1890-1914 ~ Origins of WW1

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  • 1890-1914 ~ Origins of WW1
    • Alliances
      • Triple Entente
        • Britain, France, Russia
        • est. by 1907
      • Triple Alliance
        • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
        • est. 1892
      • divided Europe
      • defensive alliances, but regarded by other side as a hostility
    • Germany...
      • Schlieffen Plan
        • Expected war on two fronts. attack from France + Russia
        • plan: take out France before Russian army was mobilised
          • estimated 20 days to mobilise R army
          • go through  Belgium (neutral) to attack F
      • Empire
    • France...
      • Franco-Prussian war (1870) F lost badly
        • Germany...
          • Schlieffen Plan
            • Expected war on two fronts. attack from France + Russia
            • plan: take out France before Russian army was mobilised
              • estimated 20 days to mobilise R army
              • go through  Belgium (neutral) to attack F
          • Empire
        • Germany took Alsace and Lorraine
      • hates G, revenge
      • plan 17- attack G through Champagne
    • Brit
      • 1839- promised to defend Belgium
      • growing powers threaten status
    • Russia
      • prove her power
      • balkans
      • protect Serbia
    • Aust-Hung
      • growing weaker
      • expand into Balkans
        • Serbia (+ rus) in the way
      • Nationalism
        • my country's the best
        • Assertive + aggressive
      • Imperialism
      • Arm's Race
        • weapons had advanced in the 1800s industrial revolution
        • Winston Churchill- “the world is arming as it has never armed before.”
        • anglo-german naval race
          • Kaiser Wilhelm wanted naval power
            • 26 DN/ships
          • competition, symbolic meaning - having power over sea
        • development threatened B's naval status
    • Crises
      • Moroccan 1905-6
      • Bosnian (08)
        • A-H annex Bos
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