The document provides background information on the main powers in Europe prior to World War 1, including Britain, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany. It describes their overseas empires, political situations, alliances and rivalries. It then outlines some of the key events that increased tensions between the powers and ultimately led to the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914.

1. World War I

10. Russian empire in 1914

13. Austria Hungary Empire 1913

14. Dual Monarchy

18. Causes of WW1

19. Nr.1 Assassination in Sarajevo

21. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

23. Gavrilo Prinzip

29. A-H will take part in the investigations

35. Nr.2 Alliances

39. Franco-Russian Alliance

44. Balkans

45. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Balkans_Animation_1800-2006.gif

46. Nr. 3 Tension builds: Imperialism and militarism

52. Nr. 4 Nationalism

57. Dual Monarchy

58. Nr. 5 Crises

67. The beginning of the war Attack with poisonous gas

68. A long war french soldier

69. Mustard gas victim

70. Russian soldiers in the front

71. Colonial french soldier and his hygiene equipment

72. German soldier and his hand grenade

73. Winter Horseshoes

74. French grenades and parachute-bomb

95. Verdun-Shellshock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS1dO0JC2EE&feature=related

97. The reality of the war

98. The British government wanted to encourage men to enlist for war. They said the war would be safe, hardly any fighting, a good lark and over by Christmas. They used advertising posters to encourage this idea! A picture of soldiers going ‘ Over the Top’

99. The reality of ‘going over the top’ was very different!

100. Soldiers were expected to carry all of their equipment with them at all times. They were supposed to keep it clean and in good condition – they were British after all.

101. How the uniform and equipment changed after just three weeks in the trenches…

102. Posters always showed men ready and willing to fight. They never showed the boredom of the trenches or actual fighting taking place. Why do you think the government showed no fighting?

104. No smiling and relaxed faces… No clean uniforms… Their equipment is scattered everywhere… Boredom and sleep are obvious…

105. Mass Devastation

106. Freezing Winters

108. The soldiers had very little decent food, and what food they had was often attacked by rats. These rats were the size of small rabbits and badgers because they had fed on the decomposing bodies of dead soldiers.

111. Casualties

112. Trenchline nowadays

113. Verdun memorial

118. Russian prisoners

128. Ottoman Victory

129. The Middle East

137. Lusitania’s piers in NY

138. Arriving to NY

144. The peace treaty was signed at Versailles in January 1919 From left to right, British PM David Lloyd George, italian PM Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, french PM Georges Clemenceau, and finally President Woodrow Wilson from United States.

146. Signing in the hall

147. Treaty of Versailles Signing, Hall of Mirrors

148. Mass demonstration in front of the Reichstag against the Treaty of Versailles

152. In 1918, Wilson laid down 14 points for a better world after WW1

156. Just domestic safety