World War 1
Causes
Imperialism
Militarism
Nationalism
Alliances
Germany and Britain in competition created a growing naval inventory for both
Nations put all money towards weapons and army
Triple Alliance: Austria-Hungary, Italy and Germany
Triple Entente: France, UK and Russia
Nations desired to control all people and lands, thus becoming the leading world power.
Excessive patriotism leads to xenophobic habits of nations at the time
Nations forced their citizens to support the war cause the government aligned with.
Aftermath
Destruction
The intensity of the war destroyed all living things on the battlefield
During the War
Germany declared war on Russia after they mobilized their army. During Schrieffen plan Germany declared war on France. Finally UK declared War on Russia
Serbia and Austria-Hungary Conflict
The assassination of Archduke and his wife on June 28 1914 and was led by the Black Hand was committed by a Bosnian activist.
Austria-Hungary opposed Serbia's desire to create and independent Slavic state, supported by Russia
20 million people died in the war
Russia had highest number of casualties over 9,000,000
United states had a more lower rate of casualties compared to other counties with over 300,000
The damage cost trillions of dollars in todays money in order to rebuild European countries
Treaty of Versailles
This treaty was created at the Paris Peace Conference on January 18, 1919 to end WW1. It was between the allied powers and Germany although Germany did not have a say on the terms of the treaty
Demilitarization
Land Ownership
Blame
Reparations
Germany had to take full responsibility of initiating the war
Germany had to bay $33 billion which is a value of 321 billion today
Germany's army was restricted to 100,000 and not allowed to use tanks or poisionous gas
Germany's air force was eliminated and Navy limited to 6 ships only, without subs
Germany had to return all colonies
Rhineland remain in German possession but became demilitarized where as Alsace-Lorraine was given back to France
German leader Adolf Hitler believed that the Weimar Republic signing the treaty humiliated the German people. He wanted to rebel the treaty to unify the German citizens and show strength over allied powers
Geography
Poland was created from Russia and Germany
The Ottoman Empire were divided into several new nations
Austria-Hungary split and created new nations.
Trench Warfare
Technological Advancements
Shell Shock
technologies like machine guns tanks, flamethrowers and gases all contributed to the level of destruction
Trenches were the solider spent most of their time protecting themsleves. I12 feet deep mile long pits to fight the other side facing one other
The conditions were very unhealthy with a lot of vermin. Causing illness Trench Fever. Solider were also susceptible to Shell Shock
Shell Shock is a type of PTSD from the clashing and exploding of metal and weapons, very hard to treat at the time