WWI

Causes For WWI

Militarism

  -Military spending increased 300% from 1871-1914

Alliances

  -Tripple alliances:       -Triple Entente:
  -Germany                      -France

  -Italy                        -Russia

  -Austria-Hungary              -Great Britain

Imperialism

  -Coloniel competiton still in effect

Nationalism

  -National rivalries bewteeen countires lead to conflict

  -France vs Germany

  -Russia vs Austria-Hungary

Complacency

  -Europe had not experienced a major war they have been involved in in 100 years

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  -Sarajevo, Bosnia                              -Princip

  -June 28th, 1914                               -19 when he killed Archduke   -

  -Cabrinovich’s Grenade

  -Died at 23  -Princip’s Plan

Trench Warfare

  -Eat, Sleep, and Fight in the trenches  -No man’s land  -Stalemate  -Trench Foot

WWI Technology

  -Tanks              -Poison Gas

  -Airplanes          -Machine Guns

  -Zeppelins          -Rifles

Airplanes

  -Biplanes

  -Twin Seats

  -Top Speed 100 mph

  -Only 3 hours of flight

Rifles

-M1918 Bar

  -American

  -Felt like LMG

  -Used alot in WWII

  -Single Round or Automatic Fire

  -550 RPM

-Mauser 98

  -German

  -Main German Rifle

  -Guns now have mags

-Springfield M 1903

  -WWI-WWII

  -53 Competing Designs

  -First magazine rifle

  -Tested in Spanish American War

  -M1 Garand decreases its popularity

Tanks

  -Allies had stronger tanks

  -Not very mobile

  -GE?

  -6 Man Systems

  -Awful against elevation

Zeppelins

  -Large but was a big target

  -Flew at night to avoid artillery

  -Mostly used by Germans

Mustard gas

  -Used against both the French and Belgians

  -Mustard Shells not captured until 1917 by the Allies

  -Aerosol and mixture of other colors provide the yellow-brown color

  -Used as aerial bombs/mortars

  -Absorbed through skin

Grenade

-Frag Grenade

  -American

-Stick Grenade

  -German

The Schieffen Plan 1914

  -Battle of the Marne

  -10,000 troops ferried from Paris

  -600 taxis bring in sold

  -French Hold their high ground