AP EURO Unit 6 Early 20 th Century The World Wars Lesson 602 Fighting and impact of WWI Pressures led to war M ilitarization E mpire competing A lliances N ationalism Dan snow 4m description of assassination ID: 773120
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AP EURO Unit #6 – Early 20 th Century (The World Wars) Lesson #602 Fighting and impact of WWI
Pressures led to war M ilitarization E mpire competing A lliances N ationalism Dan snow – 4m description of assassination: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfO7TduevHA
Could WWI have been prevented? What if Franz Ferdinand had lived ?What if Russia had not been humiliated in the Russo-Japanese war?What if Russians remained wimps?What if Austria was not pressured by Germany?What if politicians had resisted militarization?What if cousins Nicky and Willy trusted each other more fully, and LISTENED?What if the Schlieffen plan was executed correctly?Revisionist history, and inevitability of war:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10930447/World-War-One-anniversary-what-if-Archduke-Franz-Ferdinand-had-lived.html
Why did nations insist on fighting? Why did Austria give Serbia only three days to respond to ridiculously high demands after a full month after their prince was killed? Why did the GERMANS push Austria so hard to be tough on Serbia? And then why did Germany give Austria a “blank check” to do whatever it takes to subdue Serbia?Why did Serbia refuse to back down?And why did Russia insist on mobilizing their army?Why did the FRENCH HAVE to fight?Why did the BRITISH feel an obligation to fight?
NEW KILLING MACHINES of WWI 5 “ Aeroplane ” Submarine Tanks Flame thrower Poison gas Longer range artillery Pill boxes TRENCH WARFARE click click click click click click
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The Western Front Western front: the trenches Over the top – what it may have been like WWI, “Trenches”
Trench Warfare
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Trench Warfare
How did the war draw to an end? German troops were starving Americans started the war all over But, the Americans JUST KEPT COMING Germany could not overcome… so…
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THE FIGHTING of WWI There were really TWO European campaigns In West: Trench Warfare West was static: “the Western Front”In East: things moved quicklyRussians pulverizedRussians forced into retreatHumiliated, the Czar abdicatedRussia ended up surrenderingRussia plummeted into a civil warIn the end, the Bolsheviks won control 16