War Around the World

War Affects the World

Essential Questions:

● How was the world affected by World War 1?

● Why did the US join WW1

War in Europe

•Both sides losing soldiers
and neither side was gaining territory in the Western
front
•Both wanted to end the war

•France devastated by the
fighting

India

India made a huge contribution to
Britain's war effort.
It sent staggering numbers of volunteers
to fight and die on behalf of the allied
forces. ...
However, of these men, around 50,000
died, 65,000 were wounded, and 10,000
were reported missing, while 98 Indian
army nurses were killed

Russia Withdraws from WW1
(March 1917)

•Russian citizens unhappy.

•Russians start revolution because of
cost of bread and shortages of food

•Cost of the war was huge!

•Millions of soldiers dead
•Millions of dollars spent
•Russians forced their leader out - the
Czar has to abdicate (leave) his throne.

Russia Withdraws from WWI
(Mar. 1917)
•Treaty signed between Russia and Germany

•Russia admits defeat

•Where can Germany now send its troops?

•Russia withdrawals to focus on changing their government and policies

“Western

Front”

“Eastern
Front”

With

Russia out
of the war,

which

front does
Germany
now focus

on?

U.S. Enters WWI (Apr. 1917)

•The United States wanted to be
an isolationist (stay out of the war) in
the beginning of WWI
•USA would enter War in 1917

U.S. Congress declared war against Germany in 1917 and sides with the Allies.

•U.S. had ties to the Allies.
•U.S. born from Britain; U.S.
traded twice as much with
French & British than with the
Germans.

USA joins the Allies

The Tide Turns

•American troops were not as exhausted as other
European soldiers. (Fresh Legs!)
•German military had weakened over time. (Tired legs)
•Central Powers started to fall apart.

•Bulgarians and Ottoman Turks surrender.
•German soldiers turned against their gov’t.
•Kaiser Wilhelm was forced to step down.

•Germany declared a republic.

•An armistice (an agreement to stop
fighting) was signed between
Germany and France.
•WWI ended on November 11th, 1918.

Armistice Signed