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THE COURSE OF THE WAR - Coggle Diagram
THE COURSE OF THE WAR
CASUS BELLI
This is why WWI began
Assassination of the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
28 June 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot
In Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip
(Serbian separatist)
THE RESPONSE
Austria-Hungary annex Serbia
Russia defended them
Germany attacked France
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1st PHASE (1914)
Called "
war of movement
"
Germany rapiddly attacked against France
Through Belgium to dominate it quickly
Simultaneously
Germans + Austro-Hungarians repelled Russian advances
On the Eastern Front
Over the months...
The powers thought of a quick victory
Because of their armies and new weapons
Then, war fronts stabilised
2nd PHASE (1915-1916)
1915
Triple Entente troops held back Germans
On the Western Front
New phase: "
trench warfare
" or "
war of position
"
They couldn't avance
Terrible losses of human life on both sides
THE BATTLE OF VERDUN (1916)
21 February 1916
Bloodiest battles of the Great War
In France, lasted10 months
Following methods from the 19th century
But with weapons of the 20th century
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Soldiers had complex systems of trenches
To protect themselves
Rain, cold, snow, mud, rats, lice and illnesses
Human suffering to the extreme
First Battle of the Somme
(1916)
Unsuccessful attempt to break German front
Soldiers showed signs of fatigue, discontent and low morale
Riots & mass desertion
Frequent in Eastern Front
War spread
British Empire, German colonies & Ottoman Empire
Africa, Aegean Region, Caucasus & Middle East
Battle of Gallipoli
Triple Entente’s goal
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3rd PHASE (1917-1918)
Triumph of the Revolution in Russia
Country was out of the game
Triple Entente overcame this
Intervention of the
United States
Shifted in its favour
In May 1915
British ship Lusitania was attacked
By a German submarine and sank
1,200 passengers died were US citizens
United States entered World War I in April 1917
Allied counterattacks
Progressive loss of support from Germany
German's conclude the wouldn't won
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Near the end
President of the United States
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