Causes of WW1
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- Causes for WW1
- Triple Alliance- Aug 30th 1882
- Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy formed an Alliance.
- Entente Cordial- 8th April 1904
- An agreement made between France, Britain and Russia to resolve colonial differences.
- Kiser Wilhelm felt threatened
- Arms Race
- Between Britain and Germany
- 1906-14, The British built 29 dreadnought boats as Germany only built 17
- The British and Germany government tried to reach an agreement about arms race. However all the attempts failed
- The Schlieffen Plan
- the plan mapped out how it would be possible for Germany to fight against France and Russia at the same time.
- The plan was supposed to effectively knock France out of the war for 6 weeks. During the 6 weeks , the Germans would then go to defeat Russia before its army had fully mobilised.
- The plan involved Germany going through Belgium which was a neutral country which led to Britain joining the war.
- Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
- 28th June 1914-Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife went to visit Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia.
- There was a plan to kill the Prince by a terrorist group called the "Black Hand Gang".( A Bosnia- Serb Gang)
- The driver took the wrong turn and Princip was standing outside the café when the car went past. He shot the Archduke and his wife dead.
- It was one of the main causes of the war.
- Bosnian Crisis: 1908-1909
- Austria- Hungary and Russia made an agreement that Russian would get a warm water port in Turkey and Austria- Hungary would take over Bosnia. However Austria Hungary went back on the deal and invaded Bosnia anyway.
- Russia was Humiliated and angry.
- This was a reason for the war as it made Russia have a reason for not backing down for the next war/ crisis.
- Balkans
- were located in South Eastern Europe.
- wanted independence from Turkey
- Austria Hungary was afraid of Balkans gaining independence.
- Moroccan Crisises
- 1st Moroccan Crisis: 1905-1906
- Kiser Wilhelm visited Morocco and rode the streets on a white horse with a military band and Moroccan troops announcing that Germany supported an independent Morocco.
- Used to prevent France from occupying Morocco and testing the strength of the Entente Cordial.
- France given joint control with Spain and Moroccan Police = Germany failed
- Kiser Wilhelm visited Morocco and rode the streets on a white horse with a military band and Moroccan troops announcing that Germany supported an independent Morocco.
- 2nd Moroccan Crisis/ The Agadir Crisis: 1911
- There was a rebellion against the Sultan in 1911, and France sent troops to put it down, and then used it as an excuse to take Morocco.
- Germany, however, sent a gunboat called the Panther to the Agadir Port in Morocco.
- Britain threatened war on Germany as a result, and Germany then back down.
- 1st Moroccan Crisis: 1905-1906
- Weltpolitik
- Means "World Policy"
- Wilhelm wanted an empire overseas and wanted to build a bigger navy than Britain and become a world power.
- A "place in the sun" was when Germany wanted to have extra colonies for German to demonstrate her power eg. wanted colonies in Africa.
- Triple Alliance- Aug 30th 1882
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