World War I

1
World War I Its Aftermath
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Causes of World War I

• Need for Social Change
• Nietzsche and Others
• Nationalism
• The Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
• Alliances
• Result of the Balance of Power created at the
  Congress of Vienna in 1815
• Germany Upset this Balance

3
The Triple Alliance

• Germany
• Austria-Hungary
• Italy
• Others
• Bulgaria
• Ottoman Turks

4
The Triple Entente

• Great Britain
• France
• Russia (1907)
• Others
• Belgium
• Serbia

5
The War Itself

• Most of the Major Powers are Fully Involved by
  August of 1914
• They expected it to be a short war
• Very incorrect assumption
• It becomes a war of attrition
• Trench Warfare
• Tear Gas
• Germany has a 2 Front Plan called the Schlieffen
  Plan
• In 1917 the U.S. enters the war this turns the
  tide for the Triple Entente
• Russia withdraws in November due to internal
  revolt
• Italy had withdrawn in October due to lack of
  forces

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The End of the War

• War ends November 18, 1918 at 11 oclock
• Every Country Involved Suffers Major losses
• A Peace Conference convenes in Paris in January
  of the following year

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Treaty of Versailles

• The Main 4 Players at the Conference
• United States
• Great Britain
• France
• Italy (least of the 4)
• War Guilt Clause
• Places most of the Blame on Germany
• Establishes de-militarized Zone in Germany
• Split up Major Empires
• Wilsons 14 Points
• Only one that is recognized is the League of
  Nations
• That is not even as Wilson envisioned it