Europe Plunges into War
The Great War Begins
Central Power
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire
Allies
Great Britain
France
Russia
Japan
In 1914
Serbia
Russia and Germany
Russia expect Germany to join Austria, Russia
So the Russia army moved toward the German border
To Germany Russia's mobilization amounted to a declaration of war
So on August 1, The German government declared war on Russia
Russia tried to get help from France
But Germany didn't wait declared a war on Russia
Germany also declared a war on France
Soldiers marched to battle thinking that the war would be short
Only few people foresaw the horror
Sir Edward Gray
The Bloody Stalemate
In 1914
Battlefields of France turned into a long and bloody stalemate known as the Western Front
Schlieffen Plan
Germany battle strategy
Attacking and defeating France in the west and then rushing east to fight Russia
On early September
Germany did the Schlieffen Plan
Germany take down France in just a day
On September 5, the Allies regrouped and attacked Germany
The Germany left the Schlieffen Plan in ruins
War in the Trenches
In 1915
The Western Front dug a trench to protect enemy fire also known as the trench warfare
Lives in the trench was horrible
New Weapons of War
Poison Gas
Machine Gun
Tank
Submarine
The Battle on the Eastern Front
Western Front sent millions of men to fight on the Eastern front
Eastern Front
The battle field along the German and Russian border
Russians and Serbs V.S Germans and Austro-Hungarians
The early fight
Russian launched an attack into both Austria and Germany
Germany counterattacked Russia, and crushed the invading Russians
Russia defeated the Austrians twice in Sep 1914
On December
Austrian army defeated the Russians
Russia struggles
In 1916
Russia almost colapse
The supply shipments to Russia were limited by German control
