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WW1 video clip
Noah Senzel
9/2/08
Period F
alliance system
arch duke ferdinand's assassanation
chain reactions caused 3 main powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Allied: France, GB, Russia, Serbia
new technology destroyed more people than ever before
“Total War”
trench warfare
posion gas
first war w/airplanes, great number of u-boats
Lusatania sunk: 100 americans dead
note to mexico: kill America!
More sub attacks: wilson can't take it, declares war
With America's support, germany surrenders on november 11, 1918
50K americans dead
6.5mil civilans killed
Values of the Video:
disscusses key points
explains all technology
contains live footage of WW1
Limitations:
Skips through most of the details
Made by an American company that does TV shows