WWI: from beginning to end

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Alliances (until 1917)

  • The triple Entante: France, Great-Brittain, Russia, Serbia

  • The triple alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

  • Neutral countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switserland, Norway, Sweden

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Von Schlieffenplan



  • Germany was closed in by 2 enemies: France and Russia
  • To prevent a two front war, Germany wanted to defeat France quickly in order to fully focus on Russia.
  • So Germany planned to surprise France by attacking from Belgium

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Trench warfare



  • The Von Schlieffenplan failed: The German advances are stopped in Marne by the French and British.
  • Both sides started to dig trenches to protect themselves from the shelling
  • A long line of trenches stretched on the Western front

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2 different fronts
Eastern front: a moving war until the truce with Russia (March 1918)

Western front: trench warfare with many casualities and little movement of the front line

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Westfornt

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Battle of Verdun
  • 21/02/1916 - 18/12/1916
  • 714.231 in 302 days
  • Germany charged the French line at Verdun

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Battle of the Somme
- 01/07/1916-18/11/1916
- around 1.000.000 wounded or dead
- Deadliest battle in UK history
- around 60.000 dead on the first day

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Devastating total war
Huge impact on the countries involved:
- conscription and a lot of death
- Women taking over male jobs
- scarcity (food and materials)
- use of new horrifying weapons like tanks, bombs, gas
- civilian casualties

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During the war...

Active us of:
  • modern propaganda (posters, films)
  • modern communication (telegraph, phones)

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USA joins the war against Germany
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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Armistice 1918
  • Truce on 11am on the 11th of the 11th 1918
  • Germany surrenders
  • Truce signed in train chariot in Compiègne

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The peace of Versailles 1919

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