HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Last Lecture I. Women’s Suffrage Outline of Current Lecture II. HitlerIII. World War IIV. Accidental WarV. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Current LectureHitler -parents died early in his life; homeless; was interested in architecture and art-he moves to Germany to escape the Austrian draf-he joins the German military during World War I-Germany surrenders; he gets injured by his own army and goes to the hospital-he believed that politicians were not loyal to the soldiers-he became a social revolutionary leader because of his charisma-he had great speaking skills and did well at getting citizens to follow him-WWI gave him the experience to use during WWIIWorld War I-9 million were found dead, 7 million were crippled -this war cause the Russian Revolution-four empires collapsed: Russian, German, Austrian and Hungarian, Ottoman (Turkey)-Anti-Colonial revolts-created uprising within enemy’s countries-Great Depression afer WWI; suffering for the whole world-U.S. becomes the largest creditor nation- we held the allies money, this ended in the 1980s-Flu-epidemic killed 20-50 million people -U.S. reason for getting involved was to make the world a safe democracyAccidental WarThese 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.-the war didn’t need to happen-naïve leaders and citizens; miscommunication-Ambiguous war- Ferdinand assassination caused the war-Transformative war to modernity- many countries updated their military (uniforms, weapons), morals were lost- everyone was attacking each otherArchduke Franz Ferdinand -June 28, 1914- assassination date-heir to Austrian military-time of period when different ethnic groups were competing for nationalism-goes to a parade and a bomb is thrown in his car; he escapes it -has lunch with the mayor who hosted the parade; leaves to go to the hospital to check on his men who were injured-Gavrilo Princip-Bosnian nationalist, worked for Black Hand run by Serbia, assassinated Franz-as punishment the Austrian empire threatens Serbia-Russia allies with Serbia-Germany allies with Austria-British allies with France-with all of the allies getting ready to defend other countries it caused all of these empires to mobilize their
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