Causes of WW1 Flashcards
What were the long term causes of WW1?
Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism
What were the short term causes of WW1?
Boer War - 1899-1900, South Africa, Ge v GB (dutch)
German Naval Law - 1900 “place in the sun”
First Moroccan Crisis - 1906 Ge v Fr
Telegraph article - 1908 “Mad as march hares”
Bosnian Crisis - 1908, annexation by AH
Agadir Crisis - 1911, Morocco, Fr v Ge
Balkan Wars - 1912-1913, Balkans v Turk, Balkans v Bul
Assassination in Sarajevo
What alliance formed in 1881
Dreikaiser bund
What alliance formed in 1882
Triple alliance
What alliance formed in 1892
Franco-Russian
What alliance formed in 1902
Anglo-Japanese Naval Agreement
What alliance formed in 1904
Entente Cordiale
What alliance formed in 1907
Triple entente
What two alliances was Europe divided into in 1914
Triple entente and triple alliance
Context of Weltpolitik in WW1
Destroyed Bismarcks web of alliances, creating confilict with GB
Army numbers per state leading to WW1
Ge - 8.5m
Russia - 4.4m
France - 3.5m
A-H - 3m
Warship numbers leading to WW1
GB - 185(29 dreadnaughts)
Ge - 97(17 dreadaughts)
France - 62
Italy - 36
A-H - 28