PPT-World War

1 7 The MAIN Causes Who started this war M ilitarism Build up military To compete countries needed strong amp new weapons amp standing armies Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany building up an army and navy to compete with Great Britain . Isolationism and Neutrality. © Student Handouts, Inc.. Isolationism and Neutrality. BASIC DEFINITIONS. Isolationism. – Neutral with no trade. Nation’s foreign policy calls for neither economic nor political ties with other countries. Do Now: What do you know about . the start of WWI?. The Great War. "The Great War was without precedent ... never had so many nations taken up arms at a single time. Never had the battlefield been so vast… never had the fighting been so gruesome... aka: the great war. “the causes and results of”. How to start a War!. Economic Rivalry . Nationalism. Germany and Great Britain both had control over weaker nations and their trade this led to economic rivalry- or the struggle for new markets in the world. McIntyre. Boys and Girls! War Savings Stamps Poster by James Montgomery Flagg 1917-18. 2. The First World War:. War involving nearly all the nations of the world. 1914-1918. What?. . When?. . 1st World War in history. The Allies & Axis Powers converted to total war for the second time in 20 years . When World War II began, Germany used a “lightning war” strategy called blitzkrieg that relied on fast, strong attacks using air raids, artillery, & tanks. centenaries, (Day One). Why do we still need to remember events from so long ago?. Remembrance and the First World War. This is a poppy. Aren’t poppies beautiful. ?. Usually good things like flowers make us feel happy.. The Allies & Axis Powers converted to total war for the second time in 20 years . When World War II began, Germany used a “lightning war” strategy called blitzkrieg that relied on fast, strong attacks using air raids, artillery, & tanks. First . World War 1914–18. Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine . trenches.. Australia's . early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at . M – . Militarism. : Fascination with war and a strong military. A – . Alliances. : Agreements among varying nations to help each other out. I – . Imperialism. : Building empires and competition for markets. The “MAIN” Causes of WWI. . The underlying causes that created a powder keg in Europe that was ready to explode.. Militarism:. The large European powers began an industrial military arms race.. First . World War 1914–18. Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine . trenches.. Australia's . early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at . The sheer . physical destruction and the horrors of war played a big role in . fuelling . a critical mass of intellectuals and politicians from many paths of life (Christian Democrats, Socialists, Social Democrats, Liberals) into joining those who had advocated the idea of a unified Europe.. Nonetheless, the transition from wartime allies to enemies was not inevitable and was, in part, the result of the events and decisions of these years. Acting out of their perceived national interest, both the United States and the Soviet Union favoured the creation of two opposing blocs, competing for influence over a devastated European continent. By the end of 1947, the initial hopes that the Allies could continue to cooperate peacefully had been replaced by a vision of two political and social systems fundamentally at odds, and engaged in a struggle for global supremacy.. The Cold War Between the United States and the USSR. A War of Ideology and Visions, 1945 – 1991. The Cold War lasted from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union. . The United States.