Schlieffen Plan: defeat plan quickly, not having to fight on 2 fronts.
First Moroccan Crisis 1905-06 and Second Moroccan Crisis 1911. Lloyd George warned G of further aggression. G gained two strips of land in the Congo but had to promise to accept Fr. control of Morocco. Both Moroccan Crisises showed Germany was trying to expand but failing
Naval Race 1906-1914
The Balkans: Russia was humiliate, wanting revenge and would be unlikely to back down again. Relations are ruined.
July Crisis 28 June 1914: described the events between Franz Ferdinand shot by Princip, Black Hand and Britain declaring war on Germany on 4th August 1914.
Blank Cheque 6 July 1914: Historians such as Gilbert believes this caused war as "The Austrian foreign minister was fired up for war against Serbia, but need Germany's support. Germany did accept war guilt in the form of the Treaty of Versailles.
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