WORLD WAR I

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• Diego Morales
• Ana Tapia
 European alliances
There were a lot of alliances involving European Powers, but political instability in the Balkans
threatened to destroy these agreements.
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
• Died on June 28, 1914
• His death started the war
Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Due to Russia supported Serbia, the

German empire, whose leader was Kaiser
Wilhelm II, decided to support Austria-
Hungary empire
Beginning of the war
On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
The Western Front Germany began fighting World War I on two fronts,
invading France through neutral Belgium in the west
and confronting Russia in the east.
 • Fought from September 6-9, 1914, French and
British forces confronted the invading Germany
First battle of Marne France.
• The Allied troops defeated Germany.
 The Eastern Front
Russian forces invaded Germany but were stopped. Despite that, Germany was forced to
lose the Battle of Marne
Russian Revolution
• Russia’s instability exploded in the Russian
Revolution of 1917
• Was spearheaded by Vladimir Lenin and the
Bolsheviks
America Enters
World War I
• In 1914, the United States remained
on the sidelines of World War I, but
then, Germany sunk a lot of
American ships.
• On April 2, 1917 Woodrow Wilson
called for a declaration of war
against Germany.
Gallipoli Campaign

• The Allies attempted to score a victory against

the Ottoman Empire.
• In January 1916 Allied forces were staged a
full retreat, after suffering 250,000 casualties.
Battle of the
Isonzo • The First Battle of the Isonzo took place in
1915, soon after Italy's entrance into the
war on the Allied side.
• After the Twelfth Battle, Italy's allies
jumped in to offer increased assistance.
World War I at Sea
• The superiority of Britain’s Royal Navy
was unreached by any other nation, but
the Imperial German Navy had got close
to the naval power with their U-boat
submarines.
Second Battle
of the Marne
• On July 15, 1918, German troops launched
what would become the last German
offensive of the war, attacking French forces
but they were defeated again.
• The Allies, who were able to regain much of
France and Belgium in the next months.
 Toward • By the fall of 1918, the Central Powers were
Armistice unraveling on all fronts.
• The World War I finished on November 11, 1918
Treaty of Versailles

• The Treaty ended the state

of
war between Germany and
the Allied Powers. It was
signed on 28 June 1919
in Versailles, exactly five
years after the assassination
of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, which had
directly led to World War
 Legacy of World War I
• It took the lives of more than 9 million soldiers
• Contributed to the fall of four venerable imperial dynasties: Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey.
• Many of the technologies we now associate with military conflict were
introduced on a massive scale during World War I.