American History Project
The Fighting Begins By Melina and Likaney
The Fighting Begins: How
- Nationalist ambitions
- Big Army's
- Stock piled weapons
- Alliances
- Military Plans
The trigger is the assassination of Duke Frances of Austria.
Alliiances Cause a Chain Reaction
Central Powers
- Germany
- Austria Hungary
- Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers
- Britain
- France
-Russia
- Serbia
Deadly Technology Leads to Stalemate
- Trenches
- Machine Guns
- Artillery
- Poison Gas
- Sub marines
- Airplanes
- Tanks and armored cars
The Reality of Trench Warfare
Conditions
- Trench foot
- lice
- rats
- constant fear
No man's land
- artillery/impassible
Casualties
- Millions
Unless something changed, the war would continue to drag on.