Dipity
This is one of the causes of the Entrance to WWI. A decrypted note to Mexico from Germany "That we shall make war together and make peace together. We shall give generous financial support, and an...
Germany's goal was to exhaust the Allies reserves. British lost 67,000 men in the first day. The British wanted to draw forces from Verdun. The longest battle of the war. 4 months 485,000 British...
At any one time, there were 24 French divisions fighting at Verdun. French losses are estimated at 161,000 dead, 101,000 missing and 216,000 men wounded. German losses are estimated 142,000 killed ...
After the Germans sunk the French passenger vessel Sussex, the U.S threatened to cut dipolomatic relations with Germany. The German government then promised not to sink liners without warning or wi...
The Red Baron shot down approximately 80 enemy aircraft.
The most successful American ace at that time, Rickenbacker was dubbed by the press as America's "Ace of Aces." He was given credit for shooting down 26 German planes. After the war he was very in...
Poison Gas Tanks Biplanes Barbed War Machine Guns Artillery - Big Bertha
In response to the British blockade around Germany, Germany continued unrestricted U-Boat activity. March 28, 1915 the Lusitania was sunk. 128 Americans were killed.
From the North Sea to Switzerland. Separated by no-man's land. A deadly form of warfare.
Germany pushes through neutral Belgium. The allies push back. The beginning of trench warfare. Both sides realized that it would be a long war.
Ferdinand, killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia. A-H
Allied Powers a. GB b. France c. Russia - left in 1917 - Russian Revolution d. Italy Central Powers a. Germany b. Austria-Hungary c. Ottoman Empire d. Bulgaria
Cause # 1: Nationalism Cause # 2 Militarism Cause # 3 Secret Alliances Cause # 4 International Anarchy
Germany's Plan to Conquer the World France Russia Great Britain Balkans Asia United States
