1. WORLD WAR ONE (1914-1918)
Erik Anderson

2. POWDER KEG OF EUROPE
• Started in The Balkans
• The Spark was the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand.
• Austria-Hungary and Serbia were the first
two countries involved in the war.

3. THE ALLIED VS CENTRAL
• AlliedList: France, Britain,
Russia, United States, Italy
• CentralList: Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Ottoman
Empire, Bulgaria Green are Allied Powers;
Yellow are Central;
Grey are Neutral

4. THE SCHLIEFFIN PLAN
• The Schlieffin Plan was the
Germans strategic plan for
victory if it ever had to find
itself fighting on two fronts.

5. TOTAL WAR
• Total War is where almost every aspect of life
is diverted to it. Such as the men being sent
to fight and the home front being diverted to
helping the soldiers.
• The Stalemate was a word to describe the
Trench Warfare and how it seemed like no
one could win.
• a form of occupied fighting lines, consisting
largely of trenches, in which troops are largely
immune to the enemy's small arms fire and
are substantially sheltered from artillery.

6. KEY BATTLES OF WWI
• First Marne: Fought near Paris, France between the French
and United Kingdom against Germany. The Allies won. It
reset the stage of Trench Warfare.
• Second Marne: Located near Paris, France. The Germans lost
to France, Britain, Italy, and United States. It was Germanys
last strong offensive..
• Gallipoli: Located in the Ottoman Empire, German, The
Ottomans, and Austria-Hungary beat The British, French,
Australia, and New Zealand. It renewed ‘Turkey’s’ vision for
the empire.
• Somme: Located on the Somme River in France, Germany
lost in a battle against every allied power except The United
States. Germans had to retreat 40 miles.
• Verdun: Located in Verdun, France. The French beat the
Germans. It was a bad loss of a key strategic point for the
Germans.

7. BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION
•A political revolution and a
part of the Russian
Revolution of 1917.
• Happened in 1917.
• Resulted
in Russia leaving
World War One.

8. US ENTRY INTO THE WAR
• Two reasons for entering was because people
were pleading to help the Allied European
countries and Germans sunk the passenger
liner “RMS Lusitania”.
• Entered April of 1917.
• They fought with the Allies.
• Woodrow Wilson was president.