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Europe Plunges Into War (The Battle on the Eastern Front (Even though…

- - - - Conflict
    - - The were more mobile in the East because in the West they were stuck in the trenches and weren't able to move very far due to the constant shooting.
- - - - Early in the war it seemed Germany's plan would be a success.
        
        On September 5th, however, France sent every available troop to the front line, even using taxis to move soldiers.
        
        After four days of fighting, German generals gave the order to retreat.
        
        This was perhaps the most important event during the war, with no quick victory in the west, there was a long, two front war waiting.
        
        With the western front settling into a stalemate, and Russia already invading, Germany sent thousands of troops east to help.
        
        Balance
        
        Change
      - The Schlieffen plan had the Germans defeating the French in the west, the moving their troops to the east to fight Russia.
        
        Why did the Germans attack France first?
        
        The Schlieffen Plan
  - - - Soldiers lived miserably in the trenches.
        
        Soldiers were sometimes ordered to go into the "No Man's Land" --the space between opposing trenches-- where they would likely be shot by enemy machine guns.
        
        Due to this, both sides would lose countless soldiers, for very little gained land.
        
        Why was there so little land gained?
        
        Conquest
        
        The technology developed for the war was not advancing the war as the generals had hoped.
        
        In 1916, the Germans attacked the French at Verdun. This battle was massive with both sides losing in excess of 300,000 troops each.
        
        When the British tried to help, they lost 20,000 of their own.
        
        With all this death, each side only gained around 4 miles.
        
        Why were soldiers ordered to go over even though they were likely to die?
        
        Life in WWI Trenches
      - Patterns
      - Why was trench warfare thought to be the best method?
- - - - Italy, Japan, and Italy later joined the Allies. Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire later joined the Central Powers.
        
        Why did these countries end up joining sides?
      - Change
  - - - Germany also declared war on France two days after they declared war on Russia
        
        Soon afterwards Great Britain declared war on Germany.
        
        Why didn't they just try to talk things over, rather than just declaring war on everybody else?
      - War
- - - - The German troops crushed the Russian army, which forced them to retreat.
      - Battle of Tannenberg
  - - - Russia was eventually pushed out Russia in December.
- - - - How did Russia's industrialization affect its war effort?
        
        They weren't able to keep up with the demand of supplies for the war effort. This hurt them because they ran out of materials to help make weapons and they didn't have enough food.
      - Russia wasn't able to receive supplies from the Allies due to German forces keeping them back.
      - Russia's numbers
        
        The only thing that Russia had going for them was the large amount of people they had fighting.
      - The Russians were able to get many German troops. With the large Russian army Germany wasn't able to send all of their people off to the west.
        
        Germany wasn't just worried about the battles to the East and West. They were also worried about the war in Africa and Asia.