World War I 1914 1918 A Bloody Conflict
World War I : 1914 -1918 A Bloody Conflict
Combat �Trench Warfare �The Western Front �The English Channel to the Swiss border. �“No Man’s Land” : area between the trenches. �Technology �Poison gas �Tanks �Airplanes �Machine guns (later attached to airplanes in dogfights)
The Americans and Victory � 2 million American troops �Called “Doughboys” �Admiral William S. Sims �Convoys of merchant ships and troop transports would be escorted across the Atlantic by warships.
Russia Leaves the War �Riots in March 1917 caused by: �Anti-government Lenin �Scarcity of food and fuel. �Czar Nicholas II had abdicated the throne. �Bolsheviks (Communists) came to power. �Vladimir Lenin was their leader. �Russian government overthrown and Communist government established.
German Offensive Falters �Massive attack on the Western Front. �American and French troops blocked the German drive on Paris at the town of Chateau-Thierry.
Battle of Argonne Forest �French General Ferdinand Foch, commander of Allied Forces. �Massive American offensive �General John Pershing [Black Jack] �Most massive attack in American history � 600, 000 American troops. �Germans inflicted heavy casualties, but Americans had shattered the German defenses. �War ends: 11 th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 th month an armistice was signed.
The War Ends �Problems for the Central Powers: �Revolution in Austri-Hungary, �Ottoman Turks surrendered, �a mutiny in Kiel , � the people of Berlin rose in rebellion and forced the German emperor to step down.
The War Ends, continued � 11 th hour on the 11 th day of the 11 th month, 1918 the Great War comes to an end! �Armistice: a ceasefire is signed.
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