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THE COURSE OF THE WAR
Casus Belli And Chain Reaction
assassination of the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
World War I
Russia defended Serbia
Germany attacked France
Austria-Hungary threatened to annex Serbia
Great Britain decided to come to its defence
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot
On 28 June 1914
by Gavrilo Princip
Serbian separatist
Sarajevo
specific reason why a conflict begins
First Phase (1914)
Germany launched
through Belgium
attack against France
Eastern Front
repelled early Russian
Germans
Austro-Hungarians
War of movement
powers were confident of victory
modernity of new weapons
war fronts stabilised
these factors were vanished
readiness of their armies
Second Phase (1915–1916)
The battle of Verdun (1916)
19th century's methods
20th century's deadly weapons
700,000 casualties, either killed or wounded
21 February 1916
lasted 10 months
trench warfare (1915)
Triple Entente
held back the Germans
in Paris
terrible losses
on both sides
war of position
First Battle of the Somme (1916)
human suffered to the extreme
because of rain, cold, snow, mud, rats, lice and illnesses
soldiers
signs of fatigue, discontent and low morale
harsh conditions of trench warfare
carnage of each battle
frequent on the Eastern Front
demoralisation of the Russian soldiers
riots
mass desertion attemps
civilian population
supply problems and difficult living conditions
exhausted of death and destruction
unsuccessful attempt
to break the German front
soldiers dig complex trenches
Battle of Gallipoli (1915–1916)
another bloody battle
Triple Entente troops
seized a small fraction of the coastline
500,000 people dead, wounded or missing
abandon after 10 months
Triple Entente wanted
break the stalemate in the war
nothing was achieved
the Triple Entente’s goal
block the Ottoman Empire
fighting in its territory
help Russian Empire
on the Eastern Front
attack the strategic Dardanelles Strait
The war spread to
all of the Ottoman Empire
German colonies
and reached
the Aegean Region
the Caucasus
Africa
the Middle East
territories of the British Empire
Third Phase (1917–1918)
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
armistice was signed
the end of hostilities
November 1918
president of the United States
proposed a peace plan
Woodrow Wilson
1917
Triple Entente
overcame this setback
because of the United States
Revolution in Russia
country was out of the game
signed a peace treaty
surrended in 1918
triumphed
Lusitania
British ship
attacked by a German submarine
May 1915
US citizens
1,200 passengers died
people wanted the United States to enter World War I
happened in April 1917
Weimar Republic
Emperor William II abdicated
loss of support from Germany
army concluded war couldn't be won
