Do Now:( A global conflict worksheet)
- What factors led to the WWI?
- How did the Industrial Revolution lead to WWI?
- Why would Imperialism contribute to WWI?
- What is Nationalism?
- What is Imperialism? Militarism?
- What was the Triple Alliance?
Notes:
War Affects the World
The Gallipoli Campaign
• Allies move to capture Ottoman Dardanelles strait in
February 1915
• Hope to defeat Ottoman Empire,
a Central Powers ally
• Also want to open a supply line through region to Russia
• Effort ends in costly Allied defeat
Battles in Africa and Asia
• Allies take control of German holdings in Asia, Africa
• Britain
and France
use their colonial subjects to help in war effort
America
Joins the Fight
• Germany
seeks to control Atlantic Ocean to stop supplies to Britain
• Uses unrestricted submarine warfare
-ships near Britain
sunk without warning
• Halts policy in 1915, after sinking of Lusitania
angers U.S.
• Renews unrestricted policy in 1917, hopes to starve Britain quickly
• Renewal of policy and effort to enlist Mexico anger U.S.
• U.S.
declares war against Germany
in April 1917, joining Allies
War Affects the Home Front
Governments Wage Total War
• World War I becomes total war—nations devote all resources
to war
• Governments take control of economy to produce war goods
• Nations turn to rationing—limiting purchases of war-related
goods
• Propaganda—one-sided information to build morale, support
for war
Women and the War
• At home, thousands of women fill jobs previously held by
men
• Many women also experience the war by working as nurses
The Allies Win the War -Russia Withdraws
• Civil unrest in Russia forces czar to step down
from throne in 1917
• Communists soon take control of Russia’s government
• Russia
signs treaty with Germany
in March 1918, pulls out of war
The Central Powers Collapse
• With Russia
gone, Germany
moves most forces to Western Front
• Engage in major fighting; Allies force Germans to retreat
• Allies win war; armistice—end of fighting—signed in
November 1918
The Legacy of the War -A High Price
• War takes heavy toll: 8.5 million soldiers dead, 21
million wounded
• War devastates European economies, drains national
treasuries
• Many acres of land and homes, villages, towns destroyed
• Survivors suffer disillusionment and despair; reflected in
the arts
