Armistice The February Revolution ousted the Czar Tsar The new Liberal government deci d ed to keep fighting Germany Germany helps Lenin return to Russia The October Revolution puts the Bolsheviks in power ID: 166793
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Monica Ellen Rizzo
ArmisticeSlide2
The February Revolution ousted the Czar (Tsar)
The new Liberal government deci
ded to keep fighting GermanyGermany helps Lenin return to RussiaThe October Revolution puts the Bolsheviks in powerThey propose peace and negotiations begin Dec. 1917March 1918 Peace agreements between Russia and Germany are signed
Russia Exits the WarSlide3
Kaiser
Army
GovernmentGerman DisillusionmentSlide4
Sept 1918 Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and General Eric Ludendorff inform Kaiser Wilhelm III that the war is lost
Army suffers desertions and mutiny
The Kaiser abdicatesThe war is lostSlide5
A temporary cessation of fighting by mutual consent; a
truce
Signed November 9, 1918Effective 11am November 11 1918 11-11-11ArmisticeSlide6
Germany, beaten in the field, menaced by certain invasion and overwhelmed by internal revolution, capitulated to the Allies and accepted what will probably be the sternest terms of all time. The principal points are
:
36 daysSlide7
Evacuation by enemy of
Rhineland
TermsSlide8
Allied garrisons at Mainz, Coblenz and Cologne to occupy territories
TermsSlide9
Immediate evacuation of Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine and Luxembourg.
TermsSlide10
Surrender of 5,000 guns and 2,000 aeroplanes
.
All submarines to be handed over.Disarming of six battle cruisers, ten battleships, eight light cruisers and 50 destroyers.
TermsSlide11
Abandonment of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk treaties
.
TermsSlide12
Allies reserve right to occupy
Heligoland
, to enable them to enforce the terms of the Armistice.TermsSlide13
The Armistice, which
was
to last for 36 days, was signed at 5am by the German delegates. Hostilities ceased at 11am.Slide14
The Great War Lasted
- Four years, 14 Weeks, and two days
All Quiet on the Western FrontSlide15
The Great WarSlide16
The War to End all Wars…Slide17
The SigningSlide18
FranceSlide19
The TrenchesSlide20
AmericaSlide21
RemembrenceSlide22
How soon we forget