World War One: the war to end all wars

imperialism-race for markets, shere of influence and recorces
Nationalism- My nation is better than yours
Militarism- the expansion and glorification of the military
Alliances

Natoinalism

Germany and Italy were divided states untill 1861 when Italy unified and 1871 when Germany unified
Germany beat france in the Franco-prussian war(1870-71)=france was not happy

Impirialism

increaced rivaly
Great britan France and Germany don't like each other

Militarism

countries militarised

Alliance

the tripple entente Great britan ,russian empire ,france
Allies Gb, france, Russia, Italy Serbia Roma
Tripal alliance- Germany, Austria Hungry, Italy
central powers=triple alliance

Break down

Italy switches sides
Russia leaves
U.S. replaces russia to help allies.

The sparck

balkans was a powder keg of Europe all it took war one sparck to ignite WWI
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand-Heir to the Austria-Hungry crown-was by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo,bosnia on June 28th 1914

Domino into war

Austria declars war on Serbia
Russia Prepared to defend serbia
Germany declared war on russia
France declared war on germnay
Britan declared war on Germany out of a moral obligation to france

The war unfolds

Total war

Involves countries using all resorces to win a war.
countries used propoganda.
They all thought it would be quick

German stragity

the german stratagy was to quickly use up reasorces to eliminate france, then they would focus on russia

Isolationism

the policy of staying out of wars not close to home
Prez Woodrow Wilson and the u.s. did not whant to get dirty.

First Marne Battle

sweep through belgium and push through france at the first battle of marne
THe germans fought against the british
Almost seis paris
Allies saved paris by many taxies and troops

Trench warfare

Trench warfare took place
people dug trenches
the places between the trenches was no man's land
they used musterd gas and tear gas
flame throwers were invented, machiene guns were developed
almost no gain what so ever
Big bertha

The Arminian Genocide:

genocide- organized murder of a religious, racial, or political group.
started april 14th 1915
lasted 1914-1918
committee of union and progress lead the Ottoman empire.
ideologists-promotion of Pan-turanism
1.5mill parished
2mill before WWI
Wittiness' were photographers, germans, russians, and syrians
highly condemned but no action taken.

America:

Us was isolated from WWI
WWI was to far away from them.
The economy was doing well before the war.
They did supply countries with ammunition and materials.
The US entered the war because Russia left and Erope was exausted.
only in war for nine months.
We fought in Bulge, Belleau wood.
we gave allies more support and made germany cower
they were on the western frount.
lost 320,518 men.

End of WWI:

Germany falls

ran low on food and supplys
bacicaly alone
last offence was 2nd marne
Allies with freash ammericans beat Germans
11:00 11/11/1918 the Armistice is signed.

14 points

no secret alliances
freedom of the sea
free trade
sovereignty of belgium and austria-
hungry
league of nations(peace orginisation)

Paris Peace Confrince

"big four"-Woodrow Wilson(US), Neville Chamberlain(UK), Georges Clemenceau(France), Vittorio Orlando(Italy)
Russia and Germany and Germany's allies were not represented
Germany fate was left to the big four.