WWI

Event that triggered

Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian terrorist organization the Black Hand

Why did the US join the allied side

-The Zimmerman telegram sent by German foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman asking Mexico to invade the United States if the U.S were to declare war on Germany

- German use of unrestricted submarine warfare which sank U.S flagged shipping in the Atlantic.

- U.S feelings of kinship with the British

- Allied power owed the U.S A LOT of money

- Americans were against the German invasion of Belgium.

No man's land

The area between opposing trenches in World War I, often characterized by barbed wire, artillery fire, and high casualty rates.

Long term causes

nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliance system

Allies

France, Great Britain and United states

Central Powers

Germany, Ottoman Empire and Austria Hungary

Tank

Developed by the british

Allies used to break the stalemate by advancing

To cross no mans land “area between trenches”

Steel plated

Tracks not wheels it was slow

Slow, hot, fumes

Machine gun

Rapid fire

400-800 rounds per minute

range - as far as 4000 yard

Charges (troops) mowed down (likely to be injured or killed.)

Trench warfare

filth, lice, rats, and decaying bodies

polluted water caused dysentery

lack of food and sleep

trench foot - infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and unsanitary

conditions

trench mouth – painful infection of the gums and throat

shell shock – emotional collapse – fatigue, tremors, confusion, nightmares,

impaired sight and hearing (PTSD – post traumatic stress disorder)

submarine/u boat

almost won Germany the war by cutting off supplies to the Allies

lost Germany the war by pulling the US into the war

advantage – stealth – can’t be seen

used torpedoes to sink Allied ships

Allied ships used depth charges to destroy U-boats

Poison gas

blistered the skin and lungs (mustard gas)

Flamethrower

used to flush out the trenches

Trench foot

infection of the feet caused by cold, wet, and unsanitary conditions

Trench mouth

painful infection of the gums and throat