1. WW1
1914-1918
Bo Campbell

2. The Powder Keg of Europe
• Began in Balkans
• First Two countries: Serbia and Austria
• The assassination of Archduke France
Ferdinand.
• Archduke Ferdinand was the heir to the
Austria-Hungary throne

3. The Allies vs. The
Central Powers
• Central Powers- Germany, Austria, Hungary,
Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
• Allies- France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, Romania.

4. The
The Schlieffen Plan
• Germany’s plan

5. Total War
• Defined-inisthewar in which a belligerent fully
engages
a
complete mobilization of
available resources and population.
• WWI was known as the Stalemate because
not much was lost or gained from it.
• Trench Warfare- Fighting from a distance in a
trench most of the time.

6. Key Battles of WWI
• Gallipoli- Gallipoli peninsula vs. Ottoman
Empire, Ottoman Empire won.
• Verdun- Verdun-sur-Meuse vs. France,
France won.

7. Bolshevik Revolution

8. US entree into the
war?
• April 6, 1917
• Joined the Allies
• Woodrow Wilson
• The felt the obligation to help their
European allies against the Germans