World War I

1
World War I

• A Global Conflict

2
Gallipoli Campaign

• Allies plan to defeat the Ottomans and create a
  supply line to Russia

Russia
Central Powers
Ottoman Empire
3
(No Transcript)
4
Gallipoli Campaign

• Allies suffered large losses and evacuated
• Armenians pledged support for the Allies because
  of mass slaughter and genocide by the Ottomans
  years earlier

5
Africa and Asia (Gallipoli)

• Allies attacked German colonies and possessions
• Japan overran German outposts in China
• British and French recruited subjects around the
  globe to fight/ help

6
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

• A German policy to sink without warning any ship
  in the waters around Great Britain
• May 7, 1917 U-Boat sinks Lusitania
• Americans are outrages

7
Submarine Warfare

• Zimmerman Note encouraged Mexico to join the war
  to reclaim land lost to America
• United States was angered and decided to join the
  war on the side of the Allies

8
(No Transcript)
9
Total War

• Countries devoted their resources to the war
  effort
• Governments told the people what to produce
• Facilities were converted to making weapons and
  supplies
• Unemployment was nearly gone

10
Rationing

• Goods were in short supply
• People could buy only small amounts of those
  items needed for the war

11
(No Transcript)
12
Propaganda

• Anti-war activity was suppressed
• News about the war was censored
• One-sided information designed to persuade to
  keep up moral and
  support of the
  war

13
(No Transcript)
14
Women and the War

• Women replaced men in factories, offices, and
  shops
• Women did the work men used to do
• Supplied troops with food, clothing, and weapons
• Women worked on the frontlines as nurses and saw
  the horrors of war firsthand