Warfronts

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Warfronts Weapons

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Schlieffen Plan

• Plan for Germany to attack France quickly and
  avoid a two front war

www.schoolhistory.co.uk
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Western Front

• Trench warfare
• Small land gains
• Germany vs. UK France

http//www.collectinghistory.net/trench.jpg
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http//www.uoregon.edu/kimball/images/maps/1914-W
W1.RUS.Ctq39.jpg
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Eastern Front

• Absence of trenches, land gains, more mobile
• German, Austrians, Turks vs. Russia Serbs

http//clevelode-battletours.com/images/usaargonne
tank.jpg
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Battle of Marne, 1914 1918

• French troops move to halt advance
• British Expeditionary Forces (BEF) join
• G. halted defensive

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Army
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Battle of Ypres, 1914,1915,1917

• 1914 BEF stops G.
• 1915 1st use of poison gas by Germany

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http//www.eurekacouncil.com.au/Australia-History/
History-Pages/1917-battle_of_passchendaele.htm
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http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileSecond_Batt
le_of_Passchendaele_-_wounded.jpg
http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b
/The_Way_to_the_Front.jpg
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Battle of Verdun, 1916

• Unsuccess. G battle w/ France
• No strategic gains anyone
• F Gen Joseph Joffre Ils ne passeront pas They
  shall not pass!

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http//www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/battle
verdun33/afterbattle.jpg
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http//www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/battle
verdun66/fotokerkhof01.jpg
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Battle of Somme, 1916

• One of biggest slaughters
• Huge losses both
• July-Nov UK 3 miles short 1st day objective

http//www.english.illinois.edu/maps/ww1/photoessa
y.htm
http//www.columbia.edu/itc/history/winter/w3206/e
dit/sommebattle.html
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Battle of Cambrai, 1917

• Ex of tank surprise break trench deadlock
• 476 tanks move against G

http//pages.123-reg.co.uk/jerryandjanet-526112/th
egreatwar/id3.html
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Weapons US Entry

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The War of theIndustrial RevolutionNewTechno
logy
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French Renault Tank
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British Tank at Ypres
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U-Boats
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Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats
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The Airplane
Squadron Over the BrentaMax Edler von Poosch,
1917
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Flying Aces of World War I
FrancescoBarraco, It.
Eddie MickMannoch, Br.
Eddie Rickenbacher, US
Manfred vonRichtoffen, Ger.The Red Baron
Rene PaukFonck, Fr.
Willy Coppens deHolthust, Belg.
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Curtis-Martin U. S. Aircraft Plant
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Looking for the Red Baron?
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The Zeppelin
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FlameThrowers
GrenadeLaunchers
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Poison Gas
Machine Gun
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http//www.worldwar1.com/arm005.htm
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http//www.worldwar1.com/arm005.htm
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AmericaJoinstheAllies
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The Sinking of the Lusitania
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The Zimmerman Telegram
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The YanksAre Coming!
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Americans in the Trenches
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