Wilhelm II's Weltpolitik

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How did Wilhelm aim to achieve 'world power'?
Through Naval expansion
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Who led the policy?
Bulow, General Tirpitz and Holstein
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Who supported the policy?
Right- winged pressure groups
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What did the Schifflen Plan on 1892 involve?
Trespassing through neutral Belgium to attack France
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How big was the army and what was its expenditure by 1914?
4 million soldiers and 60 million in expenditure
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Who said that Germany was in a state of 'soldiers and war rather than citizens and law'?
Perry
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When was the meeting on the Balkland Wars to which 'mere civilians' were not allowed to attend held?
8 December 1912
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What were the opinions of Molke and General Tirpitz and the meeting?
Moltke believed war to be inevitable and promoted 'the sooner the better' attitude, whereas Tirpitz was granted an 18 month delay to prepare the navy more
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What triggered Germany's involvement in the war?
The assisination of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914
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What date did Germany go to war with Britain, Russia and France?
August 4 1914
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