The Great War 02 20 2014 1 The start of the War a Causes of the War i Increase in competition within Europe manufacture competition Especially true b w Europe England and Germany There was a rise in Militarism With new technology new machine guns are becoming a common part of the military Tremendous increase in amount of money spent on military ii Nationalism develops Imperialism major competition iii Countries begin to sign treaties with one another iv Summer of 1914 Franz Ferdinand was assianted member of royal family It became a period of countries declaring war on one another Cities in Europe threw parades they were so excited Boys will be home by Christmas They expect the war to be short and end soon Men flocked to recruitment centers to v By 1915 the war turned into a stalemate It bogged down into join the military trench warfare b Trench Warfare i Each side dug hundreds of miles of trenches mostly in France with neither side able to attack Defining characteristic of WWI Often divided into 3 lines so there wasn t only one trench This is how men moved during war The tried to break through the other sides lines War became much more defense rather than offensive Front line men were filthy The area b w the two lines was considered no mans land Generals would give orders Led to stalemate Considered a total war who has enough men to launch to the other side ii Battle of Verdun wanted to try to break through the French fortifications Battle 1 5 million causalities in one battle c Russian Revolution i Start of War Russians were celebrating Men ran to enlist in the military War broke out Russians united behind them By 1916 the view of war changed The Russian officers were incompetent Russian attempt to fed and give supplies to their men were a disaster Go find dead bodies to get their supplies Russian soldiers were fleeing and returning back to their homeland They were protesting Soviets were leaders Socialists under them Leads to soviet union a Woodrow Wilson issues statement of neutrality that US will not get involved in this war He changes his mind and declares war and get 2 American Entry US into WWI i Why 1 Reasons why he changed his mind Primary had a special relationship with England Economically and socially England being the Mother country Number of prominent American who invested in industrial process in England Tom Watson Political leader in populist movement He said the world must be safe for democracy 2 Emergence of Submarine warfare in Atlantic ocean German submarines began attacking ships with people on them sinking of the Lusitania we didn t want Germany to win completely 3 Committee on Public Information to promote the war Created American support for the people for the war It harshly criticized anything German It created support for the war by putting down the enemy 4 War Propaganda Congress passes laws to restrict anyone from criticizing the war or American government ii A call to arms iii Treaty of Versailles 1 US involvement was short Germany sued for peace within one year November 1917 11 11 at 11 00 2 Ended the War Boys would be coming home for Christmas but only 4 years later 3 10 million people dead twice that injured 4 US 116 000 deaths 5 War came to an end signing of agreement at Versailles Major countries there to meet and sign treaty US Woodrow Wilson he wanted to use treated to show his view of how his vision would be His wording was don t punish Germany Everyone has suffered and treat Germany better That view was rejected French and English wanted to punish Germany took land away made them pay 55 million dollars had to disarm their military They wanted to blame Germany for the War a League of nations It never worked 6 Protestors came to Versailles Ho Chi Ming wanted freedom for his people but he was denied 7 Adolf Hilter and Nazi Party heard about this and filed revenge against people who made them sign the treaty and punish Germany Terms Treaty of Versailles CPI Trench Warfare Russian Revolution League of Nations 02 20 2014 02 20 2014