4. Germany’s Plan
• Called the Schlieffen Plan
– Attack Paris first, then concentrate on Russia
– Go through neutral Belgium to get to France
– Belgium refused
– Germany went anyway
– This brought Britain into the war on the side of
the Allies
5.
6. Stalemate
• The loss of large numbers of troops without
major gains on either side
• Resulted in trench warfare
7. New weapons and equipment for WWI
• British developed the tank
37. Paris Peace Conference
• Wrote the Treaty of Versailles which ended
the war
– Germany was blamed for the war
– Had to pay reparations (payment for damages) to
France and Britain
– Germany had it’s military drastically cut
38. Cost of War
• 10,000,000 men died in battle
• 26,000,000 were wounded or missing in
action
• 10,000,000 civilian deaths
• About 15,000 people died for each day of the
war
• $350,000,000,000 in damages