World+War+I

Date: 1914-1919 By: Martha Heinrich, Emily Meyer, and Taylor Christensen









**" Make the world safe for democracy."--President Woodrow Wilson**

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World War 1 was supposedly started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated on June 28, 1914. Part of what started the war was the alliances in Europe at the time. The triple alliance formed in 1882, between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, and also the triple entente formed in 1907, between France, Great Britain, and Russia were the major alliances in this war. During the war both alliances grew to add more countries to their forces. In 1914, Emperor William II gave a “blank check” to Austria to give them the financial support they needed to attack Serbia. Also, during this war, many countries started using to use conscription, which is a military draft. By this time, most western countries used conscription except for Great Britain and the United States of America. With this new source armies began to grow Russia’s became the absolute largest with 1.3 million men. Then, came mobilization, a process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war, which in 1914 was considered an act of war. By August 4, 1914 all great powers in Europe were at war. Government propaganda stirred up national hatreds before the war, and in August 1914 almost everyone believed that the war would be over in a couple of weeks. There were many battles in World War 1. There was the Battle of Somme on July 1, 1916, in which the British and French infantry forces attacked German defensive lines. The germens did not have a good start to the war as General Alfred von Schlieffen created the Schlieffen Plan, which called for a two-front war with France and Russia. There forces were divided and they were at war against two major powers in Europe at the time. At the first Battle of Marne, which took place from September 6 to the 10, the German troops were stopped a short distance from Paris by soldiers who arrived in taxi cabs from Paris to defend their city.



//__**people**__// 1. **__Sgt. York__** - The 1st american war hero was awarded the Medal of Honor becouse his attack on a german machine gun nest. 2. ** __A____rch duke franz ferdinand of austria__ **-Was asssinated in June 28, in the yearf 1914 in sarajevo his death was the start of world war 1. 3. __**Alfred Zimerman**__ -he sent telegram mexico he wanted mexican a and the u.s join the war he was the german foreign minister. 4. __**John pershing**__ - had "black jack" in his name u.s commander american expeclitionary force 200,000 americans landed every month in war under him. 5. __**President Woodrow Wilson**__ - was the president of the united states warned people that the u.s would not tolerate any actions for the war. 6. __**Kaiser william 2**__ - Was the ruler of germany gave a blank check to the germans for the war was full support for germans. 7. __**T.E. lawrence**__ - was also called "Lawrence of Arabia" he was a british agent led revolt against the ottoman forces which was called the Arab Revolt. 8. **__Ferdinand Foch__** - he was the supreme commander of allied forces he was also the first unified command in west by allies. 9. __**Czar Nicholas 2**__ - he ruled in Russia he was also overthrown by the communist revolution during the Russian Revolution in the year of 1917. 10. __**Baron Von Richthofen**__ - Known and called "Red Baron" he was also known to people as "Red knight" which was accutaly his real nick name.



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**__Links:__** 1)[|Triple Entente]- This website has two short paragraphs about the triple entente a map and a table with population, soldiers, ectra. 2)[|Triple Alliance]- This is an article from britannica online that has a couple paragraphs about the triple alliance and their part in world war 1. 3)[|Causes of World War 1]- This is a website that includes five different reasons why world war 1 started including alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and crises. 4)[|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]- This is a short biography of Archduke Franz Ferdinand whose assassination started world war 1. 5)[|Alfred von Shieffen]- This biography is about Alfred von Shieffen whose plan to start world war one was very unsuccessful. 6)[|Propaganda Posters]- This website has alot of propaganda posters from world war 1 that can display why people joined the navy. 7)[|Battle of Tannenberg]- This website has a biography about what happened during the Battle of Tennenberg between Russia and Germany. 8)[|Trench Warfare]- This is an interactive game that helps to explain what trench warfare was like during world war 1. 9)[|Hunger Blockade in Germany]- During world war 1, the British tried to block trade to Germany and starve them out. 10) [|Mustard Gas]- This website has a couple of paragraphs of information about mustard gas and its uses and effects during world war 1.



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