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NOVEMBER 16, 2015
• Finish Europe Video
• WWI & WWII notes
• HW: Maps due Thursday 11/19
• Political Map Quiz 11/19
Causes of WWI
• M.A.I.N
–Militarism
–Alliances
–Imperialism
–Nationalism
M.A.I.N
• Militarism: the policy of
glorifying military power
– Large military = power =
national pride
M.A.I.N
• Alliances: an
agreement between
countries that states they
will assist one another in
a time of conflict
Triple Entente
–France, Great
Britain and Soviet
Union alliance
–Also known as
Allied Powers
–USA will join in
1917
M.A.I.N
•Imperialism
– European countries
politically and
economically control
colonies abroad
– Spurred competition
– Encouraged militarism
– Increased tensions
M.A.I.N
• Nationalism
– Unified nations
– Caused intense competition between
nations
– Led to independence movements
and conflict
The Powder Keg: The Balkans
• Area of intense conflict and
nationalism
• Spark ignites on June 28,
1914 with assassination of
Austro-Hungarian
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke
and his wife
are killed by
Serbian
nationalists
June 28,
1914
Germany
declares war
on Russia
due to
alliance
with Austria
Austria
declares
war on
Serbia
France
declares war
on Germany
and Austria
due to
alliance with
Russia
Russia
declares war
on Austria
due to
alliance
with Serbia
Germany
declares
war on
France
Great Britain
declares war
on Germany
due to
alliance with
France
Germany
invades
Belgium and
moves to attack
France
(Western Front)
Countries in
British
Commonwealth
join the war effort
(Canada, New
Zealand,
Australia, South
Africa, and India)
Germans and
Austrians fight
off advancing
Russians on
the Eastern
Front
War becomes “Total War”
• Countries devoted all their resources to the
war effort
• Economy based on producing war supplies
• Women started working in the men’s jobs
• Rationing
• Propaganda
Conditions on the Front in WWI
1. New Weapons Utilized
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Machine Guns
Poison gas (Mustard Gas)
Tanks
Airplanes (Dog Fighting)
2. Trench Warfare
– “No Man’s Land”
– Disease and influenza
War Comes to an End
• Armistice signed
– Fighting ends Nov. 11th at
11 am (11/11 @11am)
– Victory for Allies and
defeat for Germany
– Led to peace talks in
Paris starting in 1919
Legacy of “The Great War”
• Extremely costly in both
human lives and money
• End of Empires
• Infrastructure destroyed
• Treaty of Versailles 1919
– Peace process sets the stage
for WW2
– Germany must pay for war
WWI lead to WWII? Video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBI6ZzaP2Uk
Between the Wars
• Europe struggles to
rebuild
• Great Depression
• Rise of Totalitarianism in
Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Germany and Japan
expand
Axis Powers
• 1940,Germany, Italy and Japan form an
alliance known as the Axis Powers
Allied Powers
• Great Britain, France, USSR and later USA
The Yalta Conference
• Roosevelt, Churchill and
Stalin met in February,
1945 in Yalta, Ukraine
• Discuss plans of dividing
up Europe anticipating the
defeat of Germany
• Germany was divided and
most of Eastern Europe
was controlled by the
Soviet Union
Results of WWII
• Europe
– Germany and Italy
defeated
– Germany divided up
between Allied powers
– Eastern Europe and East
Germany now under
USSR control
– Western Europe under
democratic control
• Japan
– Atomic bombs dropped
on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
– All lands conquered
returned to pre-war
status
– Slowly recover thanks to
Western democratic aid
Crash Course World History: WWII video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78COTwT7nE