ww1
M.A.N.I.A stands for
Militarism
Alliances
Nationlism
Imperialism
Anarchy( Awful goverment?)
What are the French Provinces captured by Germany in the wars of 1871
Alsace and Lorraine
Who made up the Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria- Hungry, Italy
Who made up the tripe entante
France, Russia, United Kingdom
What was the catalyst for ww1
Arch Duke Ferdinand being assassinated by Serbian Nationlist Gavrillo Phillip
What was the Schlieffen plan
A plan put in place by German general Schlieffen who thought it would grant them a fast victory. The plan included:
- Almost entire German army focusing on Knocking out France
- Was to be done in 6 weeks before Russia joined the war ( that would split up the German army)
- Germany army go through defensless Belgium to suprise France
- Germany to storm Paris
What was Plan XVII
The french knew of Germanys Schieffen plan and had a plan of their own Plan XVII. This plan consisted of:
- France aiming to attack and re claim Alsace-Lorraine
- Then France would move to attack Berlin
- Germany army caught bewteen france in the west and Russia in the east would be crushed
- included Milltary assistance from Britian
What was the Arms Race
- A result of growing Nationlisn and Imperlisim
- Typically defined as a competeion of Military superiorty bewteen 2 places
- Germany wanted to expand their power and be equal to that of Britian
- Britian didnt like this
- This lead to both countries struggling for top power and finding ways to advance their system
- This lead to the Naval Race
Naval Race
- Britian needed a good navy since it had colonies all over the world but also cause Britian is surronded by water
- Britian Naval army was hugeee
- Germany wanted make their naval power as big as Britians, Britian felt threatend
- In response Britian tried to make their Naval even bigger and in 1906 created the Dreadnought
- BY 1914 Britian had 29 Dreadnoughts while Germany ahd 18
- Naval race was important because before this Britian and Germany had been homies, but now Britian became closer to its old rivals like France and Russia
Steps to war After Arch duke assination
June 28th - Archduke Ferdinad Assassinated in a Bosnian city by a Bosnian Serb natinonlist
July 23rd- Austria give Serbia a 48 hour ultimatum. Serbia doesnt agree and starts to moblize troops.
July 28th: Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia, Serbia turns to Russia
July 29th: Russia agrees to help Serbia/begins mobalizing
July 30th: Germany tells Russia to stop, Russia says no ( VIa ultimatum)
August 1: Germany declares war on Russia ( France Moblizes)
August 2: Germany invades Belgium to get to France
August 3: Germany declares war on France , Britian tells Germany to get outta Belgium ( via ultimatum)
August 4: Germany ignores Britian, Britian declares war on Germany( canada and other colonies roped into war, US is netural)
What makes up the Balkains
- Bosnia
- Herzegovina
-Serbia
-Bulgaria
- Parts of Greece
Why was there tension in the Balkains
- 1906 Austria Hungary took Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Turks, Serbia was pissed
- Serbia was pissed because those states had a large population of Serbs living in it , and the annexation cut Serbia off from the Adratic sea
-1912 A Balkain league was formed under Serbia leadership
- New league succeded in defeating the ottoman tirks and Austria Hungary begin to grow wary
-1913 another Balkain war broke out , Serbia got a lot bigger
- this leads to assaination, etc
14 points
Points made by Wildrow Wilson. Documetn addressed issues causing world war 1 :
minorty oppression
Secret diplomacy
and authorcatic goverments
Why did the United States
The united states was shipping war materials across the ocean.
Us expected everyone to back off on " freedom of the seas"
Germany declared waters around Britian a war zone
The germans torpedoed a British ship with 128 Americians on it. Americia was pissed
Treaty of Brest- Litovsk
Treaty signed by Soviet Russia, germany , Austria-Hungary, . Russia withdrew from the war via this treaty. Signed 1917.
Armistice
A formal agreement bewteen warring partys to stop fighting. Not always and end to war but could be stopping hostiles so countries can figure out how to create lasting peace
splendid isolation
Term used to describe British Diplomatic practice of refraining from entering permenat alliances in 19 century
Otto von Bismarck
Prince of Bismark. Brought the unifcation of Germany, a german chancellor