ROAD TO WW1 - 2

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1850
Britain's empire was growing
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1870
Germany beat France in a war and took Alsace-Lorraine
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1870 (pt 2)
France built up it's armies and defences along the border
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1878
Russia made friends in Eastern Europe to gain more land
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1879
Germany and Austria-Hungary allied together
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1888
Germany's new Kaiser aimed to build an empire to battle Britain's
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1893
France and Russia allied together
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1900
Germany spent lots of money to battle Britain's navy
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1904
Britain and France allied together
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1907
Triple Entente formed to help Serbia
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1913-1914
All great powers were building their armies
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1914
Austria-Hungary feared it might collapse if they gave into nationalists
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1914 (pt 2)
Serb Nationalists murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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1914 (pt 3)
Austria blames murder or Serbian Government and attacks Serbia
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1914 (pt 4)
Russia got ready to help Serbia, while Germany attacked France to help Austria
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1914 (pt 5)
German soldiers marched through Belgium to attack France, Britain declares war
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Card 2

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Germany beat France in a war and took Alsace-Lorraine

Back

1870

Card 3

Front

France built up it's armies and defences along the border

Back

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Card 4

Front

Russia made friends in Eastern Europe to gain more land

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Germany and Austria-Hungary allied together

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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