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m.a.i.n causes of WW1
- militarism
- alliances
- imperialism
- nationalism
militarism
the belief that a strong military force should be maintained and aggressively used to defend or promote the nation
alliance
a agreement or treaty between 2 or more nations, used to co-operate with specific reasons
imperialism
the act of extending a nation’s economic, socials and political influence through influence through influencing and invading other countries
nationalism
refers to people’s sense of belonging and loyalty to a nation, and support for its interest
2 types of nationalism
- smaller nations fight for independence
- superior imperial nations to exapand and keep hold
the balkans
a region of south east Europe.
considered unstable
“Schlieffen plan”
- Russia would take at least weeks to get its army ready for war
- France would easily be defeated in 6 weeks
- Belgium would not resist any Germany attack
- Britain would remain neutral
cycle of trench warfare
step: 1 a long sustained artillery attack-opposing trenches will be bombarded
step: 2 weighed down by heavy equipment
step: 3 crossing mud filled no mans land
step: 4 assaults on enemy trenches regularly failed to achieve their goal
unknown soldier
“unknown” the ID tag was missing
where was “unknown soldier” laid
in the king’s memorial before moving to the australia war memorial
why is “unknown soldier” significant
only soldier to be brought back and buried
represents soldiers who fought
anti-German sentiment
- prejudice
- hatred/spite
- loss of loved ones/loss of wealth of property
- fear/war –> Germans
- hypocrisy
1907
Triple entente was formed
28th June 1914
duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
