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- - - - Large barrages of massive artillery pieces which could be quite inaccurate led to houses being destroyed both deliberately and by accident
        
        conflict
        
        bullets are cheap but lives are expensive so artillery was used at almost every opportunity
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_x8MctdDBo
  - - - especially in the west everyone either fought in the war or knew someone who did and someone who died
        
        Nationalism
        
        many people who were ardent nationalists fought in the war and after seeing friends and loved ones die horrific deaths in front of their eyes grew apathetic or hateful towards the nation that had sent them to war
        
        many also felt lied to by their country. The war was supposed to be glorious, quick, and full of epic acts of heroism. Instead it was a miserable desperate fight with thousands dying pointlessly each day in front of men they had served with for months to years
        
        Values and Beliefs
        
        many young men also had their core beliefs shaken and torn apart in a war they now saw as a futile war against men who they had more in common with than their own leaders
        
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- - - - Because of total war governments turned to help from women, thousands of women replaced men in factories, offices, and shops. Women built tanks and munitions, plowed fields, paved streets, and ran hospitals. They also kept troops supplied with food, clothing, and weapons.
      - American nurse Shirley Millard describes her experience with a soldier who had lost both eyes and feet.
      - More on Shirley Millard
      - In Britain, Germany, Austria, Russia, and France, the entire force of government was dedicated to winning the conflict.
      - Alliance
- - - - However, by 1917, nearly 5.5 million Russian soldiers had been wounded, killed, or taken prisoner.
    - - Eight months after the new government took over, a revolution shook Russia
        
        In November 1917, Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power.
        
        Lenin insisted on ending his country’s involvement in the war. One of his first acts was to offer Germany a truce.
        
        In March 1918, Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended the war between them.
        
        What effect did the Russian Revolution have on Russia’s role in World War I?
        
        It practically ended the war because it stopped all conflict with Russia and Germany. But it helped Germany because it allowed them to move all of their forces to the Western Front to launch one final attack on France.
        
        Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
        
        Revolution
  - - - As in the opening weeks of the war, the German forces crushed everything in their path
        
        By late May 1918, the Germans had again reached the Marne River. Paris was less than 40 miles away. Victory seemed within reach.
        
        By this time, however, the German military had weakened. The effort to reach the Marne had exhausted men and supplies alike
        
        Sensing this weakness, the Allies—with the aid of nearly 140,000 fresh U.S. troops—launched a counterattack
        
        With the arrival of 2 million more American troops, the Allied forces began to advance steadily toward Germany.
      - Militarism
    - - evolution swept through Austria-Hungary. In Germany, soldiers mutinied, and the public turned on the kaiser.
        
        On November 9, 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II stepped down. Germany declared itself a republic
        
        On November 11, World War I came to an end.
        
        Kaiser Wilhelm II
        
        How did the surrender of the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria and the revolution in Austria-Hungary lead to the end of World War I?
        
        It lead to the end of WWI because this caused the Central powers to collapse and because Germany had no help they could no longer fight France and The USA.
- - - - The focus of the war had shifted to the seas. The Germans had intensified their submarine warfare
        
        The Germans declared a policy of attacking any ship in the waters around Britain
        
        How did the Zimmerman Note draw America into the war?
        
        The Zimmerman Note had been a plea from Germany to Mexico asking them to aid in the war and in return they would help reconquer land from America
        
        The Zimmerman Note
        
        Consequence
        
        The Germans had decided to continue with their policy to sink any ship in the British seas which caused the Americans to have even more reason to join in the War
      - Why did the Allies want to establish a supply line to Russia?
        
        The allies wanted to use the Dardanelles strait to establish a supply line, this way they could provide Russia with supply. Russia was not a very industrialized country therefore, they could not replenish their supplies fast enough to continue battling well.
        
        The allies had implemented a strategy to attack a region in the Ottoman Empire known as the Dardanelles
        
        The sea straight was the gateway to the Ottoman capital. By securing the Dardanelles the allies thought they could take the capital, defeat the Turks, and establish a supply line to Russia
        
        British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops attempted repeated assaults on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
        
        Turkish troops vigorously defended the region. My may the region turned into another stalemate
        
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        The Supply Line
      - In parts of Asia and Africa Germany's possessions were under assault. The Japanese overran German outposts in China
        
        The Japanese also captures some of Germany's pacific islands
        
        English and French troops had began attacking Germany's four African possessions. However, they inly took control of three
        
        British and French troops recruited subjects in other colonies in Africa and Asia to help aid in the struggle
    - - As the war continued countries had to keep escalating and improving to get ahead of their enemies