HIST 106 1nd Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I WWI II Taft Dollar Diplomacy III Theodore Roosevelt Outline of Current Lecture I Factors Leading to WWI Current Lecture Factors leading to the war Alliances Shlieffen Plan The feeling that war would end Socialism The feeling war would end women s suffrage and break backs of Unions Einstein published his findings that time and space are relevant Freud found that people have conscious and subconscious s Austria Serbia Austria turns to Germany and now has the use of the German army Russians mobilize troops to Serbia Germans kicks on the Shlieffen Plan o Attack France o French surrender o German army is in trouble b c they have no other plan o Battle field Marne River o French stop the Germans o German and French create the Western Front o Russians are now mobilized and headed towards Germany These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o o o o o Germans stop them at the Battle of Tannenberg Russians have 1 riffle per 17 men Germans better equipped Battle of Tannenberg cost the Russians 240 000 men Throw as many men into the battle as it takes to burn out the German machine guns British blockade the top of Germany Italians are only hanging on to German alliance because they thought they would win o They change sides in 1914 o Austria attack the Italians US was neutral and did not want to get involved in the war o Woodrow Wilson was president o Germans and British are trying to convince US to join war o US are moving little closer to war each year 1915 1916 US are starting to go against the Germans o Lusi lama 1915 British send ship to NY to buy guns and gunpowder o Newspaper article about this does not appear until ship leaves 1915 Germans introduced poison gas on Western Front o Problems Germans did not know how to use it o Technology is moving forward strategy isn t catching on Nicholas II Empire of Russia o His wife Alexandra is from Russia and is accused of being a spy o Children 5 daughters and then finally a son o Son Alexis has hemophilia b c it is passed down from Queen Victoria Gregory Rasputin o Priest o Floating Holy Man o He heard about Alexis and started telling the child Bible stories in a calm voice which helps saves him o He was known as the man who saved the empire o People suspected he was giving information to Alexandra s family in Germany o He was invited to a party to be killed shot dragged to a river body left in river o He survived but body was found several days later 1915 Nich II thinks he should lead the troops himself o Every death is blamed on him 1917 The Zimmermann note o Zimmermann sent telegram to German embassy in Mexico to recruit the Mexicans help o Intercepted by the US 1917 Germans announce unrestricted submarine warfare o Any ship can be sunk by the Germany Gorge Lvov steps up to empire o tries to get Russia out of war Alexander Kerensky steps up o he wants to stay in the war just a little bit longer Woodrow Wilson realized Russians might drop out of war o US felt they should get into war to keep the Russians in war o If Russia drops out Germany only has to fight one side and war would be over 1917 Wilson demanded declaration of war against Germany o As a result of Russia dropping out o US goes against Germans with a vengeance