Particularly long and costly battles in this campaign were fought at Verdun February-December and the Battle of the Somme July-November German and French troops suffered close to a million casualties in the Battle of Verdun alone. In the latter poem, McCrae writes from the perspective of the fallen soldiers:. To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Visual artists like Otto Dix of Germany and British painters Wyndham Lewis, Paul Nash and David Bomberg used their firsthand experience as soldiers in World War I to create their art, capturing the anguish of trench warfare and exploring the themes of technology, violence and landscapes decimated by war. This increased hostility was directed toward the imperial regime of Czar Nicholas II and his unpopular German-born wife, Alexandra.
Russia reached an armistice with the Central Powers in early December , freeing German troops to face the remaining Allies on the Western Front. At the outbreak of fighting in , the United States remained on the sidelines of World War I, adopting the policy of neutrality favored by President Woodrow Wilson while continuing to engage in commerce and shipping with European countries on both sides of the conflict. In , Germany declared the waters surrounding the British Isles to be a war zone, and German U-boats sunk several commercial and passenger vessels, including some U.
Widespread protest over the sinking by U-boat of the British ocean liner Lusitania —traveling from New York to Liverpool, England with hundreds of American passengers onboard—in May helped turn the tide of American public opinion against Germany.
Germany sunk four more U. With World War I having effectively settled into a stalemate in Europe, the Allies attempted to score a victory against the Ottoman Empire, which entered the conflict on the side of the Central Powers in late After a failed attack on the Dardanelles the strait linking the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea , Allied forces led by Britain launched a large-scale land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula in April The invasion also proved a dismal failure, and in January Allied forces staged a full retreat from the shores of the peninsula after suffering , casualties.
British-led forces also combated the Ottoman Turks in Egypt and Mesopotamia , while in northern Italy, Austrian and Italian troops faced off in a series of 12 battles along the Isonzo River, located at the border between the two nations. British and French—and later, American—troops arrived in the region, and the Allies began to take back the Italian Front. The biggest naval engagement of World War I, the Battle of Jutland May left British naval superiority on the North Sea intact, and Germany would make no further attempts to break an Allied naval blockade for the remainder of the war.
World War I was the first major conflict to harness the power of planes. At the dawn of World War I, aviation was a relatively new field; the Wright brothers took their first sustained flight just eleven years before, in Aircraft were initially used primarily for reconnaissance missions.
During the First Battle of the Marne, information passed from pilots allowed the allies to exploit weak spots in the German lines, helping the Allies to push Germany out of France.
The first machine guns were successfully mounted on planes in June of in the United States, but were imperfect; if timed incorrectly, a bullet could easily destroy the propeller of the plane it came from. The Morane-Saulnier L, a French plane, provided a solution: The propeller was armored with deflector wedges that prevented bullets from hitting it.
The British Bristol Type 22 was another popular model used for both reconnaissance work and as a fighter plane. Dutch inventor Anthony Fokker improved upon the French deflector system in Though his most popular plane during WWI was the single-seat Fokker Eindecker, Fokker created over 40 kinds of airplanes for the Germans.
Once the assassination occurred, Carlin explains that the consequent domino effect could not be stopped. Carlin attests that if not for this assassination, history may have taken a completely different course. And here we are today, years later. World War I also redefined warfare, as weaponry and technology advanced at an eyeblink once the fighting began. The assassination was planned by a Serbian terrorist group, called The Black Hand and the man who shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife was a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip.
This bundle contains 17 ready-to-use WWI worksheets that are perfect for students to learn about and understand how the Great War started including important events and those involved.
Students will also learn about the beginning of WW1 and the timeline of events, triple entente vs the central powers plus many more challenging but engaging worksheets.
Allow students to absorb and use this information as a lesson starter. Fill out the blanks on the timeline to refresh your memory. Triple Entente vs Central Powers Students will correctly identify which countries were part of the Triple Entente, and which were part of the Central Powers?
What country am i? Clue based task where students will be challenged to guess what the countries are based on the clues? Decode the phrase Decoding task where students are encouraged to unscramble each of the clue words. Interpret the quotation Interpretation task where students are challenged to write what they believe the British Prime Minister was saying in his famous speech. Solve the WW1 Mystery Mystery based task where students are challenged with rearranging tiles to form a clue.
Become A Journalist Roleplay based task where students are to act as a journalist and report on the beginning of the war. If you reference any of the content on this page on your own website, please use the code below to cite this page as the original source. These worksheets have been specifically designed for use with any international curriculum. You can use these worksheets as-is, or edit them using Google Slides to make them more specific to your own student ability levels and curriculum standards.
KidsKonnect is a growing library of high-quality, printable worksheets for teachers and homeschoolers. Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footer. Sign Me Up Already a member? He and his wife Sophie were shot to death in their car by a year-old Serbian revolutionary, Gavrilo Princip. Instead, the tension between European powers increased, as they took different sides in the crisis. As the U. Neither one of them wanted to back down and appear weak.
Fearing a fight that would draw in Russia, Austria-Hungary turned for help to Germany, which promised backing if the Austro-Hungarians used force against the Serbians. German support emboldened Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia on July Germany declared war on Russia on August 1, and two days later declared war against France.
German forces gathered on the border of neutral Belgium, which they planned to cross in order to invade France. Belgium called for help, and on August 4, Great Britain declared war on Germany. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you.
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