Topic 11: Causes, Practices and Effects of Wars - CS 1 - WW1 Flashcards
Causes
Economic
Ideological
Political
Territorial
Economic Causes
Industrialization
Colonial Rivalries and Economic Imperialism
Arms Race
Ideological Causes
Imperialism
Balkan Nationalism
Political Causes
Bismark’s Web of Alliances
Weltpolitik
British Alliance System
Territorial Causes
Alsace-Lorraine
The Bosnian Crisis 1908
The Moroccan Crises 1905 and 1911
The Balkan Wars 1912 and 1913
Practices and Outcomes (Events - Who won and why?)
Guerilla Warfare
Technological (air, sea and land)
Mobilisation of human and economic resources
Foreign Intervention
Guerilla Warfare
Arab Revolt against Ottoman Empire
T.E Lawrence/Lawrenece of Arabia
Disrupted Ottoman Supply lines
Technological (air, sea and land)
Air:
Airships, Bombs and Civilian Targets
Land:
War on land (The Western Front)
Heavy Artillery
Chemical Warfare Tanks
Sea:
Mines and Submarines
The Battle of Jutland
Mobilisation of human and economic resources
Total War Mobilization
Allied Blockade
Conscription and Workforce Changes
Economic Impact
Resource Allocation
Technological and Industrial Innovation
Foreign Intervention
The USA Joins the War (1917)
As a result of unrestricted submatine warfare and Zimmerman telegram
Fresh troops and crucial resources
Bolstered allies economically
Effects (Results and Consequences)
Successes an Failures of Peacekeeping
Territorial
Political
Economic
Social
Successes and Failures of Peacekeeping
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
National Self-Determination
Disarmament
Economic Stabilisation and Reconstruction
However, encouraged diplomacy and international cooperation, prevented further immediate conflict
Territorial Effects
Redrawing of Borders
Dissolution of Empires
Creation of New Nations
Territorial Losses for Central Powers
Colonial Repartitions
Political Effects
End of empires and emergence of new states
Rise of new ideologies
Democratic Shifts
Economic Effects
War Debt
Reparations
Economic Reconstruction
Inflation and Instability
Shift in Economic Power
Impact on Labor and Social Classes