This document provides an overview of World War I, including its causes, major events, and aftermath. It discusses the alliance systems and militarism that divided Europe prior to the war. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked the initial conflict. Both sides suffered immense casualties, especially along the brutal Western Front. New military technologies, such as tanks and airplanes, emerged. The war also had devastating impacts across the global empires and led to over 9 million deaths when it ended in 1918.

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8:
Th e World
at War
By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley H. S.
Chappaqua, NY

2. Differing Viewpoints
 “Family Feud”
 “Fall of the Eagles”
 “The War to End All Wars”
 “The War to ‘Make the
World Safe for Democracy’”

3. C au s e s
of th e
War

4. 1. The Alliance System
Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:

5. Two Armed Camps!
Allied Powers: Central Powers:

6. The Major Players: 1914-17
Allied Powers: Central Powers:
Nicholas II
[Rus]
Wilhelm II [Ger]
George V [Br]
Victor Emmanuel
II [It]
Enver Pasha
[Turkey]
Pres. Poincare [Fr]
Franz Josef [A-H]

7. Europe in 1914

8. 2. Militarism & Arms Race
Total Defense Expenditures for the Great
Powers [Ger., A-H, It., Fr., Br., Rus.]
in millions of £s.
1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1914
94 130 154 268 289 398
1910-1914 Increase in
Defense Expenditures
France 10%
Britain 13%
Russia 39%
Germany 73%

9. 3. Economic & Imperial Rivalries

10. 4. Aggressive Nationalism

11. Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914
The
“Powder Keg”
of Europe

12. Th e
“ S p ark

13. Archduke Franz Ferdinand &
His Family

14. The Assassination: Sarajevo

15. The Assassin:
Gavrilo
Princip

16. Who’s To Blame?

17. The Schlieffen Plan

18. German Atrocities in Belgium

19. Mobilization
 Home by Christmas!
 No major war
in 50 years!
 Nationalism!
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go;
It's a long way to Tipperary,
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
Farewell, Leicester Square,
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there!

20. Recruitment Posters

21. A Young Australian Recruit

22. Recruits of the
Central Powers
A German Soldier
Says Farewell to
His Mother
Austro-
Hungarians

23. New French Recruits

24. A German Boy Pretends to Be a
Soldier

25. Soldiers Mobilized
14
12
10
Millions
8
6
4
2
0
France Germany Russia Britain

26. Wom e n
and th e
War
E ffort

27. Financing the War

28. For Recruitment

29. Munitions Workers

30. French Women Factory
Workers

31. German Women Factory Workers

32. Working in the Fields

33. A Woman Ambulance Driver

34. Red Cross Nurses

35. Women in the Army Auxiliary

36. Russian Women Soldiers

37. Spies
Ì “Mata Hari”
Ì Real Name:
Margareetha
Geertruide
Zelle
Ì German Spy!

38. Pos te rs :
Wartim e
P rop agand
a

39. Australian Poster

40. American Poster

41. Financing the War

42. German Poster
Think of Your Children!

43. Th e We s te rn
Front:
A “ War of
Attrition ”

44. A Multi-Front War

45. The Western Front

46. Trench Warfare

47. Trench Warfare
“No Man’s
Land”

48. Verdun – February, 1916
y German offensive.
. Each side had 500,000 casualties.

49. The Somme – July, 1916
, 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day.
o Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.

50. War Is H E L L
!!

51. Sacrifices in War

52. Krupp’s “Big Bertha” Gun

53. Th e
E as te rn
Front

54. The Gallipoli Disaster, 1915

55. Turkish Cavalry in Palestine

56. T. E. Lawrence
& the “Arab Revolt”, 1916-18

57. T. E. Lawrence & Prince
Faisal at Versailles, 1918-19

58. The Tsar with General Brusilov

59. Th e
“ C olonial
”
Fronts

60. Sikh British Soldiers in India

61. Fighting in Africa
Black Soldiers in the
German Schutztruppen
[German E. Africa]
British Sikh
Mountain Gunners

62. Fighting in Africa
3rd British Battalion, Nigerian Brigade

63. Fighting in Salonika, Greece
French colonial marine infantry from
Cochin, China - 1916

64. Am e ric
a
Joins
th e

65. The Sinking
of the Lusitania

66. The Zimmerman Telegram

67. The Yanks
Are Coming!

68. Americans in the Trenches

69. Th e War of
th e
Ind u s trial
R e volu tion:
New
Te ch nology

70. French Renault Tank

71. British Tank at Ypres

72. U-Boats

73. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

74. The Airplane
“Squadron Over the Brenta”
Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

75. The Flying Aces of World War I
Eddie Francesco Eddie “Mick”
Rickenbacher, US Barraco, It. Mannoch, Br.
Rene Pauk Manfred von
Willy Coppens de
Fonck, Fr. Richtoffen, Ger.
Holthust, Belg.
[The “Red Baron”]

76. Curtis-Martin
U. S. Aircraft Plant

77. Looking for the “Red Baron?”

78. The Zeppelin

79. Flame
Throwers
Grenade
Launchers

80. Poison Gas
Machine Gun

81. “ Art”
of
World
War I

82. “A Street in Arras”
John Singer Sargent, 1918

83. “Oppy Wood” – John Nash, 1917

84. “Those Who Have Lost Their Names”
Albin Eggar-Linz, 1914

85. “Gassed and Wounded”
Eric Kennington, 1918

86. “Paths of Glory”
C. R. W. Nevinson, 1917

87. German Cartoon:
“Fit for active service!”, 1918

88. 1918 Flu Pandemic:
Depletes All Armies
50,000,000 –
100,000,000 died

89. 11 a.m., November 11, 1918
The Armistice is Signed!

90. 9,000,000 Dead

91. The Somme American
Cemetary, France
116,516 Americans Died

92. World War I Casualties
10,000,000
9,000,000 Russia
8,000,000 Germany
7,000,000 Austria-Hungary
6,000,000 France
5,000,000
4,000,000 Great Britain
3,000,000 Italy
2,000,000 Turkey
1,000,000 US
0

93. Turkish Genocide Against Armenians
A Portent of Future Horrors to Come!

94. Turkish Genocide Against Armenians
Districts & Vilayets of Western
1914 1922
Armenia in Turkey
Erzerum 215,000 1,500
Van 197,000 500
Kharbert 204,000 35,000
Diarbekir 124,000 3,000
Bitlis 220,000 56,000
Sivas 225,000 16,800
Other Armenian-populated Sites
in Turkey
Western Anatolia 371,800 27,000
Cilicia and Northern Syria 309,000 70,000
European Turkey 194,000 163,000
Trapizond District 73,390 15,000
Total 2,133,190 387,800