THE GREAT WAR

8.6 million combatants killed
6.5 million civilians killed
37 million casualties

11% France (casualty rate=killed or wounded)
9% Germany
8% Great Britain

One Example:
The Battle of the Somme:
July 1, 1916 to November 16, 1916
--tens of thousands of Brits go “over the top.”
--20,000 die on the first day
--420,000 British soldiers killed or wounded
--200,000 French soldiers killed or wounded
--450,000 German soldiers killed or wounded

THE LECTURE OUTLINE

The Great War

I. Origins of War:
A. Nationalist Conflict
B. The Alliance System
C. Assassination
D. Mobilization
E. Romantic Nationalism
II. Outbreak of War
A. Western Front
B. Eastern Front
C. The First Modern War:
1. Gallipoli
2. Genocide
3. Total War
III. Ending the War:
A. The War at Sea (and how it backfired)
B. Enter the U.S.
C. Germany’s 1918 Offensive
D. Treaty of Versailles:
IV. Conclusion:
What does it all mean?


Woodrow Wilson
“National self-determination”
Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau
“We must now win the peace, and
that will be more difficult.”
David Lloyd George:
“Hang the Kaiser”