Origins and Rivalry Pre-WW1

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  • State of Each country pre-WW1
    • Germany
      • Strengths and Ambitions:
        • Unified, industrialised urbanised, technology,
        • Wanted colonies, build an empire 'German place in the sun'
      • Weaknesses & Worries
        • Workers unhappy, low wages. Strikes
        • 'Encirclement' - Russia and France surrounded
        • They took Alsace - Lorraine in 1871, worried about revenge
    • Austria Hungry
      • Strengths and Ambitions
        • large sprawling empire
        • Relitivly large army 810,000 soldiers
      • Weaknesses and Worries
        • made up of lots of diff ethnic groups, Czechs rioting, Slavs's wanted own state. Serb's wanted independence, Russia supported Serbs
        • General dislike of Franz-Joseph's government
        • Small Naval Fleet, poor industry
    • Italy
      • Strengths and Ambitions
        • Unified, constitutional monarchy.
        • Mainly agriculture but industrialised in the north
        • Wanted colonies and alliances, and 'flex their muscles'
      • Weaknesses and Worries
        • smallest army
        • Not considered an industrial or military Power
        • not very industrialised
        • concerns around government establishment
    • France
      • Strengths and Ambitions
        • Waned Alsace-Lorraine back
          • A/L was significantly industrialised
        • large army and navy
          • Army = 3,700,000
          • Navy = 207 ships
        • Second Largest Empire
        • Weakness and Worries
          • was worried about Germany attacking them over A/L

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