WWI

WWI

• Total War– As the war grew, countries had to commit all

their resources to winning• Conscription was used• Raised taxes• Rations

– Whoever had the most money at the nd would win

• Economic warfare

WWI

• Attacks on supplies became just as important as attacks on soldiers– British Navy blockade prevented supplies reaching

Germany– German U-Boats

• Blockaded and blew up any ship carrying supplies into Britain

– Lusitania

• Public Opinion – Propaganda was used to convince people to hate the

enemy

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• As the war moved on, morale on both sides dropped– Germany was running out of soldiers– Britain was almost bankrupt– Russian Revolution

• Backs out of war

• United States provides boost– Joins the Allied forces

WWI

• Why join the War?– Americans and Wilson had wanted to stay out

of the war• Series of events changed their minds

– Felt sympathy for Britain and France– Germany started blowing up ships again– Zimmerman Telegram

• 1917 Wilson asks congress for war

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• With Fresh new American soldiers, the Allies were able to push back Germany– Austria Hungary collapsed– Ottoman Empire asks for peace

• Armistice was settled

• Terms of peace were now discussed

WWI

• Treaty of Versailles– Put all blame on Germany

• Forced them to admit blame

– Pay reparations– Limited their power

• Effects outside of Germany– More independent European countries– Expansion of Western power over Africa and Asia

• League of Nations• Offered hope that war would end