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CU Denver HIST 3121 - WWI at the end of 1917 and through 1918
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World at War 1st Edition Lecture 10Outline of Last Lecture I. 1917- The War at HomeII. Russian RevolutionIII. American InterventionIV. Nivelle OffensiveV. The Kerensky OffensiveOutline of Current Lecture (1917)I. The western front (end of 1917)II. British JihadIII. Russia: November RevolutionIV. 1918- “big picture”V. Treaty of Brest-LitovskVI. Russian Rev. and USSRVII. “Ludendorf Offensive”VIII. Allied offensivesIX. The last monthX. Evolution of military Current LectureThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.I. The Western Front (end of 1917)-a. June to November: Passchendaele of the 3rd Battle of Ypresi. Took high groundsii. 5 million meniii. 250,000 casualtiesb. June: Battle of Messines Ridge-i. GB digs 24 tunnels underneath German forcesii. Tunnels filled with 1 million tons of explosivesiii. 10,000 Germans killed in explosionc. September: Battle of Menin Road-i. Use of new war tacticsd. November: Battle of Cambraii. 250 tanksii. Grenades (new)iii. 300 planesiv. GB coordinated with their infantryII. British Jihad-a. 1915- Hussein/ McMahon (Arab’s were promised land after war)b. 1916- Sykes/ Picot Agreement (British and French will take the land for themselves.)c.d. March: GB takes Baghdad (Meso)i. They have 100,000 troops in Meso.e. July: GB takes Aqaba (Palestine)f. October: GB takes Beersheba (Palestine) g. November: Balfour and Jewish chronical (Balfour promised Jews land after war too)h. December: GB takes JerusalemIII. Russian November Revolution-a. Oct: Trotsky organizes a military revolutioni. Lenin returnsb. Nov: Kerensky send troops to the front linei. 11/7- Winter palace group (it was relatively bloodless. The defenders of the Palace – Cossacks, a women’s battalion and military cadets or yunkersgave up with little resistance. The immediate outcome was to plunge Russia into a brutal civil war that ended with a Bolshevik victory in 1921.)ii. 11/8- “decree on peace”c. Impact of Russian revolution-i. End warii. Renounce imperialismiii. Tsarist concessionsd. Wilson formed “self-Determination”i. States that if nations want something to change if they have self- determination, they can get it changede. Conflicting visions of modernity.IV. 1918- “Big picture”a. The last frantic yearb. Entente-i. Neither GB or FR can launch a major offensive1. No support from soldier (worn out and weak)ii. Questions about peace with Germany given the treaty of Brest-Litovsk conditionsiii. Questioned regarding the AER and coordination of forces1. Neutral?iv. Questions about the importance of the Middle Eastern and Italian frontsc. Central Powers-i. Austo- Hungary continued slow collapseii. Ottoman empire disintegrated- losing Mesopotamia, parts of Arabia and Palestineiii. Germany was strengthened by Russian Collapse.1. Shifts divisions to the west for final offensive2. Domestic unrest (strikes and martial law)V. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk-a. Trotsky leaves the meeting because it was unfair. He would much rather fight than give up.i. Germans advance 150 miles in 5 daysii. Lenin moves to Moscowb. Russia loses Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Belarusi. Loses half of populationii. Loses half of large industriesiii. Loses ¾ iron ore productioniv. Army is demobilizedv. Bolsheviks “gave away” territory they did not controlvi. Germans took over given territory1. Though Ukraine would be main food suppliervii. Entente powers were less willing to compromise/ negotiateVI. Russian rev. and USSR-a. Nov 1917- constituent assembly electionsi. 16.5 million for Socialist Revolutionariesii. 10.5 million for Bosheviksb. Dec 1917- “white guard” volunteers establishedc. Jan 1918- Constituent Assembly closedi. Cheka vs. Socialist revolutionistsd. Jan- May: Wilson rejects 6 requests from allies to get involved and support Chekaand white forcese. Sept- Failed Prinkipo meetingi. Question of Russian/ Soviet participation and recognitionf. Trotsky organizes the Red Army and “War Communism”i. Banks and large industriesg. July 1918- US deployment to Murmansk, Archangel and Vladivstocki. Nicholas II and family killedh. Nov- Lenin shot by the “red terror”VII. “Ludendorf Offensive”-a. AKA- Kaiserschlachtb. Series of offensives between March and Junec. Originally designed to weaken GB forcesd. Pre- US participatione. Into of the “KW gun” to shell Paris for 75 miles awayf. Capture 1200 milesg. Decrease in morale because they saw that their enemies were treated and fed betterh. Unifies the GB and FR commandsi. Pershing allows US participationii. US 3rd Chateau- Thierryiii. US 2nd Meuse- Argonnei. July- German troops begin to desert infantryi. Many troops get the Spanish influenzaii. Their weakened immune systems, couldn’t fight the fluiii. 186,000 soldiers and 400,000 civiliansVIII. The Allied Offensives-a. 8/8: GB and FR counter attack ay Amiensi. “The Black Day” (2/3 surrender)b. 9/12: US offensive at St. Mihielc. 9/19: Battle of Megiddo in Palestined. 9/26: Meuse-Argonne offensivee. 9/27: Hindenburg line brokef. 9/30: Bulgaria agrees to armisticeg. 10/5: French occupy Beiruth. 10/6: German armistice offeri. 10/10: ottomans agree to armisticej. 10/12: RMS Leinster sunkk. 10/16: Proclamation of autonomyl. 10/19: Wilson demands independencem. 10/28-29: German sailors munity at Kiel rather than sail to fight GBIX. The Final Month-a. Soviet- style “workers’ councils” appearing throughout Germanyb. Bavaria declares independencec. 11/1: US breakthrough at Meused. 11/3: US cuts Lille- Metz rail linki. AH armistice signede. 11/9: Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicatesf. 11/10: German Republic formedg. 11/11: armistice on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh monthX. Evolution of military-a. Industrial military production (oil)b. Formalization of General Staffi. - Transportation & communicationc. Evolution of Military Aviationi. - Recon, strafing, bombing, naval aviationd. Evolution of Land Warfarei. - Armored cav., artillery, gas, camouflage, trench systemse. Evolution of Naval Warfare, i. - Submarines, oil, compartmentalized ships, torpedoes, mines, charges,


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