Causes of WWI (sources)
Responsiblity for the outbreak of the First World War in 1914
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- Causes of WWI (sources)
- German Aggressive policies
- Weltpolitik
- Flottenpolitik
- Wilhelm's attempt to make a bigger Navy than England - "Fleet politics"
- Aggressive diplomacy
- Bosnian Crisis 1908-09
- Moroccan Crisis 1905-06
- 2nd Moroccan Crisis 1911
- Triple Alliance
- Fritz Fischer Thesis
- Germany to blame
- Germany's ruling class = make G a world power = ready to wage war of aggression to achieve this.
- Knew G 'blank cheque' to Au = serious risk of provoking a general war.
- Germany to blame
- Germany not alone in provocative behaviour
- France
- Defeat by Prussia 1870 + loss of A-L = revenge
- Austria
- Multi-national state = threat of independance
- Aim: self-preservation + control of status
- Multi-national state = threat of independance
- Russia
- Late 1800s expansionist ambitions = Far East
- Russia back Balkan states in 1912 war
- Late 1800s expansionist ambitions = Far East
- Britain
- Concerned to protest colonial possessions
- Threats from French + Russian colonies
- Concerned to protest colonial possessions
- Italy
- Sought colonies
- Weakest of the 'Great Powers'
- Sought colonies
- German interventions = desire to impress/distract public opinion at home.
- "Miscalculated" interpretation = German fear of Russia
- 'Preventive War' = no act of aggression
- France
- Long-term causes
- Nationalism = your country is best
- Imperialism = a desire to conquer other countries
- Alliances
- Triple Alliance = 1882
- Triple Entente = 1907
- Militarism = military matters influence countries policies.
- Schlieffen Plan 1897
- 9 yrs to finalise. Presented in 1905. Revised in 1906.
- Schlieffen Plan 1897
- German Aggressive policies
- The July Crisis
- Causes of WWI (sources)
- German Aggressive policies
- Weltpolitik
- Flottenpolitik
- Wilhelm's attempt to make a bigger Navy than England - "Fleet politics"
- Aggressive diplomacy
- Bosnian Crisis 1908-09
- Moroccan Crisis 1905-06
- 2nd Moroccan Crisis 1911
- Triple Alliance
- Fritz Fischer Thesis
- Germany to blame
- Germany's ruling class = make G a world power = ready to wage war of aggression to achieve this.
- Knew G 'blank cheque' to Au = serious risk of provoking a general war.
- Germany to blame
- Germany not alone in provocative behaviour
- France
- Defeat by Prussia 1870 + loss of A-L = revenge
- Austria
- Multi-national state = threat of independance
- Aim: self-preservation + control of status
- Multi-national state = threat of independance
- Russia
- Late 1800s expansionist ambitions = Far East
- Russia back Balkan states in 1912 war
- Late 1800s expansionist ambitions = Far East
- Britain
- Concerned to protest colonial possessions
- Threats from French + Russian colonies
- Concerned to protest colonial possessions
- Italy
- Sought colonies
- Weakest of the 'Great Powers'
- Sought colonies
- German interventions = desire to impress/distract public opinion at home.
- "Miscalculated" interpretation = German fear of Russia
- 'Preventive War' = no act of aggression
- France
- Long-term causes
- Nationalism = your country is best
- Imperialism = a desire to conquer other countries
- Alliances
- Triple Alliance = 1882
- Triple Entente = 1907
- Militarism = military matters influence countries policies.
- Schlieffen Plan 1897
- 9 yrs to finalise. Presented in 1905. Revised in 1906.
- Schlieffen Plan 1897
- German Aggressive policies
- 28th June Archduke Franz Ferdinand killed.
- 5th July Aus- Hun asked for 'blank cheque'
- 23rd July Aus-Hun sends Serbia an ultimatum
- 25th July Serbia agrees bar 1 demand
- 1st Aug Russia mobilises
- 3rd Aug G declares war on Russia
- 4th Aug Fr declares war on G.
- Causes of WWI (sources)
- Other Countries
- Br intervened in Morocco
- German foreign + defense policies = not highly co-ordinated = no clear/agreed strategy
- European Great Powers = collectively responsible
- 28th Aus-Hun declares war on Serbia
- The July Crisis
- 28th June Archduke Franz Ferdinand killed.
- 5th July Aus- Hun asked for 'blank cheque'
- 23rd July Aus-Hun sends Serbia an ultimatum
- 25th July Serbia agrees bar 1 demand
- 1st Aug Russia mobilises
- 3rd Aug G declares war on Russia
- 4th Aug Fr declares war on G.
- The July Crisis
- 4th Aug Br declares war on G
- "For a scrap of paper, Great Britain is going to make war?" Bethmann-Hollweg
- 4th Aug Br declares war on G
- 4th Aug Br declares war on G
- 1839 Treaty of Washington
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