The Summary of WW1 1914-1918 by Jessamyn Efken

Causes:

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 19:32:10 UTC

Assaination of Francis Ferdinade was the match for the tinder box. (Arch Duke of Austriahungry

Serbian nationalists did not like being under Austria's control and wated to start a reveolution

There was already tension between the 2 countries.

A case of intertwing alliances turned it into a world war of almost all of Europe

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 19:40:19 UTC

Germany

AustriaHungrey

Italy

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 19:42:38 UTC

Wilson's first respone was to stay neutrual to WWI

America was a melting pot of mutiple cultures that supported both sides of WWI

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 19:44:41 UTC

Zimmerman Teleogram: Germans plea for Mexicos suport against America. They promised them money and land

German U-boat Warfare:

The sinking of the Lusitania and Sussex

Pressure:

Wilson was influenced by American immigrants to join the war

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 19:53:38 UTC

Wilson's 14 points

Germany was made to pay for all the damages

Establishment of the League of Nations

Creation of Yugoslavia & Czechoslovakia

sbarrera622 — 2015-12-03 20:01:23 UTC

Britian

France

Russia

(America eventually)

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 20:16:28 UTC

Barbaric

Trenches were damp and a lot of soldiers got trench foot, bitten by rats & died from the flu

Shell-shocked

Very organized in how it was condeucted

The land between the sides was called "no mans land"

Technology outdated the tactics

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 20:16:31 UTC

jessiezhujete — 2015-12-03 20:22:17 UTC