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Done By: Mahzawati HZ SMR 2008
Why it was called First World War?
2. Colonial Race
3. Naval Race
4. Countries distrust each other
Germany France
Franco-Prussian War
Alsace Lorraine
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2. Colonial Race
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Why Germany build up military policy in 1898?
Aim to controlling world commerce and industry
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3. Naval Race
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4. Countries distrust with each other
Countries began to distrust with one another at the
same time they felt the need to have friends to
support them in times of trouble.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE TRIPLE ENTENTE
Germany Britain
Italy France
Russia
Austria-
Hungary
Serbia
Wished to control
Immediate cause of 1st World War was Sarajevo Incident
Assassination of
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of the
Austro-Hungarian
Empire & his wife,
Countess Sophie
on 28 June 1914
in Sarajevo
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Why?
1. Rise of Germany
2. Colonial Race
3. Naval Race
4. Countries distrust each other
1 August 1914
Germany 3 Au Russia
gust
4A 1914
ugu France
st 1
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1st World War Britain
began
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Quizzes
on the countdown to War
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2.1 THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914 – 1918)
28th June Achduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated
• Britain
• Germany
• Russia
• Austria-Hungary
• France
• Turkey
• Italy
• Bulgaria
• Japan
• USA
Germany Schlieffen Plan
Britain Plan W
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Schlieffen Plan
Who made it? Count Von Schlieffen
-Western Front=France
-Eastern Front=Russia.
Plan Seventeen
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Quizzes
on the Military Planning
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Schlieffen Plan
Who made it? Count Von Schlieffen
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Plan W
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Russian leader, Russia lost Russia joined
Lenin signed a truce 25% of its the war by
with Germany & territories to giving support
Austria Hungary Germany to Serbia
known as 8 1
Treaty of Litovsk 7 Thus on 1 August
2 1914, Germany
In 1918, the declared war on
Russian Russia
withdrew 6 3
earlier from General Von
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the war 5 Two Battles fought in Hindenberg and
Germany Eastern Front: Ludendorff
won. were sent to the
Russia 2) Battle of Eastern Front
were Tannenberg
defeated 3) Battle of Masurian
Lake
Eastern front
Eastern Front
Western Front
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Quizzes
on the Eastern Front
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How Russia joined the war? by giving support to Serbia
When Germany declared war on Russia? on 1 August 1914
Who were the 2 Germans General Von Hindenberg and
sent to Eastern Front? General Von Ludendorff
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7 Battle of Tannenberg
What were the two Battles
fought in Eastern Front? 2
Battle of Masurian Lake
Who won the Battles? Germany won.
6 3 it? In 1918
Russian withdrew earlier from the war. When was
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What was the agreement? Treaty of Litovsk
Who was the Russian leader that signed a Lenin
truce with Germany & Austria Hungary?
What was the term under Russia lost 25% of its
the Treaty? territories to Germany 30
3 August •Germany declared war on France
1914 •Germany used the SCHLIEFFEN PLAN to invade France
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Conscription:
to make compulsory
young men to join army
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•From the start of the war until
1918, British Navy formed
blockage to stop passage of
shipping to or from Germany
and her allies
Lusitania ship
-Belonged to British
-Sailed from New
York to Liverpool
-Over 1,000
passangers and crew
were drowned.
-Many of them
Americans
The only one major naval battle fought in 1916 called
Battle of Jutland.
Germany launched
torpedo attacks on Germans used new naval warfare
Allied shipping called U-boats or submarines
• First time that airships were used in war
2 uses of Zeppelins:
1) To spot enemy ships,
and report their positions
to the waiting submarines
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More countries become involved in the
war between 1914 - 1917
July 1914 Turkey Central Power
3) War Reparations
•Germany had to pay
6.6 million pounds to
the allies 41
Signing the Treaty of Versailles
Other points under Peace Treaty:
5) Formation of League of
Nation
4) Creation of new •When formed? 1920
boundaries •Aims: 1) To promote international
Austria-Hungary cooperation
empire was abolished 2) To achieve peace & security
•First meeting? January 1920
Austria Hungary •How many members? 42 countries
•Germany – not allowed to join in
Poland •USA – never joined in
•Russia – became member in 1934
Czechoslovakia •Why League failed? Because
Yugoslavia members were did not want to join
forces (Army) to preserve peace.
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• The Parisians had a
parade after the signing
of the Treaty at
Versailles marking the
end of World War I.
Notice the sign at the
top of this photograph
that reads: "Vive
Wilson."
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1) Millions soldiers
and people were died
and wounded
5) German 2) Farmland,
empire were Factories and
reduced industrial areas
were damaged
4) Boundaries
were redefined 3) The League of
Nations formed
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