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Europe Plunges into war (The Battle on the Eastern front (Russia struggles…

- - - - Facing a war on two fronts Germany developed a strategy known as the Schlieffen Plan
        
        This plan called for attacking and defeating France in the west and then rushing east to fight Russia. Germans felt they could carry out the plan because Russia lagged behind the rest of Europe.
        
        Allies regroup and attack Germans northeast of Paris after four days of fighting German Generals gave the order to retreat.
        
        This left the plan in ruins and Germany finally realized that a war on two fronts was going to happen so Germany sent troops to the Eastern front while on the western front they dug in for war
        
        Q: Why did Germany attack France first
        A: They thought Russia would take longer to mobilize and wouldn't have to worry about them while they quickly take over France and then move them back to Russia or also know as the Schlieffen Plan
        
        Schlieffen Plan
    - - By early 1915, opposing armies on the Western front had dug miles parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire
        
        Come to be known as trench warfare
        
        Life in trenches was pure misery the trenches were filled with rats. Fresh food was non existent. Sleep was nearly impossible
        
        The space between the opposing trenches won the grim name “no man’s land.” When the officers ordered an attack, their men went over the top of their trenches into this bombed-out landscape. There, they usually met murderous rounds of machine-gun fire
        
        Trench Warfare
        
        Q: Why were land gains so small
        A: The reason not much land was gained is because the trenches weren't to far apart and when one army was pushed back they would just make another trench and start all over again
      - War
- - - - This caused Germany to declare war on Russia.
      - Russia looks to France to help, however, Germany didn't wait for France to react.
        
        Two days after declaring war on Russia, Germny declared war on France
        
        Soon afterward Great Britain delcares war on Germany
        
        NATIONS TAKE SIDES:
        
        By mid August 1914, the battle lines were clearly drawn
        
        Great Britain, France, and Russia are known as the ALLIES
        
        Japan joined the allies within weeks
        
        Italy joined later, there were once a member of the central powers with Germany and Austria- Hungary, however the Italians joined the other side after accusing their former allies of unjustly starting the war.
        
        In the summer of 1914, millions of soldiers went to battle convinced that the war would be short
        
        Not many saw the horror of what yet to come
        
        One of them was Britains foreign minister, he says,"The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them again in our life time"
        
        Germany, Austria Hungary. are know as the CENTRAL POWERS.
        
        Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire would later join the central powers in hopes of regaining lost territory.
        
        Self Interest: Making decisions based on what is the most advantageous for the individual or group of people.
        
        what country had taken over territories that Bulgaria and the ottoman empire wanted to regain?
        
        Great Britain
        
        about the triple Entente
        
        Why did Germany declare war on france?
        
        because they thought that Russia mobilization on them meant that they wanted war.
        
        begining of war
- - - - Russia had yet to become industrialized
        
        German controlled the sea which meant Russias allies could not bring over supplies.
        
        Russia has so many troops that they were able to tie down the German troops in the east.
      - Becuase of this they were always short of weaponry and basic necessities.
  - - - At the beginning of the War Russia launched an attack into both Austria and Germany.
        
        Russian forces defeated the Austrians twice.
        
        Russian forces defeated the Austrians twice.
        
        Germany counter attacked, the Germans crushed the invading Russia army killing 30,000