WWI The War to End All Wars

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WWIThe War to End All Wars
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Causes of WWI

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism
• Balkan other crises

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MilitarismArms buildupMilitary Influence Over
GovernmentsGlorification of War as Problem-Solver
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AlliancesYou fight me, You fight my gang
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ImperialismCompetition, National Fervour, source
of allies, manpower, supplies
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NationalismA blessing or a Curse?

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Nationalistic Canadian German Posters

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Diplomatic BlundersSecret AgreementsOverlapping
AgreementsWar Bravado
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The Balkan Powderkeg

• Growing Slav Nationalism
• Russia Austria-Hungary have ambitions for this
  area
• A strategic area for the Germans, Russians
  Austrians

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The Shot Heard Round the World
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The Ball Gets Rolling

• Austria-Hungary declares war (backed by secret
  German agreement)
• Russia Moves to defend Serbs
• Germany attacks France through Belgium
• England Empire enter the fray

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Itll All Be Over by Christmas
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National Fervour
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The Schlieffen Plan
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Stalemate on Western Front Trench Warfare
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New Destructive Weaponry
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1916 - Deadlock

• Total War
• Stalemate
• War of Attrition
• Rationing
• Censorship of the Press
• Shell Shock
• Trench Foot

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Women The War Effort(led to post-war changes)
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1917 The Tide TurnsUS enters war
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1917 Russian RevolutionRussia Leaves War
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Death Destruction wounded, missing-in-action

• Germany 11,000,000
• Russia 12,000,000
• France 8,410,000
• Austria-Hungary 7,800,000
• Great Britain 8,904,467
• Italy 5,615,000
• Romania 750,000
• Turkey 2,850,000
• Serbia 707,343
• Belgium 267,000
• Portugal 100,000
• Greece 230,000
• Japan 800,000

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War Ends Unconditional Surrender11th hour,
11th day. 11th month

• Germany blockaded faces starvation
• US influx tips the balance
• Breakup of Austro-Hungarian Empire

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The Peace Process

• Vittorio Orlando )It)
• David Lloyd George (Br)
• Georges Clemenceau (Fr)
• Woodrow Wilson (USA)

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Wilsons 14 Points

• Self-determination for all peoples
• Peace and security
• International cooperation
• Open seas, etc

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The Treaty of Versailles

• Peace is dictated only the allies are invited
• War-guilt clause
• Reparations
• Land Settlements
• Military
• Never Again!
• The League of Nations

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EUROPE 1919