I .  Causes of World War

A.                Nationalism

B.                 Economic Imperialism

C.                Rival Alliances

1.       Triple Alliance

2.       Triple Entente

D.                Militarism

E.                 “International Anarchy”

II.                 COUNTDOWN TO WAR

A.                First Moroccan Crisis (1905)

B.                 Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungry (1908)

C.                Second Moroccan Crisis (1911)

D.                The Balkan War (1912-1913)

E.                 The Second Balkan War (1913)

III.               OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR

A.                Sequence of Events

B.                 The Belligerents

IV.              MAJOR EVENTS (1914-1918)

A.                1914

1.       First Battle of the Marne (September)

2.       Battles of Tannenberg (August)  and the Masurian Lakes (September)

B.                 1915

1.       Second Battle of Ypres (April)

2.       Germany’s submarine blockade of England

3.       Gallipoli Campaign (April, 1915-January, 1916)

C.                1916

1.       Battle of Jutland (May)

2.       Battle of Verdun (February-October)

3.       Battle of Somme (July-November)

D.                1917

1.       YEAR OF DISASTER

2.       Germany’s adoption of unrestricted submarine warfare (February)

3.       Hindenburg Line  (March-April)

4.       U. S. Enters the War (April 6)

5.  Disastrous French offensive   (April – May)

5.       Battle of Caporetto (October – December)

6.       Bolshevik Revolution in Russia (November)

E.                 1918

1.       Wilson announces the FOURTEEN POINTS

2.       The Great Spring Offensive

3.       American Meuse-Argonne Offensive (September-November)

4.       War begins to end

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