was by the armed forces and the hungry and frustrated German public,
which was angered by the continuing Allied naval blockade and which supported
aggressive action towards Germany's enemies
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Bethmann Hollweg said “We have been challenged to fight to the end. We accept the
challenge. We stake everything, and we shall be victorious.”

8. Sources Used
● First World War.com “Germany During World War I”
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/germanyduringww1.htm
● History Learning Site “The Schlieffen Plan”
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/schlieffen_plan.htm
● Causes of WWI - Four Steps to War http://www.johndclare.
net/causes_WWI4.htm
● German flag image from Wreck Site
http://www.wrecksite.eu/img/ownerbuilder/flag/800px_war_ensign_of_germany_1933_1935_svg.png
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http://www.schoolhistory.co.
uk/gcselinks/wars/firstwwlinks/schlieffen_summary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_submarine_warfare
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-resumesunrestricted-submarine-warfare
http://www.schoolhistory.co.
uk/gcselinks/wars/firstwwlinks/schlieffen_summary.html