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Britain at the time was on top of the world in the industrialization scene. German decided to also industrialize, they shortly shot up to the top because of their manufacturing of cheaper products
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After the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire, the Balkans was restructured by the major powers.
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Picassos' work can be categorized in "periods". Some of the periods are called "The Blue Period', "The Rose Period" and the famous "Cubism" period.
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Germany and Britain during the 1890s and onward had economic conflicts. Since Germany had a huge uprising the industrialization scene, they were competing with British manufactures. This then threatened the trade lines
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Between the times if 1880 and 1900 Europe allowed people who were born at the time to have their own distinct generation.
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Ernest Hemingway was considered a leader of The Lost Generation. During The Great War, he offered to fight with Italy but they were then defeated by the Central Powers.
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The rivalry between Germany and Britain occurred from 1906 to 1914. This rivalry (The Great Naval Race) caused huge friction between the nations. This rivalry was seen as a cause of World War
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Picasso's early work was a style called Cubism. Later on in the war, he changed his style. He did not support Germany and the Germans had adopted his style which prompted the change.
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Central powers rivaled over land in the Balkan regions, this rivalry was a cause of the World War
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Throughout the war, both sides used nationalistic propaganda to bring in more people into the war, "Together We Win".
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Germany also used propaganda during the war. One of the posters that were used said "This is how it would look in German lands if the French reached the Rhine.
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Nationalism is an intense form of patriotism or loyalty to one’s country. Nationalism was frequently used in 20th century Europe and a widespread use during World War I.
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Nationalism was a cause of the Great War, it led to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Germany was planning to invade Russia, Russia in return set defense for the planned attack(The Schlieffen Plan August 1914).
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The French and the Russians were in a military alliance when Germany declared war on Russia on August 1st, 1914 Russia refused to demobilize its army. Germany then figured it would be easier to defeat France.
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During the Great War, Russia mobilizes faster than Germany expected. This then causes Germany to fight on two fronts.
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Germany Joined The War because other allied countries entered the war first. The first country to declare war in WWI was Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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Britain had an alliance with Belgium, at this time Belgium was neutral in the war. Germany planned to march through Belgium on the way to invade France. This resulted in Britain declaring war on Germany.
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In total, the Great War mobilized 65,038,810 troops. This is from all the nations
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During the Great War, Belgium was invaded by Germany but was slowed down. This allowed France and Britain to mobilize (Schlieffen Plan)
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On the Eastern Front was the border of Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary split their armies and were weakened. They then tried to overtake Russia but were held up at The Battle of The Marne
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At the beginning of the war, the Russians were creating and manufacturing weapons for the war. But when it came to war they were very ill-equipped.
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The battle of the Marne was the first turning point of the war. This battle was the begging of trench warfare. In this battle, French drove the Germans back to the Aisne River.
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The Triple Entente and Central Powers were all in a fight over the Western Front. The chose the Western Front because the Italian Front was not accessible due to the Italian mountain range
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During The Great War, most of the war in France was fought on the French-German border.
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Marxists tried to ignite a revolution against the proletariat, this then leads to food and fuel shortages. Workers then went on strike and the people marched through the streets for bread.
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Trying to go through Italy was not in mind for the enemies. They had the Swiss Alps that were not easy to get up and were covered in snow, and you had rivers like the Isonzo River.
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Germany used the Zepplin to attack England. This was the first air raid attack of the war.
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This battle could have ended the participation of the Turks in the war if they won. The allies lost around 214,000 soldiers whereas the Turks lost over 300,00
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During The Great War, Turkey lost 300,00 troops, if The Battle Of Gallipoli was successful, it would have ended the Turks Position in the War
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Armenian women were often captured by Turkish officers and were forced to join their harems. Both women and children were sold to Moslem purchasers in markets
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In the years of 1915 and 1916, the Armenian massacre occurred with the death of one and a half million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
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To this day the Turkish government denies that the genocide never happened. They say that they only "removed" them from the "war zone".
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The Armenian political and intellectual leaders pulled Armenians from their homes in a house by house search. They would then place them in labor camps or labor battalions and kill them off.
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Armenians were often beaten or left to die if they did not have the strength. Armenian prisoners had to go through a life of beatings and rape.
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In the early stages of the war, the U.S. had no concern about the current war that was going on in Eastern Europe between the Central Powers. On May 1st, 1915 the Lusitania set sail from New York, on this ship, there were 1,959 passengers aboard, 128 of them were American. They were killed by a German U-boat this is called 'unrestricted submarine warfare'. This event caused outrage in the U.S. and the government which led the entry of the U.S. in the Great War.
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During the Great War, both sides used propaganda to their advantage. A bandwagon is a technique that encourages people to do something or act in some way because other people are doing so.
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During the Great War, both sides used propaganda to their advantage. Emotion appeal is when one uses a figure to cause an emotional feeling to encourage a motive.
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During the Great War, both sides used propaganda to their advantage. Testimonial propaganda is when a famous figure encourages a motive to do or buy something.
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During the Great War, both sides used propaganda to their advantage. The Transfer technique is when something is related to a respected product or person. They relate them in a way to encourage you
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During the Great War, both sides used propaganda to their advantage. Fear Propaganda is used to invoke fear or something scary to motivate you to fight against it
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282,000 German soldiers died in one of history's greatest slaughters. This was seen as a major turning point and a loss for Germany.
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This battle was the most costly battle of the war, this day 52,00 troops were lost on the first day in total there were 420,000 British casualties.
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The Battle of the Somme was fought along and on a river. This rover is located in France, and the Germans tried to invade. The river made it quite a bit messier for both sides.
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Trench Warfare was very common during The Great War. Trenches are when soldiers dig a walking space to move that is lower than the surface was a big aspect of what the great war was seen as. Often soldiers would get trench foot from walking around in the trenches. This s when a trench is wet and your feet get soggy and moldy and fall apart.
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In September of 1916, a secret organization in Britain called Wellington House was organized. They called on journalists and newspaper writers to write articles to counter-act the statements made by enemies. This art was called propaganda
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In January of 1917 during the, a telegram was intercepted and decoded. This telegram was sent to the prime minister of Mexico at the time. The telegram was saying that Mexico should ally with Germany and if the U.S. was to join, Mexico would attack the southern border.
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At the start of 1917, Russia's economy was collapsing. Food and fuel was very low and this ultimately led to the revolution in February
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The beginning of the Russian Revolution helped the Germans by freeing troops. Later on, this did not help the Germans who were fighting a two-front war
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During the revolution, peasants were forced to work in military factories for the war. This helped boost the surplus of weapons to the troops
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The governments had to turn to a total war train of thought and utilised propaganda to their advantage. They also censored much of the media to control the people and their moods.
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In this time city dwellers in Germany stood up and Germany then sent recruits as young as 15 years old
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Before the United States declared war on Germany, both sides were at a stalemate, and the war was not really going anywhere.
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When the U.S. entered the war almost immediately the production of goods switches to military needs. Almost 3 million joined the fight and 500,000 joined a government position of some sort.
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The advantage of the United States joining was the fresh boost the allies got and the patriotism in the country. War was glamorous and people wanted to join for glory and pride.
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at the end of the war, around 4,000,000 soldiers were mobilized. Out of that 4,000,000, only 116,708 died and 204,000 were wounded.
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One of the main reason the U.S. did not attend the Treaty of Versailles is that they did not want to give up their sovereignty
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Russia was at civil war for the representation of Russia. The Red army represented the Bolshevik-Communist party and the white army represented the revolutionaries and was loyal to the Tsar
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After the Russian Revolution, Russia then decided to leave the war and signed a peace treaty with Germany. This gave Germany a chance to breathe but not a big enough motivation.
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Marx was the dictator of the proletariat and thought that society would become classless and a collectivist. Lenin strengthened the government and created the secret police. He then became dictator of the communist party.
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Trotsky had a powerful Red Army. He used the idea of the Romans practice of 'Every 10th Man'. This practice was that every 10th man in a unit that did not perform well would get shot.
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Lenin's secret police killed 200,000 people and banned political parties, newspapers and then created the Gulag. The Gulag was forced labor camps for political prisoners and criminals of the Soviet Union.
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During the war, the French were getting tired and war fatigue, after the announcement of the U.S. joining, the allies then felt replenished
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In the War almost 10 million were dead, 20 million were maimed or wounded and 20 million died from influenza.
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Britain punished Germany and gained control over the land of Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq.
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Austria-Hungary was left with a landlocked country with a naval force. Helpful... They were also not allowed any army relations.
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At the end of the peace treaty, Germany was left with 6 ships no sub or tanks or air force. They also had to pay 30 billion in war reparations
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Colonial soldiers were told that they were fighting for their independence and believed they were no longer subjects. Imperial power was seen as invincible to Asian and African.
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This battle was Germany's desperate final push, they failed and retreated back to the Hindenburg line.
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In the Great War, the total number of troops from all nations wounded is 21,213,152
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The total number of lives taken during the Great War is 8,556,315. This number can be much high but we know at least 8.5 million.
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We can not know the exact number in the category it could be hundreds of thousands more that we don't/didn't know of. But from what we have we can guess the total amount is around 12,750,945 troops.
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We do not know the overall cost of the whole great war because we can not calculate it. But we can guess the direct cost of the Great War to be somewhere around 82.4 Billion Dollars
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After the treaty, German troops were banned from the Rhineland. This land was taken by France from Germany at the Paris Peace Conference
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The War caused a huge upraise in revenue-power of the income tax. During the war, the tax rate was at 77% later in WWll the tax rate was even higher at 94%
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During the 19th centuray, the migration rates were sky high. This was happening due to the almost non-existent restrictions. At the time passports were also very new and not really in use
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When the war first started, Britain had the smallest government. Four years later the British government had extensive government power
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The estimated cost of war is 62 billion dollars. This number is really not an accurate estimate but we can guess.
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The economy was collapsing due to the harsh war reparations. Europe had a problem with the infrastructure and industries were in ruins
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The British caused the outcome of harsh punishment of taking colonies and weakening them in Germany.
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France demanded that Alsace and Lorraine return. They also gained control over of the coal mines in the Saar Basin
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The outcome of the conference was Germany suffering. The conference was held but Germany was not allowed to attend, in the end they had to pay 30 billion in war reparations and more.
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Austria-Hungaria economy was greatly affected by the conference. They were ultimately forbidden to unite with Germany.
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Some outcomes of the Paris Peace Treaty was when Germany protested against the U.S. and naval fleet. the U.S. initially left Germany with 6 ships.
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At the end of the Paris Peace Treaty, Austria-Hungary split into two different countries and they lost 2/3 of their population
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Italy did not get much out of the peace treaty. However, they did get South Tyrol and 250,00 citizens from Austria-Hungary.
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Italy requested for the coast of the Adriatic Sea, but they got very little of it.
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Japan wanted to get the land of Shangdong, they got this land. But China was outraged because they wanted their land back that Germany took
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Serbia and Montenegro combined and became Yugoslavia. Romania then became its own state and Russian land splits up into three countries; Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania
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At the end of the treaty, the Italian border had no real effect but was slightly moved. They did, however, get South Tyrol and 350,000 Austrian-German.
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One reason they were unable to attend was because of the Spanish Influenza that Woodrow Wilson had contracted. This then leads to France gaining more power at the treaty of Versailles.
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The U.S. wanted to end secret treaties and the freedom of the seas. They also asked for Polish independence
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They wanted control of German colonies and for the Germans to pay war reparations. They also wanted revenge and Germany to be punished but not too hard of a punishment.
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France wanted control of the left bank of the Rhineland and to cripple German politics. They asked for Germany to pay war reparations and France took over their coal supply in the Saar Basin
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The main thing they wanted was to be present at the treaty. Instead, they could only write a letter about what they wanted (You can guess how that went). Their empire split up and their military was disarmed
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They wanted to be involved in the treaty and their lad back that was taken by Germany.
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The League of Nations was formed for all nations to keep the peace. This idea was thought up of by President Wilson but after it was created, the American public rejected and did not join.
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When Woodrow Wilson came up with the idea of the League of Nations the idea was to join. The American Public then rejected and this did not only impact the U.S. but it impacted the whole world
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The U.S. really had no effect from not joining The League Of Nations. They later signed a peace treaty with Germany, formally ending the war.
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His wartime experiences had many influences and laid the foundation for his novel "A Farwell To Arms"
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On this day at 12:59 I entered mills classroom. Yes, he assigned this project and I want to die, but it's for Lord Mills #Mills4prez #mills
